The_AT Wordy_JJ Shipmates_NN2 Luther_NN1 was_VBDZ outraged_JJ when_CS the_AT pope_NN1 sent_VVD emissaries_NN2 up_II north_ND1 to_TO raise_VVI money_NN1 for_IF St._NP1 Peter_NP1 's_GE Basilica_NN1 by_II selling_VVG "_" indulgences_NN2 ,_, "_" essentially_RR coupons_NN2 a_AT1 buyer_NN1 could_VM use_VVI to_TO pay_VVI off_RP the_AT pope_NN1 to_TO erase_VVI sins_NN2 from_II the_AT Judgment_NN1 Day_NP1 ledger_NN1 ._. 
Luther_NP1 's_GE point_NN1 was_VBDZ that_DD1 ,_, according_II21 to_II22 Scripture_NN1 ,_, salvation_NN1 is_VBZ not_XX a_AT1 bake_VV0 sale_NN1 :_: "_" They_PPHS2 preach_VV0 only_RR human_JJ doctrines_NN2 who_PNQS say_VV0 that_CST as_CS31 soon_CS32 as_CS33 the_AT money_NN1 clinks_VVZ into_II the_AT money_NN1 chest_NN1 ,_, the_AT soul_NN1 flies_VVZ out_II21 of_II22 purgatory_NN1 ._. "_" 
His_APPGE larger_JJR message_NN1 became_VVD the_AT core_NN1 ethos_NN1 of_IO Protestantism_NN1 :_: the_AT Bible_NN1 ,_, not_XX any_DD earthly_JJ pope_NN1 ,_, is_VBZ the_AT highest_JJT authority_NN1 ._. 
The_AT word_NN1 of_IO God_NP1 ,_, not_XX a_AT1 man_NN1 of_IO God_NP1 ,_, is_VBZ The_AT Man_NN1 ._. 
For_IF that_DD1 reason_NN1 ,_, Luther_NP1 translated_VVD the_AT Bible_NN1 into_II German_NN1 so_RR Germans_NN2 could_VM read_VVI it_PPH1 for_IF themselves_PPX2 ._. 
Which_DDQ inspired_VVD various_JJ international_JJ Protestants_NN2 to_TO do_VDI the_AT same_DA in_II their_APPGE own_DA native_JJ tongues_NN2 ._. 
And_CC ,_, in_II one_MC1 of_IO history_NN1 's_GE great_JJ collisions_NN2 ,_, this_DD1 sixteenth-century_JJ fad_NN1 for_IF vernacular_JJ Bible_NN1 translations_NN2 comes_VVZ about_II not_XX long_RR after_II Luther_NP1 's_GE countryman_NN1 Johan_NP1 Gutenberg_NP1 had_VHD invented_VVN movable_JJ type_NN1 in_II Europe_NP1 ,_, making_VVG it_PPH1 possible_JJ to_TO print_VVI said_JJ translations_NN2 on_II the_AT cheap_JJ and_CC in_II a_AT1 hurry_NN1 ._. 
So_RR an_AT1 English_JJ subject_NN1 of_IO Henry_NP1 VIII_MC who_PNQS already_RR had_VHN a_AT1 soft_JJ spot_NN1 for_IF the_AT innovations_NN2 of_IO Luther_NP1 rejoiced_VVD at_II the_AT king_NN1 's_GE break_NN1 with_IW Rome_NP1 (_( while_CS trying_VVG not_XX to_TO picture_VVI Henry_NP1 and_CC Anne_NP1 Boleyn_NP1 doing_VDG it_PPH1 in_II every_AT1 room_NN1 of_IO every_AT1 castle_NN1 )_) ._. 
That_REX21 is_REX22 ,_, until_CS the_AT Protestant_JJ sympathizer_NN1 went_VVD to_II church_NN1 and_CC noticed_VVD that_CST the_AT Church_NN1 of_IO England_NP1 was_VBDZ just_RR the_AT same_DA old_JJ Catholic_JJ Church_NN1 with_IW a_AT1 king_NN1 in_II pope_NN1 's_GE clothing_NN1 ._. 
Same_DA old_JJ hierarchy_NN1 of_IO archbishop_NN1 on_II down_RP ._. 
