[520] State Papers. Colonial. Sept. 26th, 1651. Thurloe, i. 197.

[521] Anderson, ii. 19-21.

"In Virginia's Cure the Colony is represented as bearing a great love to the stated constitutions of the Church of England in her government and public worship, which gave us (who went thither under the late persecution of it) the advantage of liberty to use it constantly amongst them, after the naval force had reduced the Colony under the power (but never to the obedience) of the usurpers."—Quoted in Wilberforce's History of the American Church, 38.

[522] Anderson, ii. 20-23.

Bancroft paints a glowing picture of Virginia under the Commonwealth.—i. 224.

[523] Mr. Anderson, in his History of the Church of England in the Colonies, ii. 36, speaks of the paucity of his materials respecting the Bermudas. The particulars given above are picked out of the State Papers, Colonial Series (see Calendar), 1652, Jan. 1st; 1653, June 25th; 1656, Oct. 7th, Nov. 18th; 1658, March 25th, Sept. 7th. It is stated in the Report, 1656, Oct. 7th, that the islands for the most part were naturally fortified or otherwise secured by four forts with sixty guns and five companies; 1,500 men were able to bear aims. About 3,000 inhabitants were without a minister. The charges of Government were £500 a year, and the tobacco duties amounted to £800.

[524] Thurloe, ii. 126.

[525] State Papers. Colonial. July 25th, 1657.

[526] Thurloe, iii. 497. Long's Hist. of Jamaica, i. 239, quoted by Anderson, ii. 75.

[527] State Papers. Colonial. Sept. 26th, 1655.