Pietas in patriam the life of His Excellency Sir William Phips, Knt. late Captain…

But the Name of Sir WILLIAM PHIPS will be heard Honourably mentioned in the Trumpets of Immortal Fame, when the Names of many, that Antipathied him, will either be Buried in Eternal Oblivion, without any Sacer Vates to preserve them, or be remembered, but like that of Pilate in the Gospel, or Judas in the Creed, with Eternal Infamy.

But the Name of Sir WILLIAM PHIPS will be heard Honourably mentioned in the Trumpets of Immortal Fame, when the Names of many, that Antipathied him, will either be Buried in Eternal Oblivion, without any Sacer Vates to preserve them, or be remembred, but like that of Pilate in the Gospel, or Judas in the Creed, with Eternal Infamy.

The old Persians indeed, according to the Report of Agathias, exposed their Dead Friends to be Torn in pieces by Wild Beasts, believing that if they lay long unworried, they had been unworthy Persons; but, all attempts of surviving Malice, to demonstrate in that way, the worth of this Dead Gentleman, give me leave to Rate off with Indignation.

And I must with a like Freedom say, That great was the Fault of New-England, no more to value a Person, whose Opportunities to serve all their Interests, though very Eminent, yet were not so Eminent as his Inclinations. If this whole Continent carry in its very Name of AMERICA, an unaccountable Ingratitude unto that Brave Man, who first led any numbers of Europeans thither, it must not be wondered at, if now and then, a particular Country in that Continent afford some Instances of Ingratitude: But I must believe, that the Ingratitude of many both to God and Man, for such Benefits, as that Country of New-England enjoyed from a Governor of their own, by whom they enjoyed great quietness, with very worthy Deeds done unto that Nation by His Providence, was that which hastened the Removal of such a Benefactor from them.