Same_DA old_JJ Latin-speaking_JJ middlemen_NN2 standing_VVG between_II parishioners_NN2 and_CC the_AT Bible_NN1 ,_, between_II parishioners_NN2 and_CC God_NP1 ._. 
Same_DA old_JJ ornamental_JJ gewgaws_NN2 ._. 
Organ_NN1 music_NN1 !_! 
Vestments_NN2 !_! 
(_( It_PPH1 is_VBZ difficult_JJ to_TO understate_VVI the_AT Puritan_NN1 abhorrence_NN1 of_IO something_PN1 as_RG seemingly_RR trivial_JJ as_II a_AT1 vicar_NN1 's_GE scarf_NN1 ._. )_) 
Same_DA old_JJ easily_RR achieved_VVN ,_, come-as-you-are_VBR salvation_NN1 ._. 
Here_RL 's_VBZ what_DDQ one_PN1 had_VHD to_TO do_VDI to_TO join_VVI the_AT Church_NN1 of_IO England_NP1 :_: be_VBI English_JJ ._. 
But_CCB we_PPIS2 want_VV0 getting_VVG into_II heaven_NN1 to_TO be_VBI hard_JJ !_! said_VVD the_AT Puritans_NN2 ._. 
And_CC not_XX for_IF everybody_PN1 !_! 
So_RR the_AT English_JJ Protestants_NN2 protest_VV0 ._. 
One_MC1 of_IO their_APPGE heroes_NN2 was_VBDZ William_NP1 Tyndale_NP1 ,_, who_PNQS had_VHD exiled_VVN himself_PPX1 to_II Germany_NP1 in_II 1524_MC in_BCL21 order_BCL22 to_TO commit_VVI the_AT crime_NN1 of_IO translating_VVG the_AT Bible_NN1 into_II English_NN1 ._. 
Captured_VVN at_II Henry_NP1 's_GE request_NN1 ,_, Tyndale_NP1 was_VBDZ strangled_VVN ,_, then_RT burned_VVN at_II the_AT stake_NN1 in_II 1536_MC ;_; his_PPGE reported_VVD last_MD words_NN2 were_VBDR ,_, "_" Lord_NP1 ,_, open_VV0 the_AT King_NN1 of_IO England_NP1 's_GE eyes_NN2 !_! "_" 
This_DD1 prayer_NN1 was_VBDZ answered_VVN two_MC years_NNT2 later_RRR when_CS Henry_NP1 commissioned_VVD the_AT so-called_JJ Great_JJ Bible_NN1 ,_, the_AT first_MD official_JJ Bible_NN1 in_II English_JJ --_NN1 based_VVN largely_RR on_II the_AT translations_NN2 of_IO ,_, guess_VV0 who_PNQS ,_, William_NP1 Tyndale_NP1 ._. 
In_II the_AT near_JJ century_NNT1 between_II Henry_NP1 's_GE breakup_NN1 with_IW Rome_NP1 and_CC the_AT Massachusetts_NP1 Bay_NN1 colonists_NN2 '_GE departure_NN1 ,_, members_NN2 of_IO the_AT Church_NN1 of_IO England_NP1 ,_, which_DDQ is_VBZ to_TO say_VVI the_AT English_NN1 ,_, quar_NN1 reled_VVD constantly_RR about_II how_RGQ Protestant_JJ to_TO become_VVI or_CC how_RGQ Catholic_JJ to_TO remain_VVI ._. 
No_AT surprise_NN1 that_CST the_AT monarchs_NN2 and_CC the_AT clergy_NN2 ,_, at_II the_AT top_NN1 of_IO the_AT cultural_JJ hierarchy_NN1 ,_, tended_VVD to_TO be_VBI in_II31 favor_II32 of_II33 cultural_JJ hierarchy_NN1 and_CC skewed_JJ Catholic_NN1 ._. 
For_REX21 instance_REX22 ,_, the_AT late_JJ King_NNB James_NP1 ,_, son_NN1 of_IO the_AT famously_RR Catholic_JJ Mary_NP1 ,_, Queen_NN1 of_IO Scots_NN2 ,_, threatened_VVD to_TO "_" harry_VVI "_" the_AT Puritans_NN2 out_II21 of_II22 England_NP1 ._. 
