Excerpt from Compendious History of New England, Vol. 4 of 4: From the Discovery by Europeans to the First General Congress of the Anglo-American Colonies The lavish magnificence of his reception in Massachusetts, so far as it expressed genuine enthusiasm, is to be ascribed to the general veneration entertained for the memory of his father. As far as it was dictated by prudence, its object may be naturally imagined to have been to conciliate the new ruler in respect to the different matters upon which the province had been at issue with 'his predecessors, especially in the reign of the late king. 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.