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Duriag the lovely tudiau umuisr time
in the autumn of l605, there was mari
age on the bauS, OF tac p0wb1,an, here
tue English had lad the Garner sloBe ofthe
great iabris Of the Augio- Saxon Empire in
the New World IL Was evIetsa,cd Ia the
second church wA.Sh the EHgi!sh settlers
hai erected there. Like their 6rst, " Girh
hEe bad deyoured tie Trcviou. winter. i,
was a rude structure, whose roofres,ed upon
rough piue eciumus, fresh fsom the virgin
forest, and whose adoruings we're iittie iu-
dcbiCd To the hand Of art The officiating
priest was good Master fituter,' who .haa
lost all Lis books b. tbe cosalgrstion iii.
toTy. POe,y, aud soug, have sept daiiful
sIiencv re.Eccuug that Lrst English narri
age IN Ameriei, tecaass JOHN Liydao aud
ApOe burrows were common people The
bridegroom Has a carPvUtsr, slsong the Grst
asvesiurcTs wGo ssc=UGed the PoxLstaa,
then named James Ia honor Uf bad kinr;
sni the bride was waIiing mad 20 Mistress
F'rsesi, wife oi Thomas Forrest, geutle-
man Thee were tac first white Nomsu
ever seen ~ jamestown settlement
AImo Eve years ls;er, there was anoth-
er marriage 1t Old jamestown, in honor Of
which, history, poetry, aud song have Leea
employed The bridegroom wus Master
Josn RoIfe, au honest goaiIeman, God Of
good behayi1r,' from the realm of EugIsnd:
aud the bride Was princess royal, named
Nstoa, or Pocahoutss, the we'll beloved
daughter. Of tue Emperor Of the grea, Pow
haIan coHfsdersey, 6n the Nirgipisu penii.
suia. The officiating priest was Master. Al
eKander Whitaker, q noble apostle Of Chris
tiAHity, Who went TO Virginia for the cure
Of souls. SIR Thomas Dale, ihen Governor
of t9e colony. thus ori, hy tells ais masters
Of the ComPsuy in London, the story Of Pc
cahontas; .PoWhataa's daughter caused
% be carefully instructed iu the Chris,isn
religion, who, after she had maie good
progress there n. renouoced puthcly her
e5usttys idnlstry, opoaiy confessed her
Cnr,stian faith, wa. asshe desired laptized,
sod IL since n,srried TO au English gentle.
man Of gooi urdeTsa diHg q, by bis letter
usiu me, CO.. "A Eing the rcasoa Of Lis mEF,i-
Rgr "i her. yOG may perceive another knot
u biud this peace the stronger Her fitIier
and fricnds gave appreciation 10 IL. and her
uncle gave her TO him in tue church She
!iVss elFii'y and lovingly With hin. and. 4
tru-i, wiiiiEerease IN goddess. as the knowi.
edge Of COD isereaseth 10 her She will
60 TO Ehgi4ad With me, and were Il bu, the
gaining of this one soul, | will think my
Tine, toll, and present stay, we'll spent
SO diso0ursed Sir Thomas Dale Curios.
iiy would know rapre of tbe Princsss aud
her marriage, aud euEiusiiy may here be
gr-tlhed 90 tie extent OF the revelations If
recorded bistsry.
The hagss q special Providence point
ei down The vista 0f sgss. j. seen IN the
character aud seis Of POcthon,ss She sss
tbs dsasbter of Tsgsa king Who bad nev
81 heard of Jesns u Nazareth. yer ber heart
was oveThpEihg With ths cardinal virtues Il
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