 Upon the hill they have a large square house, with a flat roof, made of thick sawn planks, stayed with oak beams, upon the top of which they have six cannons, which shoot iron balls of four and five pounds, and command the surrounding country. The lower...  History of Plymouth Plantation - Page 127by William Bradford - 1856 - 476 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Henry Bartlett - Massachusetts - 1853 - 384 pages
...served as a church, to which on Sundays they repaired in perfect military order. They were assembled by beat of drum, each with his musket or firelock,...front of the Captain's door. They have their cloaks COSTUME OF THE PILGRIMS. on, and place themselves in order three abreast, and are led by a sergeant... | |
 | William Shaw Russell - Massachusetts - 1855 - 250 pages
...with oak beams, upon the top of which tljey have six cannons, which shoot iron balls of four and five pounds, and command the surrounding country. The lower...Sundays and the usual holidays. They assemble by beat of dpum, each with his musket or firelock, in front of the captain's door ; they have their cloaks on,... | |
 | 1857 - 692 pages
...with onk beams, upon the top of which they have six cannons, which shoot iron halls of four or five pounds, and command the surrounding country. The lower...They assemble by beat of drum, each with his musket and firelock, in front of the captain's door; they have their cloaks on and place themselves in order,... | |
 | 1857 - 700 pages
...surrounding country. The lower part they uso for their church, where they preach on Sundays and tho usual holidays. They assemble by beat of drum, each with his musket and firelock, in front of the captain's door ; they have their cloaks on and place themselves in order,... | |
 | Joseph Sylvester Clark, Henry Martyn Dexter, Alonzo Hall Quint, Christopher Cushing, Samuel Burnham - Congregationalism - 1859 - 460 pages
...beams, upon the top of which they hare six cannons, which shoot iron balls of four and fire pound?, and command the surrounding country. The lower part...each with his musket or firelock, in front of the captain:s door; they have their cloaks on, and place themselves in order, three abreast, and are led... | |
 | Massachusetts - 1866 - 56 pages
...with oak beams, upon the top of which they have six cannons, which shoot iron balls of four and five pounds, and command the surrounding country. The lower...their church, where they preach on Sundays and the nsual holidays. They assemble by beat of drum, each with his musket or firelock, in front of the captain's... | |
 | Pilgrim Society (Plymouth, Mass.) - Massachusetts - 1866 - 66 pages
...with oak beams, upon the top of which they have six cannonsr which shoot iron balls of four and five pounds,' and command the surrounding country. The lower part they use for their chureh, where they preach on Sundays and the usual holidays. They assemble by ^lcat of drum, each with... | |
 | William Carlos Martyn - Massachusetts - 1867 - 486 pages
...part they use for their church, where preaching is had on Sundays and the usual holidays. The settlers assemble by beat of drum, each with his musket or firelock, in front of the ° Bradford. f Ibid. captain's door ; they have their cloaks on, and place themselves in order, three... | |
 | William Carlos Martyn - History - 1867 - 440 pages
...planks, stayed with oak-beams. On the top are ranged six cannon, which shoot iron-balls of four or five pounds, and command the surrounding country. The lower part they use for their church, where preaching is had on Sundays and the usual holidays. The settlers assemble by beat of drum, each with... | |
 | William Shaw Russell - Massachusetts - 1870 - 266 pages
...with oak beams, upon the top of which they have six cannons, which shoot iron balls of four and five pounds, and command the surrounding country. The lower...each with his musket or firelock, in front of the captain-s door ; they have their cloaks on, and place themselves in order, three abreast, and are led... | |
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