. The narrative of the captivity and restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson. First printed in 1682 at Cambridge, Massachusetts, & London, England. Now reprinted in fac-simile; whereunto are annexed a map of her removes, biographical & historical notes, and the last sermon of her husband, Rev. Joseph Rowlandson . wficA God calls a Per yet he is fully able to catty make them fee, and fay they have been gamerstheicby. ADd I hope I can (ay ia Tome Davii did, 1( is g eodfor me that 1 havt bttn af-plitd; The Lord hath (hewed me the vanity ofthefc outward ibicgi. That they are
. The narrative of the captivity and restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson. First printed in 1682 at Cambridge, Massachusetts, & London, England. Now reprinted in fac-simile; whereunto are annexed a map of her removes, biographical & historical notes, and the last sermon of her husband, Rev. Joseph Rowlandson . wficA God calls a Per yet he is fully able to catty make them fee, and fay they have been gamerstheicby. ADd I hope I can (ay ia Tome Davii did, 1( is g eodfor me that 1 havt bttn af-plitd; The Lord hath (hewed me the vanity ofthefc outward ibicgi. That they are the f^anitycfvaniticty and vexation ef lftftt\ that they arebuca (badow,abhfl, a bubble, and things of nocontinuance. That wc muft rely on God him(elf,ind out whole deptndance tnu(t be upon him. Iftrouble from fmallar matters begin to atib in me,Ihave fomethtng at band to cbeditnyfeU^itb,andTay, why am (troubled? Itwatbiittbeoihctdafihat if I had bad the wor1d,l would havegiveoitfor my freedom, or to have beeaa ScrvaatcoaChriftiao. I have learned to look beyond ptefenctnd fmaller trpubles, aod to be quieted under them,« Mofti faid, £jcoi, Stand fitU and fcttfcfptlwtwn 0/ the Lord. FIJ^IS, Notes to the Narrative [75 1. NOTES TO THE NARRATIVE BIOGRAPHY MARY (WHITE) ROWLANDSON was thedaughter of John and Joane White, who ap-peared in Salem as early as 1638, and movedfrom their Wenham lands to Lancafter in 1653. JohnWhite was the wealthieft of the original proprietors ofLancafter, his eftate being recorded as ^£^380 6s. ad. Asthe pound fterling in 1653 probably had a purchafingpower five or fix times as great as at the prefent day, thiswas equivalent to about twenty thoufand dollars of ourmoney. His wife, Joane, died in 1654. He furviveduntil 1673. ^^5 children, all of whom married, wereThomas, Joane, Elizabeth, Mary, Jofiah, Sarah, andHannah. Mary, the authorefs, was doubtlefs born inEngland. She married Reverend Jofeph Rowlandfon in1656. The dates and places of her bir
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