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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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
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READER, 'Tis Time for us to view a little more to the Life, the Picture of the Person, the Actions of whose Life, we have hitherto been looking upon. Know then, That for his Exterior, he was One Tall, beyond the common set of Men, and Thick as well as Tall, and Strong as well as Thick: He was, in all Respects, exceedingly Robust, and able to conquer such Difficulties of Diet and of Travel, as would have killed most Men alive: Nor did the Fat, whereinto he grew very much, in his later Years, take away the Vigour of his Motions.
READER, 'Tis Time for us to view a little more to the Life, the Picture of the Person, the Actions of whose Life, we have hitherto been looking upon. Know then, That for his Exteriour, he was One Tall, beyond the common set of Men, and Thick as well as Tall, and Strorg as well as Thick: He was, in all Respects, exceedingly Robust, and able to conquer such Difficulties of Diet and of Travel, as would have kill'd most Men alive: Nor did the Fat, whereinto he grew very much, in his later Years, take away the Vigour of his Motions.
He was well-set, and he was therewithal, of a very Comely, though a very Manly Countenance: A Countenance where any true skill in Physiognomy, would have read the Characters of a Generous Mind. Wherefore passing to his Interior, the very first Thing which there offered it self unto Observation, was a most incomparable Generosity.
He was well-set, and he was therewithal, of a very Comely, though a very Manly Countenance: A Countenance where any true skill in Physiognomy, would have read the Characters of a Generous Mind. Wherefore passing to his Interiour, the very first Thing which there offered it self unto Observation, was a most incomparable Generosity.