smit8698@bellsouth.net wrote: >>An example is the sentence from 'one of Mr. Weston's letters' :  "That you sent no lading in the ship is wonderful, and worthily distasted."  I believe he is referring to the fact that the Mayflower returned to England without being loaded with goods for the merchant adventurers, but I still don't understand that sentence.  'Wonderful' and 'worthily distasted' seem contradictory to me, so it doesn't make sense.<< Linda ~ it's just a guess on my part, but I wound take wonderful to mean "it is a wonder to me" in this useage, and not meaning wonderful in the sense we mean it today.....just a thought for what it may be worth. Dianne ************** Biggest Grammy Award surprises of all time on AOL Music. (http://music.aol.com/grammys/pictures/never-won-a-grammy?NCID=aolcmp00300000002548)