TAYLOR Keith C

William Mather’s 1699 Young Man’s Companion also has one (the London book would inspire the very first arithmetic book to be printed in the colonies in 1705, by Franklin’s old boss Andrew Bradford). In Mather’s book, though, the recipe was short, misleading, and ineffective. It includes an entry for “Terms provoked,” a heading also found under comparable medical books with abortifacient concoctions (where the “term,” or period, needs “provoking”). Unfortunately for Mather’s readers, however, he prescribes “stinking Arach,” or goosefoot, which is an emmenagogue (an agent to stimulate or regulate menstruation) but not a reliable abortifacient. He also makes the even more dubious suggestion to “take a draught of White wine” under a full moon.

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and spoke to them in broken English

[T]hey that before had been boone companions in drinking & joyllity in ye time of their health & wellfare, begane now to deserte one another in this calamitie, saing they would not hasard ther lives for them, they should be infected by coming to help them in their cabins, and so, after they came to dye by it, would doe litle or nothing for them, but if they dyed let them dye…

Northerne parts of Virginia,

scarce any left alive besids him selfe.

spetiall instrument sent of God for their good beyond their expectation.

That when ther men came to them, they should leave their bows & arrows behind them.

That if any of his did any hurte to any of theirs, he should send ye offender, that they might punish him.

they brought againe all ye tooles that were stolen away before

sundrie

begane now to deserte one another in this calamitie, saing they would not hasard ther lives for them, t

as in this generall calamity they were not at all infected either with sicknes, or lamnes…

ther was but 6. or 7. sound persons, who, to their great comendations be it spoken, spared no pains, night nor day, but with abundance of toyle and hazard of their owne health, fetched them woode, made them fires, drest them meat, made their beads, washed their lothsome cloaths, cloathed & uncloathed them

that of 100. & odd persons, scarce 50. remained.

But that which was most sadd & lamentable was, that in 2. or 3. moneths time halfe of their company dyed

covenant & combine our selves togeather into a civill body politick, for our better ordering & preservation & furtherance of ye ends aforesaid; and by vertue hearof to enacte, constitute, and frame such just & equall lawes, ordinances, acts, constitutions, & offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meete & convenient for ye generall good of ye Coloni

Northerne parts of Virginia,

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long used it in old England

for first the mare, and then ye cowe, and ye rest of ye lesser catle, were kild before his face, according to ye law, Levit: 20. 15. and then he him selfe was executed.

others with them were brought before him, and he declared which were they, and which were not.

but sundrie times before, and at severall times with all ye rest of ye forenamed in his indictmente; and this his free-confession was not only in private to ye magistrats, (though at first he strived to deney it,) but to sundrie, both ministers & others, and afterwards, upon his indictmente, to ye whole court & jury

I forbear perticulers.

He was this year detected of buggery (and indicted for ye same) with a mare, a cowe, tow goats, five sheep, 2. calves, and a turkey.

And yet all this could not suppress ye breaking out of sundrie notorious sins, (as this year, besids other, gives us too many sad presidents and instances,) espetially drunkennes and unclainnes; not only incontinencie betweene persons unmaried, for which many both men & women have been punished sharply enough, but some maried persons allso. But that which is worse, even sodomie and bugerie, (things fearfull to name,) have broak forth in this land, oftener then once.

Thomas Granger

as it is with waters when their streames are stopped or dam̅ed up

them thus frying in ye fyer, and ye streams of blood [426]quenching ye same, and horrible was ye stinck & sente ther of; but ye victory seemed a sweete sacrifice,

some hewed to peeces, others rune throw with their rapiers, so as they were quickly dispatchte, and very few escaped. It was conceived they thus destroyed about 400

others rane into their howses, & brought out fire, and sett them on fire, which soone tooke in their matts, &, standing close togeather, with ye wind, all was quickly on a flame, and therby more were burnte to death then was otherwise slain;

