ALGONQUIAN LANGUAGES. 



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Eliot (J.) — Continued. 



the title. It is accompanied by the old testa- 

 meDt and metrical psalms in a separate vol- 

 ume, uniformly bound. This copy of the new 

 testament contains on the last page the stamp 

 of the library of Trinity College, Dublin, and 

 appears to have been taken out of a copy of 

 the whole bible formerly in the library of that 

 institution, which was sold as a duplicate, ad- 

 vertised by Mr. Bernard Quaritch in March 

 and April, 1870 (259 Catalogue, no. 277), and in 

 July, 1870 (260 Catalogue, no. 1171), at 80Z., and 

 finally purchased by Mr. Henry C. Murphy, of 

 Brooklyn. He extracted this portion of it to 

 go with his other (better) copy of the old 

 testament and metrical psalms, which he 

 had purchased many years before. The two 

 volumes were then rebound, in 1870 or 1871. 

 At the sale of his library in New York, March 

 1884, the new testament (no. 887), which was 

 wrongly described as containing the English 

 title, and the old testament and metrical psalms 

 (no. 886), were purchased for Mr. Thompson at 

 $340 for each volume. For descriptions of the 

 companion volume to the testament and the 

 other part of the Trinity College bible, see nos. 

 19 and 38 of the list of bibles of 1663. Informa- 

 tion furnished by Mr. Thompson, in letters of 

 November 18th and 23d, 1889. 



The I holy bible : | containing the | 



old testament | and the new. | Trans- 

 lated into the j Indian language, | and 

 I Ordered to be Printed by the Commis- 

 sioners of the United Colonies | in New- 

 England, I At the Charge, and with the 

 Consent of the | corporation in England 

 I For the Propagation of the Gospel 

 amongst the Indians | in New-England, i 

 Cambridge : | Printed by Samuel 

 Green and Marmaduke Johnson. | MD- 

 CLXIII [1663]. 



Second title : Mamusse | wunneetupanatamwe 

 I up-biblum God | naneeswe | nukkone testa- 

 ment I kah wonk | wusku testament. [ Ne 

 quoshkinnumuk nashpe "Wuttinneumoh Christ 

 I noh asoowesit | John Eliot. | 



Cambridge: | Printeuoop nashpe Samuel 

 Green kah Marmaduke Johnson. I 1663. 



Translation: The-whole | holy | his-bible Go'^ 

 I both I old testament I and also I new testamen LI. 

 I This turned by the-servant-of Christ | whois- 

 called I John Eliot. 



Third title: The new | testament 1 of our | lord 

 and saviour] Jesus Christ. | Translated into the 

 I Indian language, | and | Ordered to be Print- 

 ed by the Commissioners of the United Colonies 

 I in New-England, 1 At the Charge, and with 

 the Consent of the | corporation in England ! 

 For the Propagation of the Gospel amongst the 

 Indians | in New-England. | 



Cambridg: | Printed by Samuel Green and 

 Marmaduke Johnson. | MDCLXI [16611. 



Fourth title: Wusku | wuttestamentum | nul- 

 lordumun | Jesus Christ | Nuppoquohwussu- 



Eliot (J. ) — Continued. 



aeneumun. | [Diamond shaped figure of 32 

 pieces between two lines.] | 



Cambridge: | Printed by Samuel Green and 

 Marmaduke Johnson. | MDCLXI |1661]. 



Caption of metrical psalms: Wame | 

 Ketoohomae uketoohomaongash | David. 



Translation: All | the-singing songs-of [ 

 David. 



Caption of leaf of rules: Noowomoo Wnt- 

 tinnoowaonk [sic] God, Gen. 5. 22. Enoch 

 weeche | pomushau God nishwudt pasukoce 

 kodtumwaeu. Wonk | nowomoj Prov. 23. 17. 

 qush Jehovah neteagu: newaj ] kenatootomoush. 



600 printed leaves without page numbers, and4 

 blank leaves, in the following order: 1 blank leaf, 

 the title of the whole bible in English on 1 leaf 

 verso blank, the dedication of the whole bible to 

 Charles II. in 2 leaves, the title of the whole 

 bible in Icdian on 1 leaf verso blank, the list of 

 the books in both testaments on 1 leaf recto 

 blank, Geuesis to Malachi in 414 leaves, 1 blank 

 leaf, the title of the new testament in Euglish 

 on 1 leaf verso blank, the dedication of the new 

 testament to Charles II. in 2 leaves, the title of 

 the new testament in Indian on 1 leaf verso 

 blank, Matthew to Revelation in 126 leaves, 1 

 blank leaf, the metrical version of the psalms 

 in 50 leaves, rules for Christian living on 1 leaf, 

 and 1 blank leaf at the end, 4°. Signatures A. 

 in four, two other leaves without mark, A (re- 

 peated), B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, K, L, M, N, 0, P, 

 Q, E, S, T, U, X, Y, Z, Aa t© Zz, Aaa to Zzz, 

 Aaaa to Zzzz, Aaaaa to Lllll, all in fours, and 

 Mmmmm in two, for the old testament; A, A 

 (repeated), B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, K, L, Aa, Bb, 

 Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, li, Kk, LI, Mm, Nn, Oo, 

 Pp, Qq, Er, Ss, Tt, Uu, and Xx, all in fours, for 

 the new testament ; A B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, K, 

 L, M, and N, all in fours, for the metrical psalms 

 and final leaves. In the Massachusetts Indian 

 language. See the fac-similes of the two gener- 

 al titles, the first page of the metrical psalms, 

 and the first page of the leaf of rules. 



The bible is printed in doulile columns, each 

 column with references at the side and headings 

 in Indian at the top. There are no summaries 

 at the beginnings of the chapters, as in the sec- 

 ond edition. A full page of text measures 6| 

 by 4f inches, including headings, catchwords, 

 and references. "The paper used for this 

 Bible," Dr. Trumbull remarks, "was of excel- 

 lent quality, of the size known to old printers 

 as 'pot' (from its original watar-mark, a tank- 

 ard), which should measure 12^ by 15 inches, 

 giving 6i by 7| for the quarto fold." Accord- 

 ing to Mr. Thomas (History of Printing in 

 America, vol. 1, p. 255), "This work was print- 

 ed with new types, full faced bourgeois on a 

 brevier body, cast for the purpose [?], and on 

 good paper," 



In 1865, Dr. Trumbull caused to be printed a 

 few coi)ies (35) of his translation from Indian 

 into English of the leaf of rules for holy living 

 appended to the metrical psalms. The above 

 translations of the Indian titles are from hisea- 



