Nova Albion, 259, n. 5. Nova Brittania, 82, m. Oath of allegiance, 241; emigration oath refused by Williams, 270; new oath for residents opposed by Williams, 289; magistrates unable to enforce, 289. Ogle's Account of Maryland, 264, n. 19. Oil to be distilled from walnuts, 83. Oldham, John, an adventurous man of lawless temper expelled from Plymouth, 324; led a small company from Watertown, 324. Opossum, the, described by Purchas, 18. Opposition, Puritanism the party of, 110. Original Records of Colony of Virginia, 78, m. Overston, sermons preached in, by unlicensed men, 142. Pacific Ocean, discovery of the, 3; belief in a passage to the, 4, 6; nearness to Florida, 6; sought _via_ the James River, 8; in latitude 40°, 9, 10; _via_ the Delaware, 10; proximity of, to Virginia, 10, 22, n. 6; to North Carolina, 11. Pagitt's Heresiography, 143, m.; 144, m.; 157, n. 1. Palfrey's History of New England, 211, m.; 218, n. 8. Palisades burned for firewood, 40. Paradox, the, of colonial religious organization, 280. Parkinson, Marmaduke, explorer, 10. Parliamentary freedom, struggle for, 87. Parties, the two great, of Protestantism, rise of, 106; results, 107; lines between, not sharply drawn at once, 110; controversy between, grew more bitter, 114. Party, a moderate, lamented the excesses of the extremists, 117. Passage to the Pacific Ocean sought, 3, 4, 9, 10, 22, n. 5; 73, 74. See also NORTHWEST PASSAGE and PACIFIC OCEAN. Patent, royal, validity of, questioned by Williams, 274, 281, 289, 308, n. 9; 309, n. 12. Patience, the, pinnace, built wholly of wood, 41. Paulus, Pieter, Verklaring der Unie van Utrecht, 312, n. 18. Pearce, Mistress, "near twenty years" in Virginia, 71, n. 18. Pearl fisheries in Virginia waters, 95, n. 3. Peckard's Life of Ferrar, 65, n. 5; 87, m.; 93, m.; account of, 97, n. 10; 100, m. Peirce, John, received a grant from the Virginia Company, 184, n. 4. Pequot war, Williams denounced slaughter of women and children in, 305; plan of campaign changed through a revelation, 338. Pequots dangerous on Connecticut River, 323. Percy, George, on the arrival at Virginia, 28; on the sufferings at Jamestown, 30; increased the hostility of the Indians, 38, 64, n. 4; inefficiency as governor, 44, 60, n. 2; succeeded by Gates, 101. Percy to Northumberland, 46, m.; Trewe Relacyon, 40, m.; 60, n. 2; 64, n. 4; 65, n. 5. Perfect Description of Virginia, 11, m. Perfume to be extracted from the muskrat, 95, n. 3. Persecution in Queen Mary's time, 103; spirit of, pervaded every party, 113; of the Separatists, 141; begot Separatism, 154, 155; new storm of, 163, 182, n. 1; starts agitation for emigration to Virginia, 168, 183, n. 2.