Eureka. The virtuous woman found. A short essay on the memory of Mrs. Mary…Eureka. The vertuous woman found. A short essay on the memory of Mrs. Mary…

Name: Eureka. The virtuous woman found. A short essay on the memory of Mrs. Mary…
Author: Cotton Mather

Eureka. The virtuous woman found. A short essay on the memory of Mrs. Mary Brown, late consort of Benjamin Brown Esq. in Salem. : [Three lines from Ruth III]Eureka. The vertuous woman found. A short essay on the memory of Mrs. Mary Brown, late consort of Benjamin Brown Esq. in Salem. : [Three lines from Ruth III]

Cotton Mather 1663–1728Boston: printed by Bartholomew Green, 1704

[4], 11, [1] p. ; (8vo) · 2.6k words · Evans 1121

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An ELEGY Upon the DEATH of Mrs. MARY BROWN; Who Dyed in Travail, (w…: An ELEGY Upon the DEATH of Mrs. MARY BROWN; Who Dyed in Travail, (with her Unborn Child…

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BROWN to the Lottery of Worth drew near; He drew a Prize, a matchless Prize, in Her. Not Wealth, but Solid Worth, in her he sees; He see's Rich Virtues, and is charmed with these.

BROWN to the Lottery of Worth drew near; He drew a Prize, a matchless Prize, in Her. Not Wealth, but Solid Worth, in her he sees; He see's Rich Vertues, and is charm'd with these.

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O Parents, Pity the fond Sons of Men, And your fair Daughters well adorn for them. With Useful Knowledge freight their Tender Souls; Why should they Empty be, but Noisy Fools? Teach them the Skill an House to Guide & Feed, And with Kind Mates an Easy Life to Lead. Goodness to them, and all Good Humour Show; The Pious Parents Shaped their MARY so. The Wretch that is alone to Mammon Wed, May chance to find a Satan in the Bed. She's Rich! That's all they say on her behalf: Her Gold you Worship, and a Golden Calf. Wink hard and Wed; a Bag and Baggage too, In Markets often do together go. Who by mere Hundreds and by Thousands choose, A Thousand tis to One, themselves they loose. The Rigging of the Ship; the Tear & Wear, Will soon cost more than all She brought with her. Why should her Dress Ensnare? Tis dearly bought: Poor Woodcocks that are in a Ribbon caught. Or why her Dance bewitch? Upon an head Not like John Baptists, her Light Feet shall tread.

O Parents, Pity the fond Sons of Men, And your fair Daughters well adorn for them. With Useful Knowledge fraight their Tender Souls; Why should they Empty be, but Noisy Fools? Teach them the Skill an House to Guide & Feed, And with Kind Mates an Easy Life to Lead. Goodness to them, and all Good Humour Show; The Pious Parents Shap'd their MARY so. The Wretch that is alone to Mammon Wed, May chance to find a Satan in the Bed. She's Rich! That's all they say on her behalf: Her Gold you Worship, and a Golden Calf. Wink hard and Wed; a Bag and Baggage too, In Markets often do together go. Who by meer Hundreds and by Thousands choose, A Thousand tis to One, themselves they loose. The Rigging of the Ship; the Tear & Wear, Will soon cost more than all She brought with her. Why should her Dress Ensnare? Tis dearly bought: Poor Woodcocks that are in a Ribbon caught. Or why her Dance bewitch? Upon an head Not like John Baptists, her Light Feet shall tread.

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The book

Title as printed

Author

Cotton Mather 1663–1728

Place

Boston

Printer

Bartholomew Green

Year

1704

Size

[4], 11, [1] p. ; (8vo)

Words

2,569

Catalogue

Evans 1121

Text

Evans-TCP N00937

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Eureka. The virtuous woman found. A short essay on the memory of Mrs. Mary…Eureka. The vertuous woman found. A short essay on the memory of Mrs. Mary…

A POEM On the DEATH of the Pious and Virtuous Gentlewoman Mrs. MARY BROWN, Wife of BENJAMIN BROWN Esq. Who (having Lived just Five and Thirty Years) with her Child, Dyed in Child-Bed. December 26th. Anno Domini, 1703.

A POEM On the DEATH of the Pious and Vertuous Gentlewoman Mrs. MARY BROWN, Wife of BENJAMIN BROWN Esq. Who (having Liv'd just Five and Thirty Years) with her Child, Dyed in Child-Bed. December 26th. Anno Domini, 1703.

Written in Commemoration of the Dead, and Consolation of the Living.

Reformers309

Puritans1,782

Westminster Assembly24

Evangelicals36

A POEM On the DEATH of the Pious and Virtuous Gentlewoman Mrs. MARY BROWN, Wife of BENJAMIN BROWN Esq. Who (having Lived just Five and Thirty Years) with her Child, Dyed in Child-Bed. December 26th. Anno Domini, 1703.

A POEM On the DEATH of the Pious and Vertuous Gentlewoman Mrs. MARY BROWN, Wife of BENJAMIN BROWN Esq. Who (having Liv'd just Five and Thirty Years) with her Child, Dyed in Child-Bed. December 26th. Anno Domini, 1703.

Written in Commemoration of the Dead, and Consolation of the Living.