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Seventh Generafion. 253
dent]y as he ever fought. Gov. Bradford writes
in his journal, that Myles Standish and Elder
William Brewster spared no pains, night nor
day, in their care of the sick,' but with abun-
dahce of toyle, and hazard of their owne
health, fetched them woode, made them fires,
drest them meat, made their beads ; in a Word,
did all y° homly & necessarie offices wch
dainty & quesie stomacks cannot endure to
hear named ; and all this willingly & cherfully,
without any grudging in y° least, shewing herein
their true love unto their freinds & brethren.
A rare example & worthy to be remembered,
I doute not but their recompence is with the
Lord.' Truly,
The bravest are the tenderest ;
The loving are the daring.'
" Little time could be spared in those days
for mourning; and both patriotic and religious
considerations, duty to both Church and State,
demanded that a widower should make haste
to take another wife. So Capt. Standish, eager
to do at once what was to be done, sent hand-