I want my country back! I want my country back now!!: Gre...

I want my country back! I want my country back now!!: Great^10-Grandfather William Bradford: The Project Gutenberg eBook of Bradford's History of 'Plimoth Plantation', by William Bradford: "So being ready to departe, they had a day of solleme humiliation, their pastor taking his texte from Ezra 8:21: And ther at ��e river, by Ahava, I proclaimed a fast, that we might humble ourselves before our God, and seeke of him a right way for us, and for our children, and for all our substance. Upon which he spente a good parte of ��e day very profitably, and suitable to their presente occasion. The rest of the time was spente in powering out prairs to ��e Lord with great fervencie, mixed with abundance of tears. And ��e time being come that they must departe, they were accompanied with most of their brethren out of ��e citie, unto a towne sundrie miles of called Delfes-Haven, wher the ship lay ready to receive them. So they lefte ��t goodly & pleasante citie, which had been ther resting place near 12. years; but they knew they were pilgrimes, & looked not much on those things, but lift up their eyes to ��e heavens, their dearest cuntrie, and quieted their spirits...

I must say, six thorns in one paragraph is a lot. And, I must say, I was not expecting to find: "The rest of the time was spente in powering out prairs to ��e Lord with great fervencie"...

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