...them till old age. But after these things they could not long continue in any peaceable condition, but were hunted and persecuted on every side, so as their...these which now came upon them. For some were taken and clapt up in prison, others had their houses besett and watcht night and day, and hardly escaped...

...things they could not long continue in any peacable condition ; but were hunted, & persecuted on euery side, so as their former afflictions were but as flea-bitings in comparison of these which now came vpon them. For some were taken, & clapt vp in prison, others had their houses besett & watcht night...

...citations to Brewster and others have already been mentioned ; Bradford writes that the Scrooby people were " hunted and persecuted on every side ; so as...these which now came upon them. For some were taken and clapt up in prison, others had their houses besett and watcht night and day, and hardly escaped...

...declare. . . . [For] after these things they could not long continue in any peaceable condition, but were hunted and persecuted on every side, so as their...afflictions were but as flea-bitings in comparison. . . . [So] by a joynte consente they resolved to goe into the Low-Countries, wher they heard. was freedom...

...When the Scrooby folk were " hunted and persecuted on every side," as one of their number wrote, " so as their former afflictions were but as flea-bitings...in comparison of these which now came upon them," they " were faine to flie and leave their houses," 1 and to follow their noble leader to Amsterdam...

...things; they could not long continue in any peacable condition; but were hunted, & persecuted 3 on euery side, so as their former afflictions were but as flea-bitings in comparison of these which now came vpon them. For some were taken, & clapt up in prison, others had their houses besett & watcht night...

...till old age.1 But after these things ; they could not long continue in any peaceable condition; but were hunted and persecuted on every side, so as their...these which now came upon them. For some were taken and clapt that place were aggravated by his arrival, and his restless and changeable opinions led him...

...on The Borooby every side, so as their former afflictions were COD ff relation. but as nea-bitings in comparison of these which now came upon them. For...were taken, & clapt up in prison, others had their homes besett & watcht night and day, & hardly escaped their hands ; and y" most were faine to flie...

...not long continue in any peaceable condition, but were hunted and persecuted on every side, so that their former afflictions "were but as fleabitings in comparison of these which now came upon them". Thus molested and beset "by a joynte consente they resolved to goe into ye Low-Countries, where they...

...country life and the innocent trade of husbandry." In the beginning of King James's reign we find them "hunted and persecuted on every side so as their former afflictions were but a flea-biting in comparison to those which now came upon them." It was then that they took their great...