Wise God, who alone is Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the Ending,
the First and the Last, who Was, and Is, and is to Come; from whom,
by Whom, and to whom are all things; by Whose gracious assistance
and wonderfull supportment in so many varieties of hardship and
outward miseries, I have had such converse with Barbarous Nations,
and have been mercifully assisted, to frame this poore Key, which
may, (through His blessing,) (in His owne holy season) open a Doore;
yea, Doors of unknowne Mercies to us and Them, be Honour, Glory,
Power, Riches, Wisdome, Goodnesse and Dominion ascribed by all His in
Jesus Christ to Eternity, Amen.
_FINIS._
THE TABLE.
CHAP. PAGE.
I. Of Salutation, 27
II. Of Eating and Entertainment, 33
III. Of Sleepe, 38
IV. Of their Numbers, 41
V. Of Relations of consanguinity, &c. 44
VI. Of House, Family, &c. 47
VII. Of parts of body, 58
VIII. Of Discourse and Newes, 62
IX. Of time of the day, 67
X. Of Seasons of the Yeere, 69
XI. Of Travell, 72
XII. Of the heavenly Lights, 79
XIII. Of the Weather, 81
XIV. Of the Winds, 83
XV. Of Fowle, 85
XVI. Of the Earth and Fruits thereof, 89
XVII. Of Beasts and Cattell, 95
XVIII. Of the Sea, 98
XIX. Of Fish and Fishing, 102
XX. Of their Nakednesse and clothing, 106
XXI. Of their Religion, Soule, &c. 109
XXII. Of their Government, 120
XXIII. Of their Marriages, 124
XXIV. Of their Coyne, 123
XXV. Of their Trading, 133
XXVI. Of their Debts and Trusting, 139
XXVII. Of their Hunting, 141
XXVIII. Of their sports and Gaming, 145
XXIX. Of their Warres, 148
XXX. Of their Paintings, 154
XXXI. Of their sicknesse, 156
XXXII. Of their Death and Buriall, 160
I have further treated of these Natives of New-England, and that
great point of their Conversion in a little additionall Discourse
apart from this.
I have read over these thirty Chapters of the American Language,
to me wholly unknowne, and the Observations, these I conceive
inoffensive; and that the Worke may conduce to the happy end intended
by the Author.
Io. LANGLEY.
Printed according to this Licence; and entred into Stationers Hall.
TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE
Except for those changes noted below, all misspellings in the text,
and inconsistent or archaic usage, have been retained.
Pg 5: ‘establish an enact’ replaced by ‘establish and enact’.
Pg 6: ‘whom the preident’ replaced by ‘whom the president’.
Pg 7: ‘an acconnt of’ replaced by ‘an account of’.
Pg 12: ‘concluded treates’ replaced by ‘concluded treaties’.
Pg 18: ‘Natives, Salvages’ replaced by ‘Natives, Savages’.
Pg 19: ‘call themselues’ replaced by ‘call themselves’.
Pg 31: ‘seaven yeares after’ replaced by ‘seven yeares after’.
Pg 32: ‘lodge with yon’ replaced by ‘lodge with you’.
Pg 34: ‘Is the water coo.’ replaced by ‘Is the water coole?’.
Pg 41: ‘21’ replaced by ‘21, &c.’.
Pg 41: ‘30, &c.’ replaced by ‘30’.
Pg 44: ‘An Old mn,’ replaced by ‘An Old man,’.
Pg 44: ‘Old men.a’ replaced by ‘Old men.’.
Pg 45: ‘ars distinguished’ replaced by ‘are distinguished’.
Pg 47: ‘of the Couutrey’ replaced by ‘of the Countrey’.
Pg 55: ‘I use is.’ replaced by ‘I use it.’.
Pg 55: ‘too foot long’ replaced by ‘two foot long’.
Pg 62: ‘hey will stile’ replaced by ‘they will stile’.
Pg 65: ‘Ablalive case’ replaced by ‘Ablative case’.
Pg 78: ‘In stormy vvinter’ replaced by ‘In stormy winter’.
Pg 93: ‘Doe you trash?’ replaced by ‘Doe you thrash?’.
Pg 95: ‘Pig, and and rooting’ replaced by ‘Pig, and rooting’.
Pg 113: ‘Men and Women men goe’ replaced by ‘Men and Women goe’.
Pg 118: ‘the Ordiances’ replaced by ‘the Ordinances’.
Pg 126: ‘then the women’ replaced by ‘than the women’.
Pg 134: ‘of Eng- or Dutch’ replaced by ‘of English or Dutch’.
Pg 151: ‘The honse was’ replaced by ‘The house was’.
TABLE: ‘VIII. Of Of Discourse’ replaced by ‘VIII. Of Discourse’.