...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 part they use for their church, where they prcuch on Sundays and the usual holidays. They assemble by beat of drum each with his musket or firelock...

...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...assemble by beat of drum each with his musket or firelock iu front of the captain's door ; they have their cloaks on and place themselves in order three abreast,...

...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...part they use for their church, where they preach on Sun- : •days and the usual holidays. They assemble by beat of drum each with his musket or firelock...

...vigilant sentinels. De Rasiere, who visited the colony in 1627, thus described their church-going: " The lower part they use for their church, where they...of the captain's door ; they have their cloaks on arid place themselves in order there abreast, and are led by a sergeant without beat of drum. Behind...

...were the Pilgrims Imbued with the martial spirit that they actually marched to church, assembling " by beat of drum, each with his musket or firelock, in front of the captain's door." They marched up Fort Uill throe abreast. " Behind comes the Governor, in a long robe; beside him, on the...

...customs of its people. Among other pleasant details he tells us how the Pilgrims attended church. " They assemble by beat of drum, each with his musket or firelock, in front of the captain's (Miles Standish's) door ; they have their cloaks on, and place themselves in order, three abreast,...

...upon the top of which they have six cannons with short iron balls of four or five pounds, and commands the surrounding country. The lower part they use for...church, where they preach on Sundays and the usual holy days. They assemble by beat of drum, each with his musket or firelock, in front of the Captain's...

...beams ; upon the top of which they have six cannon, which shoot balls of four or five pounds weight, and command the surrounding country. The lower part they use for their church, where they preach on Sunday and the usual holidays. " Such was the capital of the English colony, only six years after the...

...with oak beams, upon the top of which they have six cannons, which shoot iron balls of four and li\u pounds, and command the surrounding country. The lower...his musket or firelock, in front of the captain's [Myles Standish's] door ; they have their cloaks on, and place themselves in order, three abreast,...

...with oak beams, upon the tip of which they have six cannon, which shoot iron balls of four and five pounds, and command the surrounding country. The lower...where they preach on Sundays and the usual holidays.' " De Basieres gives this quaint and graphic picture of the procession to the Sunday service : • They...