George Soule, who seems to have been a sort of “upper servant” or
     “steward,” it is not certain was with Winslow in Holland, though it
     is probable.

Elias Story, his “under-servant,” was probably also with him in Holland,
     though not surely so.  Both servants might possibly have been
     procured from London or at Southampton, but probably sailed from
     Delfshaven with Winslow in the Speedwell.

Elder William Brewster and his family, his wife and two boys, were
     passengers on the Speedwell, beyond reasonable doubt.  He was, in
     fact, the ranking man of the Leyden brethren till they reached
     Southampton and the respective ships’ “governors” were chosen.  The
     Church to that point was dominant. (The Elder’s two “bound-boys,”
     being from London, do not appear as Speedwell passengers.) There is,
     on careful study, no warrant to be found for the remarkable
     statements of Goodwin ("Pilgrim Republic,” p. 33), that, during the
     hunt for Brewster in Holland in 1619, by the emissaries of James I.
     of England (in the endeavor to apprehend and punish him for printing
     and publishing certain religious works alleged to be seditious),
     “William Brewster was in London . . . and there he remained until
     the sailing of the Mayflower, which he helped to fit out;” and that
     during that time “he visited Scrooby.”  That he had no hand whatever
     in fitting out the Mayflower is certain, and the Scrooby statement
     equally lacks foundation.  Professor Arber, who is certainly a
     better authority upon the “hidden press” of the Separatists in
     Holland, and the official correspondence relating to its proprietors
     and their movements, says ("The Story of the Pilgrim Fathers,”
     p.196):  “The Ruling Elder of the Pilgrim Church was, for more than a
     year before he left Delfshaven on the Speedwell, on the 22 July-
     1 August, 1620, a hunted man.”  Again (p. 334), he says:  “Here let
     us consider the excellent management and strategy of this Exodus. 
     If the Pilgrims had gone to London to embark for America, many, if
     not most of them, would have been put in prison [and this is the
     opinion of a British historian, knowing the temper of those times,
     especially William Brewster.] So only those embarked in London
     against whom the Bishops could take no action.”  We can understand,
     in light, why Carver—­a more objectionable person than Cushman to
     the prelates, because of his office in the Separatist Church—­was
     chiefly employed out of their sight, at Southampton, etc., while the
     diplomatic and urbane Cushman did effective work at London, under
     the Bishops’ eyes.  It is not improbable that the personal
     friendship of Sir Robert