So_RR in_II Southampton_NP1 ,_, when_RRQ Cotton_NP1 promises_VVZ the_AT colonists_NN2 that_CST where_CS they_PPHS2 are_VBR going_VVG "_" the_AT sons_NN2 of_IO wickedness_NN1 shall_VM afflict_VVI them_PPHO2 no_AT more_RRR ,_, "_" they_PPHS2 know_VV0 he_PPHS1 is_VBZ referring_VVG to_II James_NP1 's_GE son_NN1 ,_, King_NNB Charles_NP1 I_ZZ1 ,_, and_CC his_APPGE Anglican_JJ henchmen_NN2 ,_, including_II the_AT Puritans_NN2 '_GE nemesis_NN1 ,_, the_AT Bishop_NN1 of_IO London_NP1 ,_, William_NP1 Laud_NP1 ._. 
One_MC1 reason_NN1 Winthrop_NP1 and_CC his_APPGE shipmates_NN2 are_VBR hitting_VVG the_AT road_NN1 in_II 1630_MC is_VBZ that_CST Charles_NP1 had_VHD dissolved_VVN the_AT Parliament_NN1 ,_, the_AT one_MC1 check_NN1 on_II his_APPGE power_NN1 ,_, the_AT year_NNT1 before_RT ._. 
The_AT Protestant-leaning_JJ House_NN1 of_IO Commons_NN2 had_VHD passed_VVN incendiary_JJ resolutions_NN2 limiting_VVG the_AT king_NN1 's_GE powers_NN2 of_IO taxation_NN1 and_CC proclaiming_VVG the_AT practices_NN2 of_IO "_" popery_NN1 and_CC Arminianism_NN1 "_" a_AT1 capital_NN1 offense_NN1 ._. 
Arminianism_NN1 ,_, the_AT dogma_NN1 that_CST a_AT1 believer_NN1 's_GE salvation_NN1 depends_VVZ merely_RR on_II faith_NN1 ,_, is_VBZ at_II odds_NN2 with_IW the_AT Puritans_NN2 '_GE insistence_NN1 that_CST salvation_NN1 is_VBZ predetermined_VVN by_II God_NP1 ._. 
Laud_VV0 ,_, a_AT1 portly_JJ and_CC haughty_JJ gentleman_NN1 in_II a_AT1 puffy_JJ robe_NN1 in_II his_APPGE National_JJ Portrait_NN1 Gallery_NN1 likeness_NN1 ,_, is_VBZ pretty_RG much_RR Mr._NNB Arminianism_NP1 ._. 
It_PPH1 's_VBZ worth_II remembering_VVG that_CST ,_, while_CS Laud_NP1 is_VBZ the_AT bogeyman_NN1 in_II Puritan_NN1 history_NN1 ,_, his_APPGE more_RGR open-minded_JJ and_CC openhearted_JJ view_NN1 of_IO how_RRQ Christians_NN2 get_VV0 to_II heaven_NN1 won_VVD out_RP in_II Protestantism_NN1 worldwide_RL ._. 
Which_DDQ is_VBZ not_XX to_TO deny_VVI the_AT fact_NN1 that_CST Laud_NP1 was_VBDZ both_RR a_AT1 ruthless_JJ ogre_NN1 toward_II the_AT Puritans_NN2 and_CC a_AT1 suck-up_NN1 to_II Charles_NP1 ,_, delivering_VVG sermons_NN2 on_II the_AT divine_JJ right_NN1 of_IO kings_NN2 ._. 
(_( The_AT subtext_NN1 of_IO Cotton_NP1 's_GE sermon_NN1 to_II the_AT voyagers_NN2 is_VBZ the_AT question_NN1 "_" Can_VM I_PPIS1 come_VVI ,_, too_RR ?_? "_" 
Laud_NN1 becomes_VVZ more_DAR and_CC more_RGR powerful_JJ and_CC thus_RR more_RRR threatening_VVG to_II Puritans_NN2 ._. 
