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JOHN FOSTER 
 
 THE EARLIEST AMERICAN ENGRAVER 
 
 AND 
 
 THE FIRST BOSTON PRINTER 
 
 BY 
 
 SAMUEL ABBOTT GREEN 
 
 Pufcli'sfjeo bg &Jje flassacfjnsetts historical ^octets 
 at tfre Cfjara,* of tlje TOaUrgton JFtmo, No. 2 
 
 BOSTON 
 
 1909 
 
THE UNIVERSITY PRESS, CAMBRIDGE, U.S.A. 
 
CONTENTS 
 
 Page 
 
 List of Illustrations v 
 
 Foster as an Engraver i 
 
 Foster as a Printer 21 
 
 Elegies on Foster 31 
 
 Foster's Attainments 43 
 
 Bibliographical List of Titles printed by Foster .... 55 
 
 Titles probably printed by Foster 125 
 
 Book once belonging to the Foster Family 135 
 
 Engravings by Foster ..... e e . 137 
 
 List of Shortened Titles printed by Foster „ . . 139 
 
 Index 143 
 
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 
 
 Page 
 
 Portraits of Richard Mather n 
 
 Divine Examples of Gods Severe Judgments ...... 14 
 
 Hubbard's Map of New England. — "Wine Hills 99 ... 17 
 
 Hubbard's Map of New England. — "White Hills" ... 17 
 
 Foster's Epitaph 49 
 
 Foster's Signature 51 
 
 Foster's Almanack of 1675 59 
 
 Roger Williams's "Answer to a Letter," 1677 70 
 
 Foster's Almanack of 1678 85 
 
 Foster's Almanack of 1680 109 
 
 "Copy of The Church-Covenants," Salem, 1680 . ... 113 
 
 Foster's Almanack of 168 i 121 
 
 William Dyer's " Christs Famous Titles," 1669 136 
 
FOSTER AS AN ENGRAVER 
 
 * 
 
FOSTER AS AN ENGRAVER 
 
 JOHN FOSTER was the earliest engraver in what is 
 now the United States, and as the pioneer in his art 
 he deserves a place in biographical literature. The 
 known facts which make up his life are both few and 
 scanty ; and for that reason it is hard to write a sketch 
 that would be worthy of the man. He lived at a period 
 of time when no special encouragement was ever given to 
 matters unless in their character they were religious or 
 utilitarian ; and while his work was not in a strict sense 
 artistic, he followed the occupation in part as a slender 
 means of livelihood. In my researches I have been able 
 to pick up only the crumbs that lie scattered about under 
 the table, though I hope that the time will come when 
 more light may be thrown on his work, and when other 
 facts may be found which bear on his life. He had the 
 happy faculty of adapting himself to existing circum- 
 stances and doing fairly well whatever he was called on 
 to do. He lived at a time when the various vocations 
 of life had not been specialized, as now; and it was not 
 uncommon then for a man to be a farmer or an innkeeper 
 or anything else, if he could turn an honest penny by 
 the calling. If he were a graduate of Harvard, he was 
 
4 JOHN FOSTER 
 
 pretty sure to be a preacher or a teacher. In the early 
 days of the Colony there was but little time to cultivate 
 the fine arts, and but slender means in the community 
 to encourage the taste. The world at large is always 
 interested in men who tread new paths and blaze the 
 way for others to follow. A pioneer in any useful walk 
 of life is sure to attract attention at some period, and 
 deserves a place in the list of public benefactors. 
 
 John Foster was a native of Dorchester, born in that 
 part of the town which, more than a century ago, be- 
 came South Boston, and he graduated at Harvard College 
 in the Class of 1667. He was born in 1648, and was 
 baptized by Richard Mather, the minister of the town, 
 on December 10 of that year. The exact date of his 
 birth is not recorded, but probably he was very young 
 when, according to the religious custom of that period, 
 he received the rite of baptism. He was the second son 
 and fourth child of Hopestill and Mary (Bates) Foster. 
 His father was a man of some substance, having been a- 
 brewer by trade, a member of the General Court, and 
 a captain in the militia; and his mother belonged to an 
 equally good family. When her father (James Bates) 
 sailed from England, coming to this country in April, 
 1635, in the list of passengers he had the title of "Mr." 
 prefixed to his name, which at that time meant much. 
 For several years he was a selectman of Dorchester, and 
 in 1 64 1 he was a member of the General Court from 
 Hingham. 
 
AS AN ENGRAVER 5 
 
 In the early history of Harvard College the names of 
 the students were placed in the catalogue according to 
 the social rank of their families, and not alphabetically; 
 and by this rule Foster's name appears third in a class 
 of seven members. The custom of thus arranging the 
 names according to family distinction was not given up 
 until the year 1773. Nothing is known concerning his 
 career in college. The nearest approach to it is a faint 
 echo found in a fragment — a single leaf — of a Monitor's 
 Bill, kept at some period between 1664 and 1666, which 
 relates to twenty-three students. In this list his name 
 appears, and for punctuality he is far above the average, 
 which fact seems to show that he was a young man of 
 regular habits. An interesting account of this leaf is given 
 by Professor Franklin B. Dexter, of Yale, in the Proceed- 
 ings (X. 403-408) of the Massachusetts Historical Society 
 for December, 1868. 
 
 Foster began to teach school in his native town, 
 probably in October, 1669, two years after his graduation 
 from college, at an annual salary of twenty-five pounds. 
 It was " granted as a liberty to y e Master, if he see it 
 meete, for to go once in a fortnight to a lecture." The 
 allusion here is to one of the regular Thursday lectures, 
 a series by Boston ministers, which began in the early 
 days of the Colony, as shown with some repetition in 
 the reprint on page 27. In 1670 Foster's salary was 
 thirty pounds. On December 23, 1672, it was agreed 
 that he " shall teach such lattin schollars as shall Come 
 
6 JOHN FOSTER 
 
 to his father's hous one wholl yeer next ensueing from the 
 first of January next, and to instruct and give out Coppies 
 to such as come to him to learne to writte ... for 
 his paines to haue £10" In 1674 his " recompence " 
 for teaching grammar scholars in English, Latin, and 
 writing, "at y e school-house/' was thirty pounds. 
 
 It has long been known that he was the first printer 
 in Boston, where he set up a press in the early part of 
 1675, though only two of his imprints dated that year 
 have come down to the present day. It has been 
 known also that he was an early engraver, but hitherto 
 it has been supposed that he was first a printer, and 
 then afterward that he drifted into the art of engraving 
 as akin to " the art preservative of all arts." In recent 
 years much light has been thrown upon this particular 
 point ; and it is now a settled fact that he was cutting 
 in wood for the Apostle Eliot as early as 1 67 1 , while 
 teaching school at Dorchester. The earlier occupation 
 crops out in a letter dated at Roxbury, September 4, 
 1 67 1, which was written by John Eliot to the Com- 
 missioners of the United Colonies, then sitting in Bos- 
 ton, wherein he says : — 
 
 Further I doe p r sent you v^h o r Indian A. B. C. 
 & o r Indian Dialog 8 w l h a request y l you would pay 
 Printers work an ingenuous young schollar (S r Foster) 
 did cut, in wood, the Scheame, for w c h work I request 
 04:00:00 y* you would pay him. I think him worthy of 3 or 
 4 or 5 11 but I leave it to your wisdoms (p. 46). 
 
AS AN ENGRAVER 7 
 
 The letter is given in full on pages 43-47 of " Some 
 Correspondence between the Governors and Treasurers of 
 the New England Company in London and the Commis- 
 sioners of the United Colonies in