New-Englands plantation : with the sea journal and other writings . s. Metinacus, Haughtons lies. But whosoeuer desireth to know as muchas yet can be discouered, I aduise themto buy Captaine John Smiths booke ofthe description oi New-England in Folio;and reade from Fol. 203. to the end; andthere let the Reader expect to haue fullcontent. Finis. SOME BRIEF COLLECTIONS SOME BRIEF COL- lections out of a letter thatMr. Higginson sent to hisfriends at Leicester. HERE are certainly-expected here the nextspring the coming of60 familyes out Dor-cettershire,5 who haveby letters signified somuch to the
New-Englands plantation : with the sea journal and other writings . s. Metinacus, Haughtons lies. But whosoeuer desireth to know as muchas yet can be discouered, I aduise themto buy Captaine John Smiths booke ofthe description oi New-England in Folio;and reade from Fol. 203. to the end; andthere let the Reader expect to haue fullcontent. Finis. SOME BRIEF COLLECTIONS SOME BRIEF COL- lections out of a letter thatMr. Higginson sent to hisfriends at Leicester. HERE are certainly-expected here the nextspring the coming of60 familyes out Dor-cettershire,5 who haveby letters signified somuch to the Gov-erour to desyre him to appoint themplaces of habitations they bringing theirministers with them. Also many fami-lies are expected out of Lincolnshire^and a minister with them, and a greatcompany of godly christians out of Lon-don. Such of you as come from Leister,I would counsell you to come quicklyand that for two reasons, ist, if you lin-ger too long, the passages of Jordanthrough the malice of Sathan, may bestopped, that you can not come if you[117] NeWEnglands Plantation would. 2dly, Those that come first speedbest here,and have the priviledge of choos-ing choice places of habitations. Littlechildren of 5 years ould may by settingcorne one month be able to get their o wnemaintenance abundantly. Oh what agood worke might you that are rich dofor your poore brethren, to helpe themwith your purses onely to convey themhither with their children and families,where they may live as well both for souleand body as any where in the world. Be-sides they will recompense the cost byhelping to build houses and plant yourground for a tyme; which shall be diffi-cult worke at the first, exceptyou have thehelpe of many hands. Mr. Johnson outof Lincolnshire and many others, havehelped our godly christians hither to beemployed in their worke, for a while, andthen to live of themselves. We have hereabout 40 goats that give milke, and as manymilch kyne; we have 6 or 7 mares and anhor
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