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A85452	America painted to the life. A true history of the originall undertakings of the advancement of plantations into those parts, with a perfect relation of our English discoveries ... 1628. to 1658. declaring the forms of their government, policies, religions, manners, customes, military disciplines, warres with the Indians, the commodities of their countries, a description of their townes, and havens, the increase of their trading with the names of their governours and magistrates. More especially an absolute narrative of the north parts of America, and of the discoveries and plantations of our English in New-England. Written by Sir Ferdinando Gorges .... Publisht ... by his grand-child Ferdinando Gorges Esquire, who hath much enlarged it and added severall accurate descriptions of his owne.	Gorges, Ferdinando, Sir, 1556?-1647.; Gorges, Ferdinando, 1629-1718.	1658 (1658)	Wing G1300; Thomason E969_3	181,058	245

that it hath forced its passage through the mighty Rocks which causeth some sudden falls and hinders Shipping from having any accesse far into the Land her bankes are in many places stored with Oken Timber of all sorts of which that which they commonly call'd white Oke is not inferiou● to our English Timber in this River lie some few Islands of fertill Land this Towne is stored with Meddow and upland which hath caused some Gentlemen who brought over good Estates and finding then no better way to improve th●m to see upon husbandry amongst whom that Religious and sincere hearted servant of Christ Mr. Richard Dummer sometime a Magistrate in this little Common-wealth hathholpen on this Town their houses are built very scattering which hath caused some contending about removall of their place for Sabbath-Assemblies their Cattell are about foure hundred head with store of Corne-land in tillage it consists of about seventy Families the sou'es in Church fellowship are about an hundred the teaching Elders of this Congregation have carried it very lovingly toward their people permitting of them to assist in admitting of persons into Church-society and in Church censures so long as they Act regularly but in case of their male-administration they assume the power wholly to themselves their godly life and conversation hath hitherto been very amiable and their paines and care over their flock not inferiour to many others and being bound together in a more stricter band of love then ordinary with promise to spend their dayes together if the Lord please and therefore shall not be disuaited in the following Verse LOe here Loves twinnes by Christ are sent to Preach In wildernesse his little flock among Though Christs Church-way you fully cannot reach So far hold fast as you in 's word are strong Parker thy paines with Pen and Preaching hath Roomes buildings left in Prelacy cast downe Though ' gainst her thou defer Gods finall wrath Keepe warring still and sure thou shalt have crowne Thy Brother thou oh Noise hast holpe to guide Christ tender Lambs within his fold to gather From East to West thou dost Christs Warrier bide Faint not at last increase thy fighting rather CAHP. XXXII Of good supply and seasonable helpes the Lord Christ was pleased to send to further his Wildernesse worke and particular for his Churches of Charles Towne and Ipswich and Dorchester YEt farther for the incouragement of the people of Christ in these their weak beginnings he daily brings them in fresh supplies adding this yeare also the reverend and painfull Minister of his Gospell Mr. Zachary Simmes who was invited soone after his comming over to assist in planting of another Church of Christ but the place being remote from the pretious servants of Christ already setled be chose rather to joyne with some Church among them and in a short space after hee was called to the Office of a Teaching Elder in the Church of Christ at Charles Towne together with Mr. James who was then their Pastor as you have formerly heard Among all the godly Women that came through the perilous Seas to war their warfare the wife of this zealous Teacher Mrs. Sarah Simmes shall not be omitted nor any other but to avoid tediousnesse the vertuous Woman indued by Christ with graces fit for a Wildernesse condition her courage exceeding her stature with much cheerfulnesse did undergoe all the difficulties of these times of straites her God through Faith in Christ supplying all her wants with great industry nurturing up her young Children in the feare of the Lord their number being ten both Sons and Daughters a certaine signe of the Lords intent to people this vast Wildernesse God grant they may be valiant in Faith against Sin Satan and all the enemies of Christs Kingdome following the example of their Father and Grandfather who have both suffered for the same in remembrance of whom these following lines are placed COme Zachary thou must reed●fie Christ Churches in this Desart Land of his With Moses zeale stampt unto dust defie All crooked wayes that Christ true worship misse With spirits sword and armor girt about Thou lay'st on load proud Prelats crowne to crack And wilt not suffer Wolfes thy flock to rout Though close they creepe with sheepe skins on their back Thy Fathers spirit doubled is upon Thee Simmes then war thy Father fighting died In prayer then prove thou like Champion