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ing England, Dudley had visited Winthrop at his house at Groton, in Suffolk. The latter, writing from London to his wife on the 5th of February, says in a postscript, "Lett M'" Dudleys thinges be sent up next week."* While Winthrop was waiting for the arrival of the ships at South- ampton, in a letter to his son John he writes, "M"" Dudlye was gone to the Wight before we came." f
On Monday, the 29th of March, the little band of colo- nists embarked in their four small vessels, the "Arbella," "Talbot," "Ambrose," and "Jewell." Most of the promi- nent people were on the "Arbella." Among them were Mr. Isaac Johnson and his wife, the Lady Arbella, sister of the Earl of Lincoln, in whose honor the name of the vessel had been changed from that of "Eagle." There, too, was the Governor, John Winthrop, whom Dudley describes as a man "well known in his own country, and well approved here for his piety, liberality, wisdom, and gravity, " | and others whose names are familiar to the readers of our his- tory. With them, we have no doubt, were Mrs. Bradstreet and her nearest relations, her father, mother, and husband. § On the same day they weighed anchor, and sailed down the English Channel ; but, on account of the adverse winds by which they were detained, they put into the port of Yar- mouth, a small place on the Isle of Wight. From this place they addressed their affectionate and touching farewell to their "Brethren in and of the Church of England," of which Dudley was one of the signers. Charity prompts the sug-
- Life and Letters of John Winthrop. By R. C. Winthrop. Boston :
1S64. Vol. i. p. 373. t Ibid., p. 3S6.
% Dudley's Letter in Young's Chronicles of Massachusetts, p. 310.
§ This is Mr. Savage's opinion. Winthrop's History of New England. Boston: I853. Vol. i. p. 12, note 3.
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