ALGONQUIAN LANGUAGES. 



527 



"Williams (B.) — Continued. 



London, | Printed by Gregory Dex- 

 ter, 1643. 



Title verso blank 11. To my Deare and"Wel- 

 beloved Friends and Counft]rey-men, in old and 

 new England 6 11. Directions for the use of the 

 language 1 1. text pp. 1-197, table etc. 3 unnum- 

 bered pp. 24°. See the fac-simile of the title- 

 page. 



The pagination of this work is faulty in sev- 

 eral instances, and the collation above does not 

 give the true number of pages, which is 224. 

 The first 16 pages are unnumbered. Up to p. 

 76 it is correctly paged ; 77 is numbered 67, 80 

 is called 86, and 94 and 95 precede 92 and 93 in 

 numbering though correct in reading. None of 

 the&e errors, however, affect the number. 

 There is no 96 or 97. After 114 comes 105, and 

 this error of 10 pages in the numbering runs 

 throughout. Allowing for pp. 96 and 97, it 

 leaves a plus of 8 pages, making the number in 

 the book 16 (preliminary), 205, 3 = 224. 



Chap. I. OfSalutation,pp.l-10.— Chap.II. Of 

 Eating and Entertainment, pp. 10-17. — Chap. 

 III. Concerning Sleepe and Lodging, pp. 17- 

 21.— Chap. nil. Of their Names [and numer- 

 als], pp. 22-27.— Chap. V. Of their relations of 

 consanguinitie and affinitie, or. Blood and Mar- 

 riage, pp. 27-31.— Chap. VI. Of the Family and 

 businesse of the House, pp. 31-48. — Chap. YII. 

 Of their Persons and parts of body, pp. 48-53. — 

 Chap. [ V]III. Of Discourse and Newes, pp. 54- 

 62.— Chap. IX. Of the time of the day, pp. 62- 

 64 —Chap. X. Of the season of the Yeere, pp. 

 65-68.— Chap. XI. Of Travell, pp. 68-78. -Chap. 

 XII. Concerning the Heavens and Heavenly 

 Lights, pp. 79-81. — Chap. XIII. Of the 

 Weather, pp. 82-85— Chap. XIY. Of the Winds, 

 pp. 85-88.— Chap. XV. Of Fowle, pp. 88-92 

 [94].— Chap. XVL Of the Earth, and the Fruits 

 thereof, <fec., pp. 92 [94]-104 [102].— Chap. XVIL 

 Of Beasts, &c., pp.104 [102]-108 [106]. -Chap. 

 XVIIL Of the Sea, pp.108 [106]-113 [lllj.— 

 Chap. XIX. Of Fish and Fishing, pp. 113 [111]- 

 109 [117].— Chap. XX. Of their nakednesse 

 and clothing, pp. 110 [118]-114 [122.] -Chap. 

 XXI. Of Religion, the soule, &c., pp. 114 [122]- 

 132 [140].— Chap. XXII. Of their Government 

 and Justice, pp. 132 [140J-137 [145].— Chap. XXI 

 [XXIII]. Of Marriage, pp. 138 [146]-143 [151].— 

 Chap. XXVI [XXIV]. ConcerningtheirCoyne, 

 pp. 144 [152]-150 [158].— Chap. XXV. Of buying 

 andselling.pp. 151 [159]-159[167].-Chap.XXVL 

 Of Debts and Trusting, pp. 159 [167J-162 [170].— 

 Chap. XXVII. Of their Hunting, &c., pp. 163 

 [171]-169 [177].— Chap. XXVIIL Of their Gam- 

 ing, &c.,pp.l69 [1771-174 [182].— Chap. XXIX. 

 Of their Warre, &c., pp. 174 [182]-183 [191].- 

 Chap. XXX. Of their paintings, pp. 183 [191]- 

 185 [193].— Chap. XXXI. Of Sicknesse. pp. 185 

 [1931-192 [200].— Chap. XXXII. Of Death and 

 Buriall, &c., pp. 192 [200]-197 [205]. 



Each chapter contains short vocabularies 

 and dialogues in Indian and English, followed 

 by observations, and ending with a poem. 



Williams (R.) — Continued. 



The last page has this indorsement : 



"I have read over these thirty Chapters of 

 the American Language, to me whollj' un- 

 knowne, and the Observations, these I conceive 

 inoffensive; and that the Worke may conduce 

 to the happy end intended by the Author. lo. 

 Langley. 



"Printed according to this Licence ; and en- 

 tred into Stationers Hall." 



This is the earliest printed book of Roger 

 Williams. In the preface he says : " I drew the 

 Materialls in a rude lumpe at Sea, as a private 

 helpe to my owne memory, that I might not by 

 my present absence lightly lose what I had so 

 dearely bought in some few yeares hardship, 

 and charges among the Barbarians ; yet being 

 reminded by some, what pitie it were to bury 

 those Materialls in my Grave at land or Sea; 

 and withall, reraembring how oft I have been 

 importun'd by worthy friends, of all sorts, to 

 afford them some helps this way," etc. 



Copies seen: Boston Public, Brown, Congress, 

 Harvard, Lenox, Massachusetts Historical 

 Society, Trumbull. 



At the Field sale, no. 2560, a levant morocco 

 copy brought $79; at the Brinley sale, no. 5679, 

 a handsomely bound copy, $55 ; at the Murphy 

 sale, $77. Priced by Quaritch, 1887, 45J:. 



Reprinted as follows : 



A key into the language of America, 



or an help to the language of the na- 

 tives in that part of America called 

 New-England ; together with briefe 

 observations of the customes, manners, 

 and worships, &c. of the aforesaid na- 

 tives, in peace and warre, in life and 

 death. On all which are added, spirit- 

 uall observations generall and particu- 

 lar, by the authour, of chiefe and special 

 nse (upon all occasions) to all the En- 

 glish inhabiting those parts; yet pleas- 

 ant and profitable to the view of all 

 men. By Roger Williams, of Provi- 

 dence, in New England. London. 

 Printed by Gregory Dexter. 1643. 



In Rhode Island Hist. Soc. Coll. vol. 1, title 

 leaf and pp. 17-163, Providence, 1827, 8°. 

 This reprint issued separately as follows : 



A key | into the | language of Amer- 

 ica; I or an I help to the language of 

 the natives in | that part of America 

 called I 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 gen- 

 erall and particular, by | the authour, 

 of chiefe and speciall use (upon ) all 