It_PPH1 is_VBZ no_AT coincidence_NN1 that_CST 1633_MC ,_, the_AT year_NNT1 Laud_NP1 becomes_VVZ Archbishop_NN1 of_IO Canterbury_NP1 ,_, is_VBZ also_RR the_AT year_NNT1 Cotton_NN1 finally_RR emigrates_VVZ to_II Massachusetts_NP1 ,_, where_CS he_PPHS1 becomes_VVZ Winthrop_NP1 's_GE own_DA minister_NN1 ._. )_) 
Believers_NN2 who_PNQS wanted_VVD to_TO "_" purify_VVI "_" the_AT Church_NN1 of_IO England_NP1 of_IO its_APPGE Catholic_JJ tendencies_NN2 came_VVD to_TO be_VBI known_VVN by_II the_AT put-down_JJ "_" puritan_NN1 ._. "_" 
They_PPHS2 mostly_RR called_VVD themselves_PPX2 "_" nonconformists_NN2 ,_, "_" or_CC the_AT "_" godly_JJ ._. "_" 
Or_CC ,_, occasionally_RR ,_, "_" hot_JJ Protestants_NN2 ._. "_" 
Cotton_NN1 would_VM have_VHI been_VBN aware_JJ of_IO the_AT pros-and-cons_NN2 list_VV0 Winthrop_NP1 and_CC his_APPGE fellows_NN2 in_II the_AT Massachusetts_NP1 Bay_NN1 Company_NN1 wrote_VVD and_CC passed_VVD around_RP among_II the_AT godly_JJ ,_, enumerating_VVG the_AT reasons_NN2 to_TO go_VVI to_II America_NP1 ._. 
In_II the_AT various_JJ similar_JJ versions_NN2 of_IO this_DD1 tract_NN1 ,_, Winthrop_NP1 and_CC Co._NP1 are_VBR trying_VVG to_TO talk_VVI themselves_PPX2 and_CC other_JJ potential_JJ colonists_NN2 into_II going_VVG ;_; but_CCB just_RR as_RG importantly_RR ,_, they_PPHS2 're_VBR also_RR trying_VVG to_TO justify_VVI the_AT venture_NN1 to_II loved_JJ ones_NN2 they_PPHS2 're_VBR leaving_VVG behind_RL ,_, the_AT family_NN1 and_CC friends_NN2 who_PNQS have_VH0 a_AT1 right_NN1 to_TO feel_VVI hurt_JJ if_CS not_XX downright_RR insulted_VVN by_II this_DD1 abandonment_NN1 ._. 
Two_MC things_NN2 especially_RR weigh_VV0 on_II Winthrop_NP1 and_CC his_APPGE shipmates_NN2 --_JJ news_NN1 from_II Europe_NP1 and_CC news_NN1 at_II home_NN1 ._. 
Over_II the_AT previous_JJ dozen_NNO years_NNT2 ,_, continental_JJ Catholics_NN2 and_CC Protestants_NN2 had_VHD been_VBN killing_VVG each_PPX221 other_PPX222 relentlessly_RR ,_, from_II Sweden_NP1 to_II Spain_NP1 ,_, from_II France_NP1 to_II Bohemia_NP1 ,_, in_II what_DDQ came_VVD to_TO be_VBI known_VVN as_II the_AT Thirty_MC Years_NNT2 '_GE War_NN1 ._. 
(_( As_RG much_DA1 as_CSA a_AT1 fifth_MD of_IO the_AT population_NN1 of_IO what_DDQ would_VM become_VVI Germany_NP1 died_VVD ._. )_) 
The_AT English_NN1 could_VM n't_XX help_VVI but_CCB worry_VV0 the_AT war_NN1 would_VM spread_VVI across_II the_AT Channel_NN1 ._. 
As_CSA Thomas_NP1 Hooker_NN1 would_VM preach_VVI not_XX long_RR after_II the_AT Arbella_NP1 sailed_VVD :_: Will_VM you_PPY have_VHI England_NP1 destroyed_VVN ?_? 
Will_VM you_PPY put_VVI the_AT aged_JJ to_TO trouble_VVI ,_, and_CC your_APPGE young_JJ men_NN2 to_II the_AT sword_NN1 ?_? 
