[71] Uhden, p. 42.

[72] This “famous truce,” so long desired, embraced a period of twelve years. It was signed in April, 1609, and expired in 1621. Grattan, Hist. Netherlands.

[73] Bancroft, Hist. United States, vol. 1, p. 303.

[74] Bradford, Hist. Plymouth Plantation, pp. 22, 23.

[75] See Plutarch’s Life of Cato the Younger.

[76] Bradford.

[77] Proverbs 22:3.

[78] Bradford.

[79] Bradford, p. 24.

[80] Bradford, p. 24.