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things then stood] was a true account | things then stood] was a true account | ||
of that matter, And were I to write it | |||
againe 9as thing were then circumstanced0 | |||
I could not adde, or diminshe; for the substance | |||
of it. But since, thee ware began bee- | |||
-tween the barborous heathen, and teh English | |||
the state of Affaires is much altered with | |||
respect to the poore chtian Indians which | |||
are much weakned, & diminished, especilally | |||
in the colony of Massachusets: in N England | |||
A true & impartial narrative whereof | |||
their doings suffering & present condition. | |||
I have endeavored to collect 7 here to offer | |||
["humbly" crossed out] for your [?] [?] , who are under | |||
God as Nurssing fathers to this despised | |||
Orphan: the reason of this under taking | |||
is intimated in the first page, Al yt is defective | |||
is the inability & unev[?]ency of the penman I | |||
humbly intreat your honnour to pardon my boldness | |||
& weakness & acept of the matter clothed in a | |||
wilderness drest yet I trust agree with my truth & | |||
unity. The God of heaven & earth |
Revision as of 16:31, 5 January 2022
The Epistle Story For the honourable, Robert Boyle Esquire, Governr of the right honble Corporation , for Gospelizing the Indians in New Englane. {Right] Honble, a few yeares [since?], I assumed to trasmitt to your honours, a few hystroricall collectionns, concerning the indians in New England, especially the chtian on praying Indians, which script, [as things then stood] was a true account of that matter, And were I to write it againe 9as thing were then circumstanced0 I could not adde, or diminshe; for the substance of it. But since, thee ware began bee- -tween the barborous heathen, and teh English the state of Affaires is much altered with respect to the poore chtian Indians which are much weakned, & diminished, especilally in the colony of Massachusets: in N England A true & impartial narrative whereof their doings suffering & present condition. I have endeavored to collect 7 here to offer ["humbly" crossed out] for your [?] [?] , who are under
God as Nurssing fathers to this despised Orphan: the reason of this under taking is intimated in the first page, Al yt is defective is the inability & unev[?]ency of the penman I humbly intreat your honnour to pardon my boldness & weakness & acept of the matter clothed in a wilderness drest yet I trust agree with my truth & unity. The God of heaven & earth