William Trevore was, we are told by Bradford, “a seaman hired to stay a
     year in the countrie,” but whether or not as part of the SPEEDWELL’S
     Crew (who, he tells us, were all hired for a year) does not appear. 
     As the Master (Reynolds) and others of her crew undoubtedly returned
     to London in her from Plymouth, and her voyage was cancelled, the
     presumption is that Trevore and Ely were either hired anew or—­more
     probably—­retained under their former agreement, to proceed by the
     may-Flower to America, apparently (practically) as passengers. 
     Whether of the consort’s crew or not, there can be little doubt that
     he left Delfshaven on the Speedwell.

—–­ Ely, the other seaman in the Planters’ employ, also hired to “remain
     a year in the countrie,” appears to have been drafted, like Trevore,
     from the Speedwell before she returned to London, having, no doubt,
     made passage from Holland in her.  Both Trevore and Ely survived
     “the general sickness” at New Plimoth, and at the expiration of the
     time for which they were employed returned on the Fortune to England

Of course the initial embarkation, on Friday, July 21/31 1620, was at Leyden, doubtless upon the Dutch canal-boats which undoubtedly brought them from a point closely adjacent to Pastor Robinson’s house in the Klock-Steeg (Bell, Belfry, Alley), in the garden of which were the houses of many, to Delfshaven.

Rev. John Brown, D.D., says:  “The barges needed for the journey were most likely moored near the Nuns’ Bridge which spans the Rapenburg immediately opposite the Klok-Steeg, where Robinsons house was.  This, being their usual meeting-place, would naturally be the place of rendezvous on the morning of departure.  From thence it was but a stone’s throw to the boats, and quickly after starting they would enter the Vliet, as the section of the canal between Leyden and Delft is named, and which for a little distance runs within the city bounds, its quays forming the streets.  In those days the point where the canal leaves the city was guarded by a water-gate, which has long since been removed, as have also the town walls, the only remaining portions of which are the Morsch-gate and the Zylgate.  So, gliding along the quiet waters of the Vliet, past the Water-gate, and looking up at the frowning turrets of the Cow-gate, ’they left that goodly and pleasant city which had been their resting-place near twelve years.’ . . .  Nine miles from Leyden a branch canal connects the Vliet with the Hague, and immediately beyond their junction a sharp turn is made to the left, as the canal passes beneath the Hoom-bridge; from this point, for the remaining five miles, the high road from the Hague to Delft, lined with noble trees, runs side by side with the canal.  In our time the canal-boats make a circuit of the town