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 ...
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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.
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London :: Printed by Gregory Dexter,
1643.
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Subject terms
Narragansett Indians.
Narragansett language.
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"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.
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Observations generall of their Coyne.
The Sonnes of men having lost their Ma∣ker, the true and onely Treasure, dig downe to the bowels of the earth for gold and silver; yea, to the botome of the Sea, for shells of fishes, to make up a Treasure, which can ne∣ver truly inrich nor satisfie.
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The Indians prize not English gold,Line 1 Nor English Indians shell:Each in his place will passe for ought,What ere men buy or sell.
English and Indians all passe hence,To an eternall place,VVhere shels nor finest gold's worth ought,VVhere nought's worth ought but Grace,
This Coyne the Indians know not of,VVho knowes how soone they may?The English knowing, prize it not,But fling't like drosse away,
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