At the River Pafcatatpay begins the Pro- 
vince of Mam : having pleafed our felvcs 
witK the fight oi Tafcataway at a diftancc 
we failed on, and came to Blackcpoinu 
The Fifteenth day, about eight of the 
clock at night, where the next day I was 
ftirc wdiy pinched with a great froft, but 
having two or three bottles of excellent 
Paffada^ and good cheer beftpwed upon nne 
I n^ade a {hift to bear it out, and now wc 
are in the Province of Main. 
The Province of Mjih, ( or the Couqtrcy 
o( thcTroquoes ) heretofore cMcd Laconia 
or New'SummerfetJhirey is a Colony belong* 
ing to the Grandfon of Sir Ferdinando 
Gorges of Jpton Phillips in the County of 
Sommerfet^ the faid Sir Ferdinando Gorges- 
did expend in planting feveral parts of New- 
England above Twenty thoufand pounds 
jierling and when he was between three 
and (our fcore years of age did rcrfooally 
engage in our Royal Muryrs fervicc^ and 
particularly in the S'eige of Bri/W, and was 
plundered and imprifoned feveral times, by 
reafon whereof he was difcountcnanced by 
the pretended Commiffioners for forraign 
plantation?, and his Prcvince incroachcd 
upon by the Maffachufets Colony ^ who 
affamed the Government thereof. His Ma- 
jdiic that now Reigncth fent over hisCom« 
CL/3 miffioners 