It should seeme their desire was to come upon ye enemie sudenly, & undiscovered

revenge was so sweete unto them, as it prevailed above all ye rest; so as they resolved to joyne with ye English against them, & did

for they would not come to open battle with them

as that ye English were stranegers and begane to overspred their countrie, and would deprive them therof in time, if they were suffered to grow & increse; and if ye Narigansets did assist ye English to subdue them, they did but make way for their owne overthrow, for if they were rooted out, the English would soone take occasion to subjugate them

yet nothing was done to him

Ile of Shols

but they were so steeld with drinke as their peeces were to heavie for them;

if they had not been over armed with drinke, more hurt might have been done.

said ye king was dead

So, to be short, they first resolved joyntly to write to him, and in a freindly & neigborly way to admonish him to forbear these courses, & sent a messenger with their letters to bring his answer.

to prevente ye further grouth of this mischeefe, and suppress Morton & his consortes before yey grewe to further head and strength.

they should stand in more fear of their lives & goods (in short time) from this wicked & deboste crue, then from ye salvages them selves.

Oh! that princes & parlements would take some timly order to prevente this mischeefe, and at length to suppress it, by some exemplerie punishmente upon some of these gaine thirstie murderers, (for they deserve no better title,) before their collonies in these parts be over throwne by these barbarous savages, thus armed with their owne weapons, by these evill instruments, and traytors to their neigbors and cuntrie.

when some of their neigbours & freinds are daly killed by ye Indeans, or are in deanger therof, and live but at ye Indeans mercie.

And having thus instructed them, he imployed some of them to hunte & fowle for him

begane ye practise of ye same in these parts;

Bacchinalians

Roman Goddes Flora,

drinking both wine & strong waters in great exsess,

till he could gett passages for England.

Therfore I would [285]advise you to thruste out this Levetenant Fitcher; and I, having a parte in the plantation, will receive you as my partners and consociats; so may you be free from service, and we will converse, trad, plante, & live togeather as equalls, & supporte & protecte one another, or to like effecte.

who had been a kind of petie-fogger, of Furnefells Inne,

pretie parts

Athisme.

Mr. Morton,

every man for his owne perticuler

So they begane to thinke how they might raise as much corne as they could, and obtaine a beter crope then they had done, that they might not still thus languish in miserie

became servants to ye Indeans, and would cutt them woode & fetch them water, for a cap full of corne; others fell to plaine stealing, both night & day, from ye Indeans, of which they greevosly complained. In ye end, they came to that misery, that some starved & dyed with could & hunger

or he yt was their cheef [157]was taxed by some amongst them for keeping Indean women,

being left competently provided when ye ship left them

hat they should set corne every man for his owne perticuler

both hungrie, & thirstie, their sowle was overwhelmed in them.

delivered them from ye hand of ye oppressour.

what could they see but a hidious & desolate wildernes, full of wild beasts & willd men?

, and they that know ye winters of yt cuntrie know them to be sharp & violent, & subjecte to cruell & feirce stormes, deangerous to travill to known places, much more to serch an unknown coast.

savage barbarians,

this poore peoples presente condition

Seneca

the which being made & certainly knowne to be it, they were not a litle joyfull.

yet he lived many years after, and became a profitable member both in church & com̅one wealthe.

a lustie

com̅ited them selves to ye will of God, & resolved to proseede.

ther was a great iron scrue ye passengers brought out of Holland, which would raise ye beame into his place; ye which being done, the carpenter & mr. affirmed that with a post put under it, set firme in ye lower deck, & otherways bounde, he would make it sufficiente.

to consider in time of ye danger; and rather to returne then to cast them selves into a [92]desperate & inevitable perill. And truly ther was great distraction & differance of opinion amongst ye mariners them selves

ne of the maine beames in ye midd ships was bowed & craked, which put them in some fear that ye shipe could not be able to performe ye vioage

to smite this yong man with a greeveous disease, of which he dyed in a desperate maner, and so was him selfe ye first yt was throwne overbord

that he hoped to help to cast halfe of them over board before they came to their jurneys en

which was some incouragmente unto them; yet according to ye usuall maner many were afflicted with sea-sicknes.

incouragmente

one shipe

Of their vioage, & how they passed ye sea, and of their safe arrivall at Cape Codd.

at least as near as my slender judgmente can attaine the same.