Will_VM you_PPY have_VHI your_APPGE young_JJ women_NN2 widows_NN2 ,_, and_CC your_APPGE virgins_NN2 defiled_VVD ?_? 
Will_VM you_PPY have_VHI your_APPGE dear_NN1 and_CC tender_JJ little_JJ ones_NN2 tossed_VVN upon_II the_AT pikes_NN2 and_CC dashed_VVN upon_II the_AT stones_NN2 ?_? 
Or_CC will_VM you_PPY have_VHI them_PPHO2 brought_VVN up_RP in_II Popery_NN1 ..._... perishing_VVG their_APPGE souls_NN2 forever_RT ,_, which_DDQ is_VBZ worst_JJT of_IO all_DB ?_? ..._... 
Will_VM you_PPY see_VVI England_NP1 laid_VVD waste_NN1 without_IW inhabitants_NN2 ?_? 
After_CS Charles_NP1 I_MC1 dissolved_JJ Parliament_NN1 in_II 1629_MC ,_, Winthrop_NP1 became_VVD convinced_JJ England_NP1 was_VBDZ courting_VVG the_AT wrath_NN1 of_IO God_NP1 ._. 
He_PPHS1 wrote_VVD a_AT1 letter_NN1 to_II his_APPGE wife_NN1 ,_, Margaret_NP1 ,_, confessing_VVG that_CST he_PPHS1 feared_VVD that_CST since_CS God_NP1 had_VHD already_RR made_VVN the_AT European_JJ Protestants_NN2 "_" drink_NN1 of_IO the_AT bitter_JJ cup_NN1 of_IO tribulation_NN1 ,_, "_" the_AT unrepentant_JJ English_NN1 would_VM surely_RR be_VBI served_VVN "_" the_AT very_JJ dregs_NN2 ._. "_" 
He_PPHS1 continued_VVD ,_, "_" God_NP1 will_VM bring_VVI some_DD heavy_JJ affliction_NN1 upon_II this_DD1 land_NN1 ,_, and_CC that_CST speedily_RR ._. "_" 
And_CC so_RR ,_, he_PPHS1 told_VVD Margaret_NP1 about_II escaping_VVG to_II America_NP1 ,_, "_" If_CS the_AT Lord_NN1 sees_VVZ it_PPH1 will_VM be_VBI good_JJ for_IF us_PPIO2 ,_, he_PPHS1 will_VM provide_VVI a_AT1 shelter_NN1 and_CC a_AT1 hiding_NN1 place_NN1 for_IF us_PPIO2 and_CC others_NN2 ._. "_" 
The_AT tract_NN1 about_II the_AT pros_NN2 and_CC cons_NN2 of_IO emigration_NN1 that_CST Winthrop_NP1 wrote_VVD ,_, most_RGT likely_JJ together_RL with_IW the_AT Puritan_NN1 ministers_NN2 John_NP1 White_NP1 and_CC Francis_NP1 Higginson_NP1 ,_, was_VBDZ given_VVN the_AT catchy_JJ title_NN1 Reasons_NN2 to_TO Be_VBI Considered_VVN for_IF Justifying_VVG the_AT Undertakers_NN2 of_IO the_AT Intended_JJ Plantation_NN1 in_II New_NP1 England_NP1 ,_, and_CC for_IF Encouraging_VVG Such_DA Whose_DDQGE Hearts_NN2 God_NP1 Shall_VM Move_VV0 to_TO Join_VV0 with_IW Them_PPHO2 in_II It_PPH1 ._. 
It_PPH1 is_VBZ a_AT1 handy_JJ ,_, albeit_CS touchy_JJ ,_, account_NN1 of_IO the_AT Massachusetts_NP1 Bay_NN1 Company_NN1 's_GE objectives_NN2 in_II the_AT New_JJ World_NN1 ,_, and_CC objections_NN2 to_II the_AT Old_JJ ._. 
Clearly_RR ,_, they_PPHS2 believe_VV0 England_NP1 is_VBZ in_II trouble_NN1 ,_, if_CS not_XX doomed_VVN ._. 
