Complex sentence: Browne, Page 40 They departed from Gravesend in Kent with 128 settlers on board; they were chased and forced to return by the British Royal Navy so that the settlers could take an oath of allegiance to the King as required by law.
Split into simpler sentences: Browne, Page 40 They departed from Gravesend in Kent with 128 settlers on board. They were chased and forced to return by the British Royal Navy so that the settlers would take an oath of allegiance to the King as required by law.