Do you think the land is disputed?
CARVER
I know but little of the New World. I know not even where the Great North River or the Great South River may be, but only this I know: King James and his Virginia Company would take it much amiss, that having a patent to lands in Virginia, we turned to the Dutch and settled under their flag.
ROBINSON
And what has King James ever done for us but persecute us, drive us from our homes, and make of us pilgrims upon the face of the earth?
CARVER
Aye, but I am an Englishman. I had looked with joy upon our emigration to America, because I had hoped we could once again live under British rule.
ROBINSON
Many of our company have felt the same; but if we cannot go except under the Dutch flag, still we must go.
CARVER