"_" The_AT departing_NN1 of_IO good_JJ people_NN from_II a_AT1 country_NN1 does_VDZ not_XX cause_VVI a_AT1 judgment_NN1 ,_, "_" they_PPHS2 write_VV0 ,_, "_" but_CCB warns_VVZ of_IO it_PPH1 ._. "_" 
Again_RT ,_, Hooker_NN1 ,_, who_PNQS would_VM echo_VVI this_DD1 run-for-your-lives_VVZ sentiment_NN1 before_II taking_VVG off_RP for_IF America_NP1 via_II Holland_NP1 :_: So_RR glory_NN1 is_VBZ departed_VVN from_II England_NP1 ;_; for_IF England_NP1 hath_VHZ seen_VVN her_APPGE best_JJT days_NNT2 ,_, and_CC the_AT reward_NN1 of_IO sin_NN1 is_VBZ coming_VVG on_RP apace_RR ;_; for_IF God_NP1 is_VBZ packing_VVG up_RP of_IO his_APPGE gospel_NN1 ,_, because_CS none_PN will_VM buy_VVI his_APPGE wares_NN2 ...._... 
God_NP1 begins_VVZ to_TO ship_VVI away_RL his_APPGE Noahs_NP2 ,_, which_DDQ prophesied_VVD and_CC foretold_VVD that_DD1 destruction_NN1 was_VBDZ near_RL ;_; and_CC God_NP1 makes_VVZ account_NN1 that_CST New_NP1 England_NP1 shall_VM be_VBI a_AT1 refuge_NN1 for_IF his_APPGE Noahs_NP2 and_CC his_APPGE Lots_NN2 ,_, a_AT1 rock_NN1 and_CC a_AT1 shelter_NN1 for_IF his_APPGE righteous_JJ ones_NN2 to_TO run_VVI unto_II ;_; and_CC those_DD2 that_CST were_VBDR vexed_VVN to_TO see_VVI the_AT ungodly_JJ lives_NN2 of_IO the_AT people_NN in_II this_DD1 wicked_JJ land_NN1 ,_, shall_VM there_EX be_VBI safe_JJ ._. 
Honestly_RR ,_, I_PPIS1 wish_VV0 I_PPIS1 were_VBDR n't_XX so_RR moved_VVN by_II this_DD1 Puritan_NN1 quandary_NN1 ._. 
I_PPIS1 wish_VV0 I_PPIS1 did_VDD not_XX identify_VVI with_IW their_APPGE essential_JJ questions_NN2 :_: What_DDQ if_CS my_APPGE country_NN1 is_VBZ destroying_VVG itself_PPX1 ?_? 
Could_VM I_PPIS1 leave_VVI ?_? 
Should_VM I_PPIS1 ?_? 
And_CC if_CS so_RR ,_, what_DDQ time_NNT1 's_VBZ the_AT next_MD train_NN1 to_II Montreal_NP1 ?_? 
Well_RR ,_, maybe_RR not_XX Montreal_NP1 ._. 
The_AT first_MD reason_NN1 Winthrop_NP1 's_GE pros-and-cons_NN2 tract_NN1 gives_VVZ for_IF crossing_VVG the_AT Atlantic_NP1 is_VBZ to_TO build_VVI a_AT1 Protestant_JJ New_NP1 England_NP1 as_II an_AT1 antidote_NN1 to_II Catholic_JJ New_JJ France_NP1 ,_, to_TO "_" raise_VVI a_AT1 bulwark_NN1 against_II the_AT kingdom_NN1 of_IO Antichrist_NN1 ,_, which_DDQ the_AT Jesuits_NN2 labor_VV0 to_TO rear_VVI up_RP in_II those_DD2 parts_NN2 ._. "_" 
Antichrist_NN1 ,_, by_II the_AT way_NN1 ,_, is_VBZ another_DD1 name_NN1 they_PPHS2 call_VV0 the_AT pope_NN1 ._. 
Their_APPGE other_JJ arguments_NN2 for_IF getting_VVG gone_VVN ?_? 
