Not to mention, “oh no I’ve cut myself, now I’m going to die “

I mean I guess so. I mean it seems to me @ 50 yrs old your pretty well set in your little routine in life , and to just up & go to what was to them people back then a new world is a Huge life change. Honestly I can’t say I would. Nothing like that exists today and I’m exuding outer space. But back then I guess it was a promise of sorts , untold wealth & Fortune, and land await all in the new world. I suppose if I hated the king, maybe even the king had it out for me, no work, living under the kings army’s rule, hungry all the time? Maybe I would go. Just seems to us here & now a huge gamble.