Forty miles from Nen^- fl mouih^ in the l4« 
titudt of 42 or 43 degrees ind 10 minutef^ 
\v\t\ithotiQVCio\ Maffachuftts-Bay is Bofiori 
( whofe longitude is 31$ degrees, or as o- 
thfcrs will 3i2 degrees and 30 Icconds^ ) So 
called ftom a Town in Lincolnfhtre , which 
in the Saxons^ time bare the nkmc of Sf. 
Botolph^ and is <hc Mctrop3Hs of this Co* 
lony, or rather of the whole Cotintrcy 
fituatcd upon z Peninfula^ about four 
miles in compafs, almoll fquare, and invi« 
roned with the Sea, favihg one fmall Ifibmm 
which gives acccfs to other Towns by land 
on the South- fide. The Town hath two hills 
of equal height on the Crdntire part thereof 
next the Sea, the one well fortified on the 
fupcrficies with feme Artillery tnbunted , 
commanding any Ship al (he fails into the 
Hirbour within the ftift Bay j the other hilf 
hath a very ftrong battery built of whole 
Titeber and fiU'd with carth,at the dcfcent 
of the hill in the extreameft part thereof, 
betwiiit thcfe two ftrcaig Arm?, lyes a large 
Cove or Bdy^ on which the diiefeft part of 
the Town is btrilt, to the Northweft h i 
high mountain that out-tops all^ with its 
three little riling hills on the fummit calledl 
^tamount^ ihh 'is fuiftiftied with a Beacoii 
and great Guns; from hence you may of 
