ALGONQUIAN LANGUAGES. 



153 



miot (J.) — Continued. 



Honourable | corporation in London, 

 for the I propogation Isic'] of tlie Gospel 

 among the In- | dians in New-England 

 1680. 



130' leaves, 4°. Signatures A, B, C, D, E, r, 

 O, H, I, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, X, 

 T, Z, Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, and li, 

 all in fours, and Kk in two. In the Massachu- 

 setts Indian language. 



Copies: After the completion of the new tes- 

 tament in the autumn or winter of 1681, some 

 copies may have been bound separately for im- 

 mediate use. The metrical psalms, which were 

 finished in 1682, may also have been appended. 



(1) Mr. W. G. Shillaber, Boston, Mass. In 

 modern binding of red morocco, gilt edges. 

 This seems to be the copy which is described 

 among the books belonging to Mr. Henry Ste- 

 vens, in the catalogue of Mr. Edward A. 

 Crowninshield's library, sold in London, July, 

 1860 (no. 649), as bound in "crimson morocco 

 extra, gilt edges, the corner of one leaf mended 

 and supplied in fac-simile." It was bought by 

 "Miller" for 6l.l5s. Mr. Henry C. Murphy, of 

 Brooklyn, was probably the next owner. At 

 the sale of his library in New York, March, 

 1884 (no. 888), it was bought for $75 by Mr. 

 Joseph F. Sabin, the bookseller, in the name of 

 "Brevoort." It remained in his possession 

 until June, 1887, when it was sold for $80, 

 through Mr. Charles L. Woodward, to the 

 present owner. This testament was probably 

 taken out of an imperfect copy of the bible. 



At the sale of the library of Mr. W. Elliot 

 "Woodward, in ISTew York, April, 1869 (no. 6452) 

 "a portion of Eliot's Indian Bible, Second Edi- 

 tion, comprising title page to the New Testa- 

 ment, and the Book of Matthew," bound in 

 brown calf, antique, brought $20. 



Mamusse | wunneetupana.tamwe | up- 



biblum God | naneeswe | nukkone testa- 

 ment I kah wonk | wusku testament. | Ne 

 quoshkinnumuk nashpe Wuttinneumoh 

 Christ I noh asoowesit | John Eliot. [ 

 Nahoht6en ontchetde Printeuoomuk, | 

 Cambridge. | PriutencDp nashpe Sam- 

 uel Green. M D C LXXXV [1685]. 



Translation: The- whole | holy [ his-bible God 

 I both I old testament | and also | new testa- 

 ment. I This turned by the-servantof Christ 

 I who is-called | John Eliot. [ Second-time 

 amended impression. 



Second title: Wusku | wuttestamentum | 

 nul-lordumun j lesus Christ | Nuppoquohwus- 

 suaeneumun. | 



Cambridge, | Printed for the Right Honour- 

 able I corporation in London, for the | propoga- 

 tion [sic] of the Gospel among the In- j dians in 

 New-England 1680. 



Caption of 'metrical psalms : Wame | Ketooho- 

 mae uketoohomaongash | David, 



Caption of leaf of rules: Noowomoo Wuttin- 



Eliot (J.) — Continued. 



noowaonk Gad [sic], Gen. 5, 22: Enobh [sic] 

 weeche | pomushau God nishwudt pasukcoe 

 kodtumwaeu. Wonk | noowomoo, Prov. 23. 17: 

 Qush lehovah neteagu: newaj | kenatooto- 

 moush. 



608 printed leaves without page numbers, and 

 2 blank leaves, in the following order: 1 blank 

 leaf, the title of the whole bible in Indian on 

 1 leaf verso blank, Genesis to Malachi in 425 

 leaves, the list of the books in both testaments 

 on 1 leaf recto blank, the title of the new testa- 

 ment in Indian on 1 leaf verso blank, Matthew 

 to Revelation in 129 leaves, 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, beside the first blank leaf and title, 

 A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, K, L, M, E^, O, P,Q, R, S, 

 T, U, X, Y, Z, Aa to Zz, Aaa to Zzz, Aaaa to 

 Zzzz, Aaaaa to Ooooo, all in fours, and Ppppp 

 in two, for the old testament and list of books; 

 A, B,C, D, E, F, G, H, I, K, L, M, IT, O, P, Q, R, S, 

 T, TJ, X, Y, Z, Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff. Gg, Hh, li, 

 Kk, LI, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Xx, 

 and Yy, all in fours, for the new testament and 

 metrical psalms, besides the leaf of rules and 

 final blank leaf. Matthew begins on A2, and 

 Revelation ends on Kk2, verso blank ; the met- 

 rical psalms begin on Kk3, and end ou the verso 

 of Yy 4. In the Massach usetts Indian language. 

 See the fac-similes of the two titles, the first 

 page of the metrical psalms, and the first page 

 of the leaf of rules. 



The book is printed in double columns, like 

 the first edition, with references at the side 

 and headings in Indian at the top of each 

 column. A full page of text measures 6| by 

 4| inches, including headings, catchwords, and 

 references, which is an increase in width of one- 

 eighth of an inch. At the beginning of each 

 chapter is a summary in English, not in the 

 first edition. These summaries increase the 

 whole number of leaves to eleven more in the 

 old testament and three more in the new testa- 

 ment, than there are in the edition of 1663-61. 

 The statement of Mr. Thomas, in his History 

 of Printing in America, that "both editions had 

 title pages in English and Indian," is undoubt- 

 edly wrong as far as this edition is concerned, 

 for no co])y has been found with an English. 

 title, nor is there any probability that one was 

 ever printed. According to Dr. Trumbull, ' ' In 

 printing James I. 26, in the first and second edi- 

 tions of the New Testament, the words 'qut 

 ascokekodtam nehenwonche wuttah,' [but de- 

 Cftiveth his own heart,] were omitted. The 

 omission was discovered before the issue of 

 the second edition of the Old Testament, 1685, — 

 and attention is directed to it, by an erratum, at 

 the bottom of the page containing the names 

 and numbers of the books, — facing the title- 

 page of the New Testament: 'James I. 26. 

 Asuhkaue wenan, ogketash, qut asoo kekodtam ' 

 etc., — that is, ^ After wenan [tongue,] read qut 

 ascokekodtam,' &c." The above translation of 

 the Indian title is from Dr. Trumbull's Origin 



