...constructions of New England's journeylike "errand into the wilderness," and though he once wrote that "we are very happy in our Canaans if we could but forget the onions and fleshpots of Egypt," Byrd is a Southern Anglican, essentially concerned with commercial trade with Britain, and his beloved...

...[?] us wherever we go, as in your island of beggars. Thus my Lord we are very happy in our Canaan, if we could but forget the onions, and flesh-pots...inflame the appetite, and charm the senses, that. . . . they could keep me so long from the more solid pleasures of innocence, and retirement.30 As long...

...amongst my own servants, so that I live in a kind of independence on every one, but Providence. ... We are very happy in our Canaans if we could but forget the . . . flesh-pots of Egypt."2 The pastoral ideal, however, did not take hold among the rice and sugar...

...Byrd continued to Boyle: "We are very happy in onr Canaan. if we could but forget the onions. and the flesh-pots of Egypt. There are so many temptations...inflame the appetite. and charm the senses. that we are constant to run all risques to enjoy them. They always had I must own too strong an influence upon...

...country very much: we sit securely under our vines and our fig trees without any danger to our property Thus, My Lord, we are very happy in our Canaans if...could but forget the onions and fleshpots of Egypt. Byrd went through much of his life contemptuous of business matters and the debts that crowded in on...