Overpopulation_NP1 (_( "_" England_NP1 grows_VVZ weary_JJ of_IO her_APPGE inhabitants_NN2 "_" )_) ;_; the_AT universities_NN2 at_II Oxford_NP1 and_CC Cambridge_NP1 are_VBR "_" corrupted_VVN "_" and_CC "_" ruffianlike_JJ "_" and_CC cost_VV0 too_RG much_RR ;_; God_NP1 gave_VVD the_AT Indians_NN2 land_NN1 and_CC they_PPHS2 are_VBR n't_XX really_RR using_VVG it_PPH1 (_( no_AT cattle_NN2 )_) ;_; the_AT Indians_NN2 can_VM "_" learn_VV0 from_II us_PPIO2 "_" about_II God_NP1 (_( and_CC ,_, presumably_RR ,_, cattle_NN2 )_) ;_; they_PPHS2 will_VM avoid_VVI hard_JJ times_NNT2 like_II the_AT recent_JJ drought_NN1 in_II Virginia_NP1 (_( known_VVN as_II "_" the_AT starving_JJ time_NNT1 "_" )_) because_CS ,_, unlike_II the_AT Virginians_NN2 ,_, they_PPHS2 are_VBR neither_RR "_" sloth_NN1 "_" nor_CC "_" scum_NN1 "_" ;_; and_CC ,_, regarding_II Massachusetts_NP1 ,_, "_" God_NP1 hath_VHZ consumed_VVN the_AT natives_NN2 with_IW a_AT1 great_JJ plague_NN1 in_II those_DD2 parts_NN2 ,_, so_RR as_CSA there_EX be_VBI few_DA2 inhabitants_NN2 left_VVD ._. "_" 
I_PPIS1 take_VV0 back_RP what_DDQ I_PPIS1 said_VVD about_II how_RRQ there_EX 's_VBZ nothing_PN1 more_RGR dangerous_JJ than_CSN a_AT1 belief_NN1 ._. 
Sometimes_RT there_EX 's_VBZ nothing_PN1 more_RGR dangerous_JJ than_CSN a_AT1 germ_NN1 ._. 
"_" From_II 1492_MC to_II 1650_MC ,_, contagions_NN2 claimed_VVD as_RG many_DA2 as_CSA nine_MC &lsqb;_( native_JJ &rsqb;_) lives_VVZ out_II21 of_II22 ten_MC ...._... 
The_AT kingdom_NN1 of_IO death_NN1 extended_VVN from_II Chile_NP1 to_II Newfoundland_NP1 ._. "_" 
I_PPIS1 saw_VVD those_DD2 words_NN2 printed_VVN next_II21 to_II22 a_AT1 map_NN1 of_IO North_ND1 and_CC South_ND1 America_NP1 when_CS I_PPIS1 visited_VVD the_AT Smithsonian_NP1 's_GE National_JJ Museum_NN1 of_IO the_AT American_JJ Indian_JJ ._. 
The_AT map_NN1 is_VBZ black_JJ and_CC white_JJ but_CCB it_PPH1 has_VHZ a_AT1 red_JJ light_NN1 on_II a_AT1 timer_NN1 inside_RL ,_, so_CS the_AT Americas_NP2 turn_VV0 bloodier_JJR and_CC bloodier_JJR all_RR day_NNT1 long_RR ,_, like_II some_DD kind_NN1 of_IO lava_NN1 lamp_NN1 of_IO loss_NN1 ._. 
Standing_VVG in_II31 front_II32 of_II33 that_DD1 map_NN1 I_PPIS1 let_VV0 those_DD2 numbers_NN2 sink_VVI in_RP ._. 
Nine_MC out_II21 of_II22 ten_MC ._. 
I_PPIS1 learned_VVD to_TO count_VVI by_II singing_VVG that_DD1 old_JJ minstrel_NN1 song_NN1 turned_VVD nursery_NN1 rhyme_NN1 ,_, "_" Ten_MC Little_JJ Indians_NN2 ._. "_" 
Now_RT I_PPIS1 have_VH0 that_DD1 melody_NN1 stuck_VVN in_II my_APPGE head_NN1 and_CC I_PPIS1 'm_VBM picturing_VVG seven_MC little_JJ ,_, eight_MC little_JJ ,_, nine_MC little_JJ Aztecs_NN2 struck_VVD dead_JJ by_II smallpox_NN ._. 
