Pastor John Robinson was still in Leiden, but he criticized Standish for his brutality.Jenks, p. 179. Bradford, too, was uncomfortable with his methods, but he defended him in a letter: "As for Capten Standish, we leave him to answer for him selfe, but this we must say, he is as helpfull an instrument as any we have, and as carefull of the generall good."Stratton, p. 358.
pastor john robinson was still in leiden but he criticized standish for his brutalityjenks p 179 bradford too was uncomfortable with his methods but he defended him in a letter "as for capten standish we leave him to answer for him selfe but this we must say he is as helpfull an instrument as any we have and as carefull of the generall good"stratton p 358