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A M E %1 C.A. 



Chap. II. 



Commiflioners agreed, upon condition d,cy mould pay a part of the Charges of 

 the War- and that they Luld fend four of their Sons for Hoftages till the Sum 

 was paid'- and the Hoftages being fent back before the Wqm was all paid the two 

 Princes, 4></««ud Mexmmo, upon the fending a Company of Armed Men to de. 

 mandit, fent the remainder of the Money. . 



In the Year 1647. divers Perfons of Quality ventur'd their Eftatesupon an Iron 

 Mill which they began at Vraintree, but it profited the Owners little rather wafting 

 their Stock, the price of Labor in matters of that nature, being double or treble to 



what it is in England. ,.,,,. ,,, 1 • 1 



Thefe are the moft material Tranfacttons we find deliver d by any one wh.ch 

 hapned from the firft difcovery till the Year before mention'd : what hath hapned 

 from that time to this, chiefly relates to the feveral Revolutions that have been in 

 England, and fliall be therefore taken notice of when we come to fpeak or the Go- 

 vernment of thefe Plantations. 

 The o»= Thoueh there are, who having remain'd fome time, and been concern d m thole 

 SSk Parts, affirm the Soil of W> England to be nothing fo fruitful as it is believ d and 

 dL commonly delivered to be, yet we think it not improper to give a brief account of 

 &£"* the Trees and other Plants ; alfo the Beafts, Birds, Fidies, and other Commodities 

 which moft Writers will have to be the production of this Countrey, efpecially 

 fince we find them company fumm'd up by an unknown Writer in the Language 

 of the Mufes. The recital of the Plants and Trees, which (excepting the Cedar, 

 Saffafras, and Dyers Sumach) are allof.the fame kind with thofe that grow ,n^ Eu- 

 ro/i/onely differing in nature, according as the Epithets of many of them declare, 

 is as follows : 



Trees both in Hills and Plains in plenty be ; 

 The long-UVd Oak, and mournful Cypref? Tree ; 

 Skie-to^ring fines, and Chefnuts coated rough • 

 The lajling Cedar, Vith the Walnut tough • 

 The^o^m-dropping Fir, for Maftinufe^ (Sprcwfe., 

 The (Boat-men feek for. Oars light, neat grown 

 Tin brittle Afh, the, eVeutrembXmg Afys } 

 The broad-fpread Elm, whofe Concave harbors 

 The Water >fpungy Alder, good for nought-, (Wafps 5 

 Small Eldern by the Indian Fletchers fought v 



The Knotty Maple, pallid Birch, Hawthorns • 

 The Horn-bound Tree, that to be cloven f corns I 

 Which from the tender Vine oft takes his Spoufe, 

 Who twines embracing Arms about his ^Boughs. 

 Within this Indian Orchard Fruits be fome 5 

 The ruddy [berry, and the jetty Plumb ; 

 Snake*niurthering Ha*le, withfweet Saxafrage, 

 Whofe Leaves in Beer allay hot FeaVers rage ; 

 The Dyers Shumach, Tfiitb more Trees there be, 

 That are both good to ufe, and rare to fee. 



Beafc: 



The Beafts peculiar to this Countrey are the Moofe, the Pjckoon, and the Muf. 

 quajh . the two firft Land- Animals, the laft Amphibious, which with others com- 

 mon to them with us, are thus verfifi'd by the abovefaid Author ; 



The Kmgly Ly 0J h an ^ the ftrong*arm d Bear • 

 The large limb'd Moofes,with the tripping Veer ; 

 ^uxlUdarting Porcupines, that <%ackoons be 

 Qaftledith' hollolp of an aged Tree ; 

 The skipping Squirrel, (Rabbet, purblind Hare, 

 Immured in the f elf -fame Caflle are, 



Left red-eyd Ferrets, T»ily Foxes fhould, 

 "them undermine, if pamper d but with SMold ; 

 Tliegrim-fac'd Ounce, and raVnous bowlmgWolf, 

 Whofe meagre Paunch fucks like afwalloving Gulph- 

 Black glittering Otters, and rich Qoated Beaver - 

 The Civet'fcented Mufauasb fmelling ever. 



Of fuch of thefe as are altogether unknown to us, take theft brief Defcriptions. 

 t The^ The Beaft call'd a Moofe, is not much unlike red Deer, and is as big as an Ox, 

 flow of Foot, Headed like a Buck, with a broad Beam, fome being two Yards 



wide 



