FOOTNOTES:
[36] The words in the English copy of the charter are "God's holy and true Christian religion"; in the Latin, "Sacrosancta Dei et vera Christiana religio."
[37] "The Virginians," says Chalmers, "boasted, with their wonted pride, that the colonists of Kent sent burgesses to their assembly, and were subjected to their jurisdiction, before Maryland had a name." Nor was the boast without foundation. Their early legislative journals show conclusively that the island was represented by Captain Nicholas Martin.
[38] The date of the settlement cannot be accurately given. Ethan Allen supposes it was during the year 1629.