Hold ou● till death and Christ will crown provide After these poore people had welcomed with great joy their newcome Guests all of a sudden they spy two tall Ships whose colours shewed them to be some forrein Nation at which time this little handfull of people began to be much troubled deeming them to be Rovers they gathered together such forces as their present condition would afford very ill fitted as then to rescue an enemy but their Lord and Master Christ Jesus would not suffer any such to come and instead of enemies brought in friends even Dutchmen to furnish them with farther necessary Provision For the yeare 1635 the honoured Mr. Iohn Haines was chosen Governour and the honoured Mr. Richard Bellingham Deputy Governour the number of Free-men added to this little Common wealth were about one hundred forty and five The time now approaching wherein the Lord Christ would have his people come from the Flaile to the Fan threshing out much this yeare increasing the number of his Troopes and valiant Leaders the Ships came thicker and faster filled with many worthy parsonages Insomuch that the former people began to forget their Poverty and verily Cold Purity Peace and Plenty run all in one channell Gods people here should sure have met with none other but the still waters of Peace and Plenty for back and belly soone contract much mudde as you shall he are God willing in the following History this yeare came in the honoured Sir Henry Vaine who aboad not long in this worthy worke yet mind him I will in the following Lines Sir Henry Vaine once Governour of the English People in New England THy Parents Vaine of worthy fame in Christ and thou for him Through Ocean wide in new World trid a while his warrier bin With small defeat thou didst retreat to Brittaine ground againe There stand thou stout for Christ hold out Christs Champion a● remain● Also at this time Christ sent over the much honoured and upright hearted servant of his Richard Saltingstall Esquire Son to the before-named Sir Richard Saltingstall who being weary of this Wildernesse worke returned home againe not long before and now his Son being chose to the Office of a Magistrate continued for some good space of time helping on the affaires of this little Common wealth to the honour of Christ who hath called him both Father and Son are here remembred THou worthy Knight Saltingstall hight her 's gaine doth gold exceed Then trifle not it s to be got if thou can'st see thy neede Why wilt thhu back and leave as wreck this

People to injoy Christ in his purity of his Ordinances ANd now they enter the Ships should they have cast up what it would have cost to people New England before hand the most strongest of Faith among them would certainly have staggered much and very hardly have set saile But behold and wonder at the admirable Acts of Christ here it is cast up to thy hand the passage of the persons that peopled New England cost ninety five thousand pounds the Swine Goates Sheepe Neate and Horse cost to transport twelve thousand pound besides the price they cost getting food for all persons for the time till they could bring the Woods to tillage amounted unto forty five thousand pounds Nayles Glasse and other Iron-worke for their meeting-houses and other dwelling houses before they could raise any meanes in the Country to purchase them Eighteene thousand pounds Armes Powder Bullet and Match together with their great Artillery twenty two thousand pounds the whose sum amounts unto one hundred ninety two thousand pound beside that which the Adventurers laid out in England which was a small pittance compared with this and indeed most of those that cast into this Banke were the chiefe Adventurers Neither let any man thinke the sum above expressed did defray the whole ch●rge of this Army which amounts to above as much more onely this sum lies still in banke and the other they have had the income agains This therefore is chiefly presented to satisfie such as thinke New England men have beene bad husbands in mannaging their Estates assuredly here it lies in banke put out to the greatest advantage that ever any hath beene for many hundred of yeares before and verily although in casting it up some hundreds may be miscounted for the Author would not willingly exceede in any respect but to be sure Christ stands by and beholds every mite that in the obedience of Faith is cast into this Treasury but what doe wee answering men the money is all Christs and certainly hee will take it well that his have so disposed of it to his advantage by this meanes hee hath had a great income in England of late Prayers Teares and Praise and some Reformation Scotland and Ireland have met with much of the profit of this Banke Virginia Bermodas and Barbados have had a taste and France may suddenly meete with the like Therefore repent you not you that have cast in your Coyne but tremble all you that with a penurious haud have not onely cast in such as are taking out to hord it up in your Napkins remember Ananias and Saphirah how darest thou doe it in these dayet when the Lord hath need of it Gentle Reader make use of this memorable Providence of Christ for his New England Churches where had this poore people this great sum of money the mighty Princes of the Earth never opened their Coffers for them and the generality of these men were meane and