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A character of the province of Mary-land ... also a small treatise on the wilde and naked Indians (or Susquehanokes) of Mary-land, their customs, manners, absurdities, & religion : together with a collection of historical letters / by George Alsop.
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Alsop, George, b. 1638.
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Wing A2901; ESTC R6606
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a Bench and strangely he did do Then every week he daily came to see How his new Physick still did work with me And when he did perceive he 'd don the feat Like an unworthy man he made retreat Left me in desolation and where none Compassionated when they heard me groan What could he judge the Parish then would think To see me fair his Brat as black as Ink If they had eyes they 'd swear I were no Nun But got with Child by some black Africk Son And so condemn me for my Fornication To beat them Hemp to stifle half the Nation Well since 't is so I 'le alter this base Fate And lay his Bastard at some Noble's Gate Withdraw my self from Beadles and from such Who would give twelve pence I were in their clutch Then who can tell this Child which I do hide May be in time a Small-beer Col'nel Pride But while I talk my business it is dumb I must lay double-clothes unto thy Bum Then lap thee warm and to the World commit The Bastard Off-spring of a New-born wit Farewel poor Brat thou in a monstrous World In swadling bands thus up and down art hurl'd There to receive what Destiny doth contrive Either to perish or be sav'd alive Good Fate protect thee from a Criticks power For if he comes thou' rt gon in half an hour Stifl'd and blasted 't is their usual way To make that Night which is as bright as Day For if they once but wring and skrew their mouth Cock up their Hats and set the point Duâ— South Armes all a kimbo and with belly strut As if they had Parnassus in their gut These are the Symtomes of the murthering fall Of my poor Infant and his burial Say he should miss thee and some ign'rant Asse Should find thee out as he along doth pass It were all one he 'd look into thy Tayle To see if thou wert Feminine or Male When he 'd half starv'd thee for to satisfie His peeping Ign'rance he 'd then let thee lie And vow by 's wit he ne're could understand The Heathen dresses of another Land Well 't is no matter wherever such as he Knows one grain more then his simplicity Now how the pulses of my Senses beat To think the rigid Fortune thou wilt meet Asses and captious Fools not six in ten Of thy Spectators will be real men To Umpire up the badness of the Cause And screen my weakness from the rav'nous Laws Of those that will undoubted sit to see How they might blast this new born Infancy If they should burn him theyâ—d conclude hereafter 'T were too good death for him to dye a Martyr And if they let him live they think it will Be but a means for to encourage ill And bring in time some strange Antipod'ans A thousand Leagues beyond Philippians To storm our Wits therefore he must not rest But shall be hang'd for all he has been prest Thus they conclude My Genius comforts give In Resurrection he will surely live A Land-skip of the Province of MARY LAND Or the Lord Baltimors Plantation neer Virginia By Geo Alsop Gent To my Friend Mr. George Alsop on his Character of MARY-LAND WHo such odd nookes of Earths great mass describe Prove their descent from old Columbus tribe Some Boding augur did his Name devise Thy Genius too cast in th' same mould and size His Name predicted he would be a Rover And hidden places of this Orb discover He made relation of that World in gross Thou the particulars retail'st to us By this first Peny of thy fancy we Discover what thy greater Coines will be This Embryo thus well polisht doth presage The manly Atchievements of its future age Auspicious winds blow gently on this spark Vntill its flames discover what 's yet dark Mean while this short Abridgement we embrace Expecting that thy busie Soul will trace Some Mines at last which may enrich the World And all that poverty may be in oblivion hurl'd Zoilus is dumb for thou the mark hast hit By interlacing History with Wit Thou hast describ'd its superficial Treasure Anatomiz'd its bowels at thy leasure That MARY-LAND to thee may duty owe Who to the World dost all her Glory shew Then thou shalt make the Prophesie fall true Who fill'st the World like th' Sea with knowledge new William Bogherst To my Friend Mr. George Alsop on his Character of MARY-LAND THis plain yet pithy and concise Description Of Mary-Lands plentious and sedate condition With other things herein by you set forth To shew its Rareness and declare its Worth Compos'd in such a time when most men were Smitten with Sickness or surpriz'd with Fear Argues a Genius good and Courage stout In bringing this Design so well about Such generous Freedom waited on thy brain The Work was done in midst of greatest pain And matters flow'd so swiftly from thy source Nature design'd thee sure for such Discourse Go on then with thy Work so well begun Let it come forth and boldly see the Sun Then shall 't be known to all that from thy Youth Thou heldst it Noble to maintain the Truth ' Gainst all the Rabble-rout that yelping stand To cast aspersions on thy MARY-LAND But this thy Work shall vindicate its Fame And as a Trophy memorize thy Name So if without a Tomb thou buried be This Book 's a lasting Monument for thee H. W. Master of Arts. From my Study Jan. 10 1665. To my Friend Mr. George Alsop on his Character of MARY-LAND COlumbus with Apollo sure did set When he did Court to propigate thy Wit Or else thy Genius with so small a Clew Could not have brought such Intricates in view Discover'd hidden Earth so plain that we View more in this then if we went to see MARY-LAND I with some thousands more Could not imagine where she stood before And hadst thou still been silent with thy Pen We had continu'd still the self-same men Ne're to have known the glory of that Soyle Whose plentious dwellings is four thousand mile The portly Susquehanock in his naked dress Had certain still been Pigmye or much less All had been dark to us and obscure yet Had not thy diligence discover'd it For this we owe thee Praises to the Skie But none but MARY-LAND can gratifie Will. Barber A CHARACTER Of the PROVINCE of MARY-LAND CHAP. I. Of the situation and plenty of the Province of Mary-Land MARY-LAND is a Province situated upon the large extending bowels of America under the Government of the Lord Baltemore adjacent Northwardly upon the Confines of new-New-England and neighbouring Southwardly upon Virginia dwelling pleasantly upon the Bay of Chaesapike between the Degrees of 36 and 38 in the Zone temperate and by Mathematical computation is eleven hundred and odd Leagues in Longitude from England being within her own imbraces extraordinary pleasant and fertile Pleasant in respect of the multitude of Navigable Rivers and Creeks that conveniently and most profitably lodge within the armes of
