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Excerpt from Forerunners and Competitors of the Pilgrims and Puritans, or Narratives of Voyages Made by Persons Other Than the Pilgrims and Puritans of the Bay Colony to the Shores of New England During the First Quarter of the Seventeenth Century, 1601-1625, Vol. 2 of 2: With Especial Reference to the Labors of Captain John Smith in Behalf of the Settlement of New England Maitre Guillaume was the title of the journal rather than the name of its editor, so that the transla tion might preferably run thus They amused them selves by issuing now and then under the title 'master William, ' gazettes (booklets) stuffed with all kinds Of news. Eighty - six years later the next American newspaper was published in Boston under the title Public Occur rances, both Foreign and Domestick. After the first issue it was promptly suppressed by the colonial govern ment for uttering reflections of a very high order and for illegal publication, as it was unlicensed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.