poore in the things of this life but sure it is the work is done let God have the glory who hath now given them food to the full and some to spare for other Churches CHAP. XIV Of the wonderfull preservation of Christ in carrying his People Men Women Children through the largest Ocean in the World ANd now you have had a short survay of the charges of their New England Vayages see their progresse being safe aboard weighing Anker and hoysting saile they betooke them to the protection of the Lord on the wide Ocean no sooner were they dispersed by reason of the widenesse of the Sea but the Arrabella for so they called the Eagle which the company purchased in honour of the Lady Arrabella Wife to that godly Esquire Izack Johnson espied foure Ships as they supposed in pursuit of them their suspition being the more augmented by reason of a report when they lay in harbor of foure Dunkerk-men of war who were said to lie wating for their comming forth at this sight they make preparation according to their present condition comforting one another in the sweete mercies of Christ the weaker sex betooke them to the Ships hold but the men one Decks waite in a readinesse for the enemies approach At whose courage many of the Seamen wonder not knowing under whose command these their passengers were even he who makes all his Souldiers bold as Lions Yet was he not minded to make triall of his peoples valiantey in fight at this time for the ships comming up with them proved to be their own Countrymen and friends at which they greatly rejoyced seeing the good hand of their God was upon them and are further strengthened in Faith to rely one Christ for the future time against all Leakes Stormes Rockes Sands and all other wants a long Sea-voyage procures sustaining them with a I meeknesse and patience yet sensible of the Lords frownes humbling their soules before him and also rejoyeing in his deliverauces in taking the cup of Salvation and paying the tribute of thankfulnesse to the most high whose provident hand was diversly directed toward them purposely to point out the great hardships they must undergoe in this their Christian warfare and withall to tell them although their difficulties were many and moumfull yet their victories shou'd be much more glorious and joyfull eminently eyed of the whole World but now keeping their course so neere as the winds will suffer them the billowes begin to grow lofty and rageing and suddenly bringing them into the vale of death covering them with the formidable flouds and dashing their bodies from side to side hurling their unfixed goods from place to place at these unwonted workes Many of these people amazed finde such opposition in nature that her principles grow feeble and cannot digest her food loathing all manner of meat so that the vitall parts are hindered from cooperating with the Soule in spirituall duties insomuch that both Men Women and Children are in a helplesse condition for present and now is the time if ever of recounting this service they have and are about to undertake for Christ but he who is very sensible of his peoples infirmities rebukes the winds and Seas for their sakes and then the reverend and godly among them begin to exhort them in the name of the Lord and from the Lord being fitted with such words as much incourrages the worke they are going about many of their horses and other Cattell are cast over-board by the way to the great disheartning of some but Christ knew well how for his peoples hearts would be taken off the maine worke with these things And therefore although he be very tender in providing outward necessaries for his yet rather than this great worke he intends should be hindered their Tables shall be spred but thinly in this wildernesse for a time After the Lord had exercised them thus severall ways he sent Diseases to visit their Ships that the desart Land they were now drawing near unto might not be deserted by them at first

great good the Lord hath done for his people but the valiant of the Lord waited with pagience and in the misse of beere supp●led themselves with water even the most honoured as well as others contentedly rejoyeing in a Cup of cold water blessing the Lord that had given them the taste of that living water and that they had not the water that sl●ckes the thrist of their naturall bodies given them by measure but might drinke to the full as also in the absence of Bread they feasted themselves with fish the Women once a day as the eide gave way resorted to the Mussells and Clambankes which are a Fish as big as Horse-mussells where they dai'y gathered their Families food with much heavenly discourse of the provisions Christ had formerly made for many thousands of his followers in the wildernesse Quoth one my Husband hath travailed as far as Plimoth which is neere 40 miles and hath with great toile brought a little Corne home with him and before that is spent the Lord will assuredly provide quoth the other our last peck of Meaie it now in the Oven at home a baking and many of our godly Neighbours have quite spent all and wee owe one Loafe of that little wee have Then spake a third my husband hath veatured himselfe among the Indians for Corne and can get none as also our honoured Governour hath distributed his so far that a day or two more will put an end to his store and all the rest and yet methinks