he had once among the Gadareans he might drown a thousand head of Hogs and they 'd ne're be miss'd for the very Woods of this Province swarms with them The Christian Inhabitant of this Province as to the general lives wonderful well and contented The Government of this Province is by the loyalness of the people and loving demeanor of the Proprietor and Governor of the same kept in a continued peace and unity The Servants of this Province which are stigmatiz'd for Slaves by the clappermouth jaws of the vulgar in England live more like Freemen then the most Mechanick Apprentices in London wanting for nothing that is convenient and necessary and according to their several capacities are extraordinary well used and respected So leaving things here as I found them and lest I should commit Sacriledge upon your more serious meditations with the Tautologiâ—s of a long-winded Letter I 'le subscribe with a heavenly Ejaculation to the God of Mercy to preserve you now and for evermore Amen Your Obedient Son G. A. From Mary-Land Jan. 17. Anno To my much Honored Friend Mr. M. F. SIR YOu writ to me when I was at Gravesend but I had no conveniency to send you an answer till now enjoyning me if possible to give you a just Information by my diligent observance what thing were best and most profitable to send into this Country for a commodious Trafique Sir The enclosed will demonstrate unto you both particularly and at large to the full satisfaction of your desire it being in Invoyee drawn as exact to the business you imployed me upon as my weak capacity could extend to Sir If you send any Adventure to this Province let me beg to give you this advice in it That the Factor whom you imploy be a man of a Brain otherwise the Planter will go near to make a Skimming-dish of his Skull I know your Genius can interpret my meaning The people of this place whether the saltness of the Ocean gave them any alteration when they went over first or their continual dwelling under the remote Clyme where they now inhabit I know not are a more acute people in general in matters of Trade and Commerce then in any other place of the World and by their crafty and sure bargaining do often over-reach the raw and unexperienced Merchant To be short he that undertakes Merchants imployment for Mary-Land must have more of Knave in him then Fool he must not be a whindling piece of Formality that will lose his Imployers Goods for Conscience sake nor a flashy piece of Prodigality that will give his Merchants fine Hollands Laces and Silks to purchase the benevolence of a Female But he must be a man of a solid confidence carrying alwayes in his looks the Effigies of an Execution upon Command if he supposes a baffle or denyal of payment where a debt for his Imployer is legally due Sir I had like almost to forget to tell you in what part of the World I am I dwell by providence Servant to Mr. Thomas Stocket in the County of Baltemore within the Province of Mary-Land under the Government of the Lord Baltemore being a Country abounding with the variety and diversity of all that is or may be rare But lest I should Tantalize you with a relation of that which is very unlikely of your enjoying by reason of that strong Antipathy you have ever had â—gainst Travel as to your own particular I 'le only tell you that Mary-Land is seated within the large extending armes of America between the Degrees of 36 and 38 being in Longitude from England eleven hundred and odd Leagues Vale. G. A. From Mary-Land Jan. 17. Anno To my Honored Friend Mr. T. B. at his House SIR YOurs I received wherein I find my self much obliged to you for your good opinion of me I return you millions of thanks Sir You wish me well and I pray God as well that those wishes may light upon me and then I question not but all will do well Those Pictures you sent sewed up in a Pastboard with a Letter tacked on the outside you make no mention at all what should be done with them If they are Saints unless I knew their names I could make no use of them Pray in your next let me know what they are for my fingers itch to be doing with them one way or another Our Government here hath had a small fit of a Rebellious Quotidian but five Grains of the powder of Subvertment has qualified it Pray be larger in your next how things stand in England I understand His Majesty is return'd with Honour and seated in the hereditary Throne of his Father God bless him from Traytors and the Church from Sacrilegious Schisms and you as a loyal Subject to the one and a true Member to the other while you so continue the God of order peace and tranquility bless and preserve you Amen Vale. Your real Friend G. A. From Mary-Land Febr. 20. Anno To my Honored Father at his House SIR WIth a twofold unmeasurable joy I received your Letter First in the consideration of Gods great Mercy to you in particular though weak and aged yet to give you dayes among the living Next that his now most Excellent Majesty Charles the Second is by the omnipotent Providence of God seated in the Throne of his Father I hope that God that has placed him there will give him a heart to praise and magnifie his name for ever and a hand of just Revenge to punish the murthering and rebellious Outrages of those Sons of shame and Apostacy that Usurped the Throne of his Sacred Honour Near about the time I received your Letter or a little before here sprang up in this Province of Mary-Land a kind of pigmie Rebellion A company of weak-witted men which thought to have traced the steps of Oliver in Rebellion They began to be mighty stiff and hidebound in their proceedings clothing themselves with the flashy pretences of future and imaginary honour and had they not been suddenly quell'd they might have done so much mischief for ought I know that nothing but their utter ruine could have ransomed their headlong follies His Majesty appearing in England he quickly by the splendor of his Rayes thawed the stiffness of their frozen and slippery intentions All things blessed be God for it are at peace and unity here now And as Luther being asked once What he thought of some small Opinions that started up in his time answered That he thought them to be good honest people exempting their error So I judge of these men That their thoughts were not so bad at first as their actions would have led them into in process of time I have here enclosed sent you something written in haste upon the Kings coming to the enjoyment of his Throne with a reflection upon the former sad and bad times I have done them as well as I could considering all things If they are not so well as