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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A15685	Nevv Englands prospect· A true, lively, and experimentall description of that part of America, commonly called Nevv England: discovering the state of that countrie, both as it stands to our new-come English planters; and to the old native inhabitants. Laying downe that which may both enrich the knowledge of the mind-travelling reader, or benefit the future voyager. By William Wood.	Wood, William, fl. 1629-1635.	1634 (1634)	STC 25957; ESTC S111764	77,206	116

yet had they not the power to shoot an arrow but followed them yelling and howling for the death of their King forty miles his goods being left among them he sent word by other Indians that unlesse they sent him his goods againe which hee there left hee would serve them as hee served their King whereupon they returned him his commodities with intreaty of peace and promises of fairer trade if he came again If these heartlesse Indians were so cowed with so slender an onset on their owne dunghill when there were scarce six families of ours in the Countrie what need wee now feare them being growne into thousands and having knowledge of martiall discipline In the night they neede not to be feared for they will not budge from their owne dwellings for feare of their Abamacho the Devill whom they much feare specially in evill enterprizes they will rather lye by an English fire than goe a quarter of a mile in the darke to their owne dwellings but they are well freed from this scare-crow since the comming of the English and lesse care for his delusions and whereas it hath beene reported that there are such horrible apparitions fearefull roarings thundering and lightning raised by the Devill to discourage the English in their settling I for mine owne part never saw or heard of any of these things in the Countrie nor have I heard of any Indians that have lately beene put in feare saving two or three and they worse scar'd than hurt who seeing a Black-more in the top of a tree looking out for his way which he had lost surmised he was Abamacho or the Devill deeming all Devils that are blacker than themselves and being neare to the plantation they posted to the English and intreated their aide to conjure this Devill to his owne place who finding him to be a poore wandring Black-moore conducted him to his Master CHAP. IX Of their wondering at the first view of any strange invention THese Indians being strangers to Arts and Sciences and being unacquainted with the inventions that are common to a civilized people are ravisht with admiration at the first view of any such sight They tooke the first Ship they saw for a walking Iland the Mast to be a Tree the Saile white Clouds and the discharging of Ordinance for Lightning and Thunder which did much trouble them but this thunder being over and this moving Iland stedied with an Anchor they manned out their cannowes to goe and picke strawberries there but being saluted by the way with a broad side they cried out what much hoggery so bigge walke and so bigge speake and by and by kill which caused them to turne back not daring to approach till they were sent for They doe much extoll and wonder at the English for their strange Inventions especially for a Wind-mill which in their esteeme was little lesse than the worlds wonder for the strangenesse of his whisking motion and the sharpe teeth biting the corne as they terme it into such small peeces they were loath at the first to come neere to his long armes or to abide in so tottering a tabernacle though now they dare goe any where so farre as they have an English guide The first plow-man was counted little better than a Iuggler the Indians seeing the plow teare up more ground in a day than their Clamme shels could scrape up in a month desired to see the workemanship of it and viewing well the coulter and share perceiving it to be iron told the plow-man hee was almost Abamocho almost as cunning as the Devill but the fresh supplies of new and strange objects hath lessen'd their admiration and quickned their inventions and desire of practising such things as they see wherein they expresse no small ingenuitie and dexterity of wit being neither furthered by art or long experience It is thought they would soon learne any mechanicall trades having quicke wits understanding apprehensions strong memories with nimble inventions and a quicke hand in using of the Axe or Hatchet or such like tooles much good might they receive from the English and much might they benefit themselves if they were not strongly fettered in the chaines of idlenesse so as that they had rather starve than worke following no employments saving such as are sweetned with more pleasures and profit than paines or care and this is indeede one of the greatest accusations that can be laid against them which lies but upon the men the women being very industrious but it may be hoped that good example and good instructions may bring them to a more industrious and provident course of life For already as they have learned much subtiltie cunning by bargaining with the English so have they a little degenerated from some of their lazie customes and shew themselves more industrious In a word to set them out in their best colours they be wise in their carriage subtle in their dealings true in their promise honest in defraying of their debts though poverty constraine them to be something long before some having died in the English debt have left Beaver by order of Will for their satisfaction They be constant in friendship merrily conceited in discourse not luxuriously abounding in youth nor dotingly froward in old age many of them being much civilized since the English Colonies were planted though but little edified in Religion They frequent often the English Churches where they will sit soberly though they understand not such hidden mysteries They doe easily beleeve some of the History of the Bible as the creation of the World the making of man with his fall but come to tell them of a Saviour with all the passages of the Gospell and it exceeds so farre their Indian beleefe that they will cry out Pocatnie id est is it possible yet such is their conviction of the right way that when some English have come to their houses victuals being offered them forgetting to crave Gods blessing upon the creatures received they have beene reproved by these which formerly never knew what calling upon God meant thus farre for their naturall disposition and qualities CHAP. X. Of their Kings government and Subjects obedience NOw for the matter of government amongst them It is the custome for their Kings to inherite the sonne alwayes taking the Kingdome after his fathers death If there be no sonne then the Queene rules if no Queene the next to the blood-royall who com●s in otherwise is ●ut counted an usurping intruder and if his faire carriage beare him not out the better they will soone unscepter him The Kings have no Lawes to command by nor have they any annuall revenewes yet commonly are they so either feared or beloved that halfe their Subjects estate is at their Service and their persons at his command by which command he is better knowne than by any thing else For though hee hath no Kingly Robes to make him glorious in the view of his Subjects nor dayly Guardes to secure