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'''''Arbella''''' or '''''Arabella'''''<ref>Davida Rubin, Kenneth Garth Huston. ''Sir Kenelm Digby, F.R.S., 1603-1665: a bibliography ...'' (1969), p. 2.</ref> was the flagship of the [[Winthrop Fleet]] on which Governor [[John Winthrop]], other members of the Company (including Dr. William Gager), and [[Puritan]] emigrants transported themselves and the Charter of the [[Massachusetts Bay Company]] from [[England]] to [[Salem, Massachusetts|Salem]] between April 8 and June 12, 1630, thereby giving legal birth to the [[Commonwealth of Massachusetts]]. During this adventure, the ship is said to have carried three times as much alcohol as water. The charter recorded around 10,000 gallons of wine on board for the personal supply of the crew and its passengers, and they had consumed almost all of it in six weeks time.<ref>McMichael, Andrew. "North and South: New England and Pilgrims." Lecture, Bowling Green, October 9, 2014. Below decks, the great ship was a veritable ark. <ref> Fischer, David Hackett. "Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America," 1989. New York: Oxford University Press. 1989. Print.</ref> It's main hold teemed with horses, cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, dogs, cats and dunghill fowl.<ref>Fischer, David Hackett. "Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America," 1989. New York: Oxford University Press. 1989. Print.</ref> [[John Winthrop]] is reputed to have given the famous "[[A Model of Christian Charity]]" sermon aboard the ship. Also on board was [[Anne Bradstreet]], the first European female [[poet]] to be published from the [[New World]], and her family.