A key into the language of America, or, An help to the language of the natives in that part of America called New-England together with briefe observations of the customes, manners and worships, &c. of the aforesaid natives, in peace and warre, in life and death : on all which are added spirituall observations, generall and particular, by the authour ... / by Roger Williams ...
About this Item
Title
A key into the language of America, or, An help to the language of the natives in that part of America called New-England together with briefe observations of the customes, manners and worships, &c. of the aforesaid natives, in peace and warre, in life and death : on all which are added spirituall observations, generall and particular, by the authour ... / by Roger Williams ...
Author
Williams, Roger, 1604?-1683.
Publication
London :: Printed by Gregory Dexter,
1643.
Rights/Permissions
To the extent possible under law, the Text Creation Partnership has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above, according to the terms of the CC0 1.0 Public Domain Dedication (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). This waiver does not extend to any page images or other supplementary files associated with this work, which may be protected by copyright or other license restrictions. Please go to http://www.textcreationpartnership.org/ for more information.
Subject terms
Narragansett Indians.
Narragansett language.
Link to this Item
http://name.umdl.umich.edu/A66450.0001.001
Cite this Item
"A key into the language of America, or, An help to the language of the natives in that part of America called New-England together with briefe observations of the customes, manners and worships, &c. of the aforesaid natives, in peace and warre, in life and death : on all which are added spirituall observations, generall and particular, by the authour ... / by Roger Williams ..." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A66450.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 17, 2024.
Pages
descriptionPage 137
Observation generall, of their Government.
The wildest of the sonnes of Men have e∣ver found a necessity, (for preservation of themselves, their Families and Properties) to cast themselves into some Mould or forme of Government.
More particular:
Adulteries, Murthers, Robberies, Thefts,Wild Indians punish these!Line 1 And hold the Scales of Iustice so,That no man farthing leese.
When Indians heare the horrid filths,Of Irish, English Men,Line 2 The horrid Oaths and Murthers late,Thus say these Indians then.
We weare no Cloaths, have many Gods,And yet our finnes are lesse:You are Barbarians, Pagans wild,Your Land's the Wildernesse.
email
Do you have questions about this content? Need to report a problem?
Please contact us.