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3.78 GOVEENOR WINTHROP'S WIFE.
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In The Histories, The Romances, And The ...
tinned to make frequent journeys to London on "business connected withthe projected new lantation . He was elected _governor before ?
the , company started ; p and having obtained a royal charter whichsanctioned the existence of the colony , secured its rights , and
authorized the Government to be administered within the territory , Mrs he contemp Winthrop lated ' s mind embarking for leaving in the Eng spring land of and 1630 for . going To prepare out to >
. p the lant strenuous the New aim World of her with husband civilized . To and a Christian woman dwelling men , was in now the under
taking pastoral . flats He gav of e Suffolk her all it the must information have seemed he could a desperate on the 1629 subje he ct _- -
would says In a : — letter have - " I to have some his sent son of down John read , all at it Groton the to late , dated news mother from October . " New He 9 th assured Eng , land , her ; I your
you that to better the temporal interests of her and her children was one of the motives which , prompted him to engage in this American
enterprise . < c For my care of thee and thine I will say nothing . The into Lord this course knows my The heart Lord that it was me one in great itas motive I desire to the draw pros me - -
with perity th of friends thee and . if thine I can . sell For prosper this lands end which I purpose , I am to now leave about £ 1 , 500 but
y , my , as yet have done nothing _^' Mrs . Winthrop was not to sail with him . The reason appears to
bethat at the time fixed upon for the sailing of the emigrants she would , be near her confinement ; and her husband was to take all
ids children with him , except his eldest son , John . In the prospect of this separation she therefore sorely needed tender and
comforting words , which were not wanting . Says he , in a letter dated January long parting 31 , 1 which 630 , —— grows "I must very now near . beg I in know to prepare not how thee to deal for with our
, thee by arguments , for if thou _wert as wise and patient as ever woman was , yet it must needs be a great trial to thee , and the
greater because I am so dear to thee . That which I must chiefly look at in thee for a ground of contentment is thy godliness . If now
the Lord be thy God , thou must show it by trusting in Him , and resigning thyself quietly to His _g-ood pleasure . If now Christ be
thy husband , thou must show what sure and sweet intercourse is between Him and thy soulwhen it shall be no hard thing for thee
to part with an earthly , mortal , , infirm husband for His sake . The best course is to turn all our reasons and discourse into prayers ,
for He only can help who is Lord of sea and land , and hath sole * power Other of letters life and he death wrote . " her in the same strainone of which ends ,
, f c Farewell , the Lord bless thee and all thy company ! Commend me to alland to all our good friends and neighbors , and remember
Monday , , between £ . ve and six . _" The reference in the close is to a ' solemn compact made between the writer and his wife , that so long _;
as separated from each other , whether in consequence of his journeys
3.78 Goveenor Winthrop's Wife.
3 . 78 _GOVEENOR WINTHROP ' S WIFE .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Feb. 1, 1862, page 378, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01021862/page/18/
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