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Edulcorator. A brief essay on the waters of Marah sweetened
Edulcorator. A brief essay on the waters of Marah sweetened. : With a remarkable relation of the deplorable [sic] occasion afforded for it, in the premature death of Captain Josiah Winslow, who (with several of his company) sacrificed his life, in the service of his country; engaging an army of Indians, May 1. 1724. : [Three lines of quotation in Latin]Edulcorator. A brief essay on the waters of Marah sweetened. : With a remarkable relation of the deporable [sic] occasion afforded for it, in the praemature death of Captain Josiah Winslow, who (with several of his company) sacrificed his life, in the service of his country; engaging an army of Indians, May 1. 1724. : [Three lines of quotation in Latin]
Boston: printed by B. Green, 1725
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AS he was a Young Man of a Beautiful Countenance; of an Hail and Firm Constitution of Body, which enabled him to act with much Vigour, and undergo the Hardships of the War; So he was of a Pleasant and Spritely Witt; of a Sweet Disposition; Of a Free and Generous Temper; Modest and Bashful in his Behaviour, Full of Life; and full of Love to every One: Of so Condescending a Spirit, that it sometimes drew him into Inconveniences: Obedient and Respectful to his Superiors; Kind to all; Far from Insulting over his Inferiors; which gained him great Respect from those that were Acquainted with him; and especially of the Soldiers that were under him; He was so far from taking any Advantage, that in their Straits and Difficulties, he has given sometimes to Poor Fellows ⟨p. 29⟩that were in Necessity the Clothes off his Back, to supply them: Which, together with his Forwardness on all Actions greatly endeared him to them, and caused him to be much Lamented by them.
AS he was a Young Man of a Beautiful Countenance; of an Hail and Firm Constitution of Body, which enabled him to act with much Vigour, and undergo the Hardships of the War; So he was of a Pleasant and Spritely Witt; of a Sweet Disposition; Of a Free and Generous Temper; Modest and Bashful in his Behaviour, Full of Life; and full of Love to every One: Of so Condescending a Spirit, that it sometimes drew him into Inconveniences: Obedient and Respectful to his Superiors; Kind to all; Far from Insulting over his Inferiors; which gained him great Respect from those that were Acquainted with him; and especially of the Souldiers that were under him; He was so far from taking any Advantage, that in their Streights and Difficulties, he has given sometimes to Poor Fellows ⟨p. 29⟩that were in Necessity the Cloathes off his Back, to supply them: Which, together with his Forwardness on all Actions greatly endeared him to them, and caused him to be much Lamented by them.
THE reach of the Mortal Si••e at this Young Gentleman, is now to be Related: But one must feel [Greek or Hebrew] as was of old said, Not one single, Commotion of Soul, but a whole Assembly of Passions, moved at such a Relation. The Account being Obtained, partly, from a Christian Indian, that escaping out of the Slaughter, and while he lay hid, saw some of the Transactions; and partly from a Captive afterwards Redeemed from the Indians that made the Slaughter; Tis an Account that may be Depended on.