[516] [It was remodelled in 1880, when a fragment of the rock, which was taken from the larger portion in 1774, and after having been kept before the Court House till 1834, when it was placed before this hall, was taken back to its original site beneath the present monumental canopy.—Ed.]
[517] The family tradition fixes the painting of it in 1651, and Vandyke, to whom it has been assigned, died in 1541. See the Mass. Hist. Soc. Proc., xv. 324, for a notice of an alleged portrait of Miles Standish; also Memorial History of Boston, i. 65.
[518] [See Dr. Waddington’s description of a picture in one of the compartments of the Lords’ corridor at Westminster, representing with some misconception the same scene. Historical Magazine, i. 149. Sargent’s picture of the landing at Plymouth, well known from engravings, is in Pilgrim Hall. N. E. Hist. and Geneal. Reg., iv. 193.—Ed.]
[519] [This monument, after a design by Hammatt Billings, was originally intended to be one hundred and fifty feet high; but it was reduced nearly one-half, as the necessary subscriptions failed. It bears a colossal figure of Faith, and four other typical figures surrounding the base, not all of which are yet in place. N. E. Hist. and Geneal. Reg., 1857, p. 283.—Ed.]
[520] [This well-known production is for the historical student much disfigured by abundant anachronisms, which, as it happens, do not conduce to the effect of the poem. Crayon, v. 356; Mag. of Amer. Hist., April, 1882.—Ed.]
[521] [A collection of the minor commemorative poems, edited by Zilpha H. Spooner, was published as Poems of the Pilgrims, Boston, 1882, with photographs of associated localities. Cf. Boston Daily Advertiser, April 22, 1881.—Ed.]
[522] The stories of these two colonies are told respectively in chapters v. and vi.
[523] The records of the Council for New England frequently refer to the subject of the renewal of their patent. Under the date of Aug. 6, 1622, we read: “Forasmuch as it has been ordered by the Lords of his Majesty’s Privy Council that the Patent for New England shall be renewed, as well for the amendment of some things therein contained as for the necessary supply of what is found defective,” etc. Then follow some minutes of additional changes desired by the patentees themselves.
[524] [See Vol. IV. chap. iv.—Ed.]
[525] “Mr. Glanvyle moveth to speed the bill of fishing upon the coast of America, the rather because Sir Ferdinand Gorge hath executed a patent since the recess. Hath, by letters from the Lords of the Council, stayed the ships ready to go forth.