It is a marvel, indeed, that with James the First upon the throne, and popular freedom in such a low state throughout his immediate realm, that so large a measure of liberty should have been conceded to the distant colony.
This quote reflects on the surprising extent of liberty granted to the American colony under King James I's reign.
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