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Author: Wood, William, fl. 1629-1635.
Title: Nevv Englands prospect· A true, lively, and experimentall description of that part of America, commonly called Nevv England: discovering the state of that countrie, both as it stands to our new-come English planters; and to the old native inhabitants. Laying downe that which may both enrich the knowledge of the mind-travelling reader, or benefit the future voyager. By William Wood.
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Print source: Nevv Englands prospect· A true, lively, and experimentall description of that part of America, commonly called Nevv England: discovering the state of that countrie, both as it stands to our new-come English planters; and to the old native inhabitants. Laying downe that which may both enrich the knowledge of the mind-travelling reader, or benefit the future voyager. By William Wood.
Wood, William, fl. 1629-1635.
Printed at London: By Tho. Cotes, for Iohn Bellamie, and are to be sold at his shop, at the three Golden Lyons in Corne-hill, neere the Royall Exchange, 1634.
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To the Right Worship∣full, my much honored Friend, Sir WILLIAM ARMYNE, Knight and Baronet.
To the Reader.
To the Author, his singular good Friend, Mr. William Wood.
The Table.
Errata.
map
NEVV ENGLANDS PROSPECT.
CHAP. I. Of the Situation, Bayes, Havens, and Inlets.
CHAP. II. Of the Seasons of the yeare, Winter and Summer, toge∣ther with the Heate, Cold, Snow, Raine, and the effects of it.
CHAP. III. Of the Climate, length, and shortnesse of day and night, with the suiteablenesse of it to English bodies for health and sicknesse.
CHAP. IIII. Of the nature of the Soyle.
CHAP. V. Of the Hearbes, Fruites, Woods, Waters and Mineralls.
CHAP. VI. Of the Beasts that live on the land
CHAP. VII. Beasts living in the water.
CHAP. VIII. Of the Birds and Fowles both of Land and Water.
CHAP. IX. Of Fish.
CHAP. X. Of the severall plantations in particular.
CHAP. XI. Of the evills, and such things as are hurtfull in the Plantation.
CHAP. XII. What provision is to be made for a Iourney at Sea, and and what to carry with us for our use at Land.
THE SECOND PART. Of the Indians, their persons, cloa∣things, diet, natures, customes, lawes, mariages, worships, conjurations, warres, games, huntings, fishings, sports, language, death, and burials.
CHAP. I. Of the Connectacuts, Mowhacks, or such Indians as are West-ward.
CHAP. II. Of the Tarrenteenes or the Indians inhabiting Eastward.
CHAP. III. Of the Pequants and Narragansets, Indians in∣habiting Southward.
CHAP. IV. Of the Aberginians or Indians Northward.
CHAP. V. Of their Apparell, Ornaments, Paintings, and other ar∣tificiall deckings.
CHAP. VI. Of their dyet, cookery, meale-times, and hospitality at their Kettles.
CHAP. VII. Of their dispositions and good qualifications, as friend∣ship, constancy, truth, and affability.
CHAP. VIII. Of their hardinesse.
CHAP. IX. Of their wondering at the first view of any strange invention.
CHAP. X. Of their Kings government, and Subjects obedience.
CHAP. XI. Of their Marriages.
CHAP. XII. Of their worship, invocations, and conjurations.
CHAP. XIII. Of their Warres.
CHAP. XIIII. Their games and sports of activitie.
CHAP. XV. Of their huntings.
CHAP. XVI. Of their Fishings.
CHAP. XVII. Of their Arts and Manufactures.
CHAP. XVIII. Of their Language.
CHAP. XIX. Of their deaths, burials, and mourning.
CHAP. XIX. Of their women, their dispositions, employments, usage by their husbands, their apparell, and modesty.
Because many have desired to heare some of the Na∣tives Language, I have here inserted a small Nomen∣clator, with the Names of their chiefe Kings, Rivers, Moneths, and dayes, whereby such as have in-sight into the Tongues, may know to what Language it is most inclining; and such as desire it as an unknowne Language onely, may reape delight, if they can get no profit.