I_PPIS1 guess_VV0 I_PPIS1 knew_VVD all_DB this_DD1 ._. 
But_CCB watching_VVG the_AT map_NN1 blush_VVI so_RG many_DA2 times_NNT2 ,_, I_PPIS1 'm_VBM dizzy_JJ ,_, so_RG dizzy_JJ I_PPIS1 have_VH0 to_TO look_VVI for_IF a_AT1 chair_NN1 ._. 
And_CC once_RR I_PPIS1 sit_VV0 in_II the_AT chair_NN1 I_PPIS1 feel_VV0 like_CS I_PPIS1 'm_VBM learning_VVG to_TO count_VVI all_RR over_II again_RT ._. 
Ninety_MC percent_NNU ._. 
Way_NN1 before_II Europeans_NN2 started_VVD building_NN1 settlements_NN2 in_II the_AT Americas_NP2 and_CC intentionally_RR killing_VVG natives_NN2 ,_, thanks_NN2 to_II the_AT earliest_JJT European_JJ ramblers_NN2 --_NN1 the_AT explorers_NN2 ,_, the_AT fishermen_NN2 ,_, and_CC other_JJ pale-faced_JJ entrepreneurs_NN2 and_CC rubbernecks_NN2 passing_VVG through_II --_JJ European_JJ microorganisms_NN2 moved_VVD here_RL for_IF good_JJ right_NN1 away_RL ._. 
Just_RR before_II the_AT Pilgrims_NN2 set_VV0 foot_NN1 in_II Plymouth_NP1 in_II 1620_MC ,_, the_AT plague_NN1 of_IO 1616-19_MCMC that_CST Winthrop_NP1 and_CC the_AT others_NN2 reference_VV0 in_II their_APPGE tract_NN1 wiped_VVD out_RP New_NP1 England_NP1 tribes_NN2 ._. 
Remember_VV0 Squanto_NP1 ,_, the_AT legendary_JJ English-speaking_JJ Indian_JJ ,_, hero_NN1 of_IO the_AT First_MD Thanksgiving_NN1 ?_? 
He_PPHS1 spoke_VVD English_JJ because_CS he_PPHS1 had_VHD learned_VVN it_PPH1 in_II Europe_NP1 after_CS he_PPHS1 was_VBDZ kidnapped_VVN by_II sailors_NN2 ._. 
By_II the_AT time_NNT1 he_PPHS1 made_VVD his_APPGE way_NN1 back_RP to_II America_NP1 ,_, everyone_PN1 he_PPHS1 knew_VVD was_VBDZ dead_JJ ._. 
Plymouth_NP1 was_VBDZ actually_RR built_VVN on_II the_AT site_NN1 of_IO Squanto_NP1 's_GE hometown_NN1 ,_, Patuxet_NP1 ._. 
All_DB his_APPGE friends_NN2 and_CC family_NN1 ,_, his_APPGE whole_JJ village_NN1 ,_, were_VBDR killed_VVN off_RP by_II the_AT diseases_NN2 that_CST arrived_VVD with_IW earlier_JJR European_JJ visitors_NN2 ._. 
Squanto_NN1 was_VBDZ hanging_VVG around_II Plymouth_NP1 because_CS it_PPH1 was_VBDZ the_AT only_JJ home_NN1 he_PPHS1 knew_VVD ._. 
That_DD1 's_VBZ why_RRQ he_PPHS1 was_VBDZ there_RL to_TO help_VVI the_AT incompetent_JJ white_JJ people_NN grow_VV0 corn_NN1 --_NN1 using_VVG seeds_NN2 they_PPHS2 'd_VHD stolen_VVN from_II some_DD other_JJ Indians_NN2 on_II Cape_NP1 Cod_NP1 ._. 
When_CS King_NP1 James_NP1 learned_VVD of_IO the_AT epidemic_NN1 he_PPHS1 thanked_VVD "_" Almighty_JJ God_NN1 in_II his_APPGE great_JJ goodness_NN1 and_CC bounty_NN1 toward_II us_PPIO2 "_" for_IF "_" this_DD1 wonderful_JJ plague_NN1 among_II the_AT savages_NN2 ._. "_" 
