[255]. J. H. Lefroy, Memorials of the Discovery and Early Settlements of the Bermudas (London, 1877-79), vol. II, p. 320.
[256]. Bradford, Plymouth, pp. 240 ff.; cf. also Bradford, Letter Book, in Mass. Hist. Soc. Coll., Series I, vol. III, p. 63.
[257]. Bradford, Plymouth, pp. 134, 167. The list of lots, with their owners, is in Plymouth Records, vol. XII, pp. 1-6.
[258]. In 1626, it was decreed that no corn, beans or peas could be exported without license from the governor and council. Plymouth Records, vol. XII, p. 8.
[259]. Gerard Malynes writing in 1622, quotes rates of insurance to various ports. He does not give New England, but quotes San Domingo as 12 per cent each way, and the East Indies at 15 per cent. Cf. his Consuetude vel Lex Mercatoria (London, 1636), p. 108.
[260]. Bradford, Plymouth, pp. 198, 204, 209, 222, 234.
[261]. Cf. S. L. Mims, Colbert's West Indian Policy (Yale Univ. Press, 1912), pp. 20 f.
[262]. Bradford, Plymouth, pp. 212, 221, 226.
[263]. Cf. Osgood, American Colonies, vol. I, p. 290.