Excerpt from Roger Ludlow, the Colonial LawmakerThey tell of the faith of Robinson and Hooker, the piety of Brewster, the diplomacy of Wins low and Winthrop, the valor of Standish and Mason, they define the cardinal motives of the strong and masterful men among the twenty-six thousand people who came over from Old England to New England from 1620 to 1640.And these motives had their origin in the ecclesiastical and civil despotism of the Eng lish Church and Throne, with its rancorous doctrinal hatreds, which found chief expression in the Acts of Supremacy and Uniformity, and its enforcement in the Courts of High Commission and Star Chamber.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.