"And I seize this mainland for King James, even as Master Clarke did yon island."
"Only thou dost not claim it for thine own under the king as he did," replied Coppin.
"It seemeth to me," said Carver as he stepped on shore, "as if this place were fairly laid down on Smith's map that we were studying. Think you not so, Master Winslow?"
"Ay, I believe it is the place he hath called Plymouth after our English town."
"Why, then, if we are minded to tarry here, it were well befitting that we should continue the name, for our Plymouth brethren cheered and comforted us marvelously in our sad outsetting," replied the governor, and Bradford added,—
"They were in very truth kinder than our own."
"'T is a better harbor than English Plymouth can boast," said Coppin turning to survey the bay.
"Harbor! English Plymouth's harbor is no better than a slaughter pen! Not less than ten good ships were pounded to pieces there in the last year," said the sailor Alderton.
"Yes, 't is worse than the Goodwin Sands, if that can be," echoed English.
"While here is a haven most artificially contrived for safety, with its overlapping arms and islands," cried Clarke.