our Children are as cheerefull fat and lusty with feeding upon those Mussells Clambanks and other Fish as they were in England with their fill of Bread which makes mee cheerfull in the Lords providing for us being further confirmed by the exhoreation of our Pastor to trust the Lord with providing for us whose is the Earth and the fulnesse thereof And as they were incouraging one another in Christs carefull providing for them they lift up their eyes and saw two Ships comming in and presently this newes came to their Eares that they were come from Jacland full of Victualls now their poore heares were not so much refreshed in regard of the food they saw they were like to have as their soules rejoyced in that Christ would now manifest himselfe to be the Commissary Generall of this his Army and that hee should honour them so far as to be poore Sutlers for his Camp they soone up with their Mussells and hie them home to stay their hungry stomacks After this manner did Christ many times graciously provide for this his people even at the last cast CHAP. XXV Of the Lords gracious protection of his people from the barbarous cruelties of the Heathen ABout this time the Indians that were most conversant smong them came quaking and complaining of a barbarous and cruell people called the Tarratines who they said would eat such Men as they caught alive tying them to a Tree and gnawing their flesh by peece-meales off their Bones as also that they were a strong and numerous people and now comming which made them flee to the English who were but very few in number at this time and could make but little resistance being much dispersed yet did they keepe a constant watch neglecting no meanes Christ had put into their hands for their owne safety in so much that they were exceedingly weaked with continued labour watching and hard diet but the Lord graciously upheld them in all for thus it befell neere the Towne of Linn then called Saugust in the very dead of the night being upon their watch because of the report that went of the Indians approach to those parts one Lieurenant Walker a man indued with faith and of a couragious spirit comming to relieve the Centinell being come up with him all of a sudden they heard the Sticks crack hard by them with all he felt something b●ush hard upon his shoulder which was an Indian arrow shot through his Coat and the wing of his buffe-Jacket Upon this hee discharged his Culliver directly toward the place where they heard the noise which being deep'y loden brake in pieces then they returned to the Court of Guard and raised such small forces as they had comming to the light they perceived he had an other Arrow shot through his Coat betwixt his Legs Seeing this great presertation they stood upon their Guard till Morning expecting the Indians to come upon them every moment but when day-light appeared they soone sent word to other parts who gathered together and tooke counsell how to quit themselves of these Indians whose approach they demed would be sudden they ugreed to discharge their great Guns the redoubling eccho rattling in the Rocks caused the Indians to betake themselves to slight being a terrible unwonted sound unto them or rather he who put such trembling feare in the Assyrians Army struck the like in these cruell Canniballs In the Autumne following the Indians who had all this time held good correspondency with the English began to quarrell with them about their bounds of Land notwithstanding they purchased all they had of them but the Lord put an end to this quarrell also by smiting the Indians with a sore D●sease even the smll Pox of the which great numbers of them died yet these servants of Christ minding their Masters businesse were much moved in affection toward them to see them depart this life without the knowledge of God in Christ And therefore were very frequent among them for all the noysomenesse of their Disease entring their Wigwams and exhorting them in the Name of the Lord. Among others one of the chiefe Saggamores of the Mattachusets whom the English named Saggemore John gave some good hopes being alwayes very courteous to them whom the godly and much honour'd among the English visiting a little before his death they instructing him in the knowledge of God Qaoth hee by and by mee Mattamoy may be my two Sons live you take them to teach much to know God Accordingly the honoured Mr. John Winthrop and the Reverend Mr. John Wilson tooke them home notwithstanding the infectiousnesse of the Disease their Father died of The mortality among them was very great and increased among them daily more and more insomuch that the poore Creatures being very timorous of death would faine have fled from it but could not tell how unlesse they could have gone from themselves Relations were little regarded among them at this time so that many who were s●●it●en with the Disease died helplesse unlesse they were neare and known to the English their Powwowes Wizards and Charmers Athamochas Factors were possest with greatest feare of any The Winters piercing cold stayed not the strength of this hot Disease yet the English endeavouring to visit their sick Wigwams helpe them all they could but as they entred one of their matted Houses they beheld a most sad spectacle death having smitten them all save one poore Infant which lay on the ground sucking the Breast