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Pietas in patriam the life of His Excellency Sir William Phips, Knt. late Captain…
Pietas in patriam the life of His Excellency Sir William Phips, Knt. late Captain General and Governor in Chief of the province of the Massachuset-Bay, New England, containing the memorable changes undergone, and actions performed by him / written by one intimately acquainted with him.Pietas in patriam the life of His Excellency Sir William Phips, Knt. late Captain General and Governour in Chief of the province of the Massachuset-Bay, New England, containing the memorable changes undergone, and actions performed by him / written by one intimately acquainted with him.
London: printed by Sam. Bridge for Nath. Hiller, 1697
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Wherefore Governor Phips, took the first Opportunity, to raise an Army, with which he Travelled in Person, unto the East-Country to find out and cut off the Barbarous Enemy, which had continued for near four Years together, making horrible Havoc on the ⟨p. 83⟩Plantations, that lay all along the Northern Frontiers of New-England: And having pursued those worse than Scythian Wolves, till they could be no longer followed, he did, with a very laudable Skill, and unusual Speed, and with less Cost unto the Crown, than perhaps ever such a Thing was done in the World, erect a strong Fort, at Pemaquid,
Wherefore Governour Phips, took the first Opportunity, to raise an Army, with which he Travelled in Person, unto the East-Country to find out and cut off the Barbarous Enemy, which had continued for near four Years together, making horrible Havock on the ⟨p. 83⟩Plantations, that lay all along the Northern Frontiers of New-England: And having pursued those worse than Scythian Wolves, till they could be no longer followed, he did, with a very laudable Skill, and unusual Speed, and with less Cost unto the Crown, than perhaps ever such a Thing was done in the World, erect a strong Fort, at Pemmaquid,
This Fort, he contrived so much in the very Heart of the Country now possessed by the Enemy, as very much to hinder the several Nations of the Tawnies from Clanning together, for the common Disturbance; and his Design was, that a sufficient Garrison being here posted, they might from thence, upon Advice, issue forth to surprise that ferocient Enemy. At the same time he would fain have gone in Person up the Bay of Funda, with a convenient Force, to have spoiled a Nest of Rebellious Frenchmen, who being Rendezvoused at St. John's, had a yearly Supply of Ammunition from France, with which they still supplied the Indians, unto the extreme Detriment of the English, but his Friends for a long time, would not permit him to expose himself unto the Inconveniences of that Expedition.