First Sentence

"The English Civil War came to Barbados in the middle of the 17th century. Prior to 1649 'England's troubles' exerted little direct effect upon Barbados and the colonists were, to all intents and purposes, left to their own devices. Richard Ligon, an English Royalist who lived in Barbados from September 1647 to April 1650, recorded that 'though [the colonists] were of several Perswasions, yet, their discretions ordered every thing so well, as there were never any fallings out between them'. Moreover, 'some of the better sort made a Law amongst themselves, that whosoever nam'd the word Roundhead or Cavalier should give to all those that heard him, a Shot and a Turky, to be eaten at his house that made the forfeiture, which sometimes was done purposely, that they might enjoy the company of one another'."