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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.
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.
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 wondred 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 enjoy'd from a Governour of their own, by whom they enjoyed great quietness, with very worthy Deeds done unto that Nation by His Providence, was that which hastned the Removal of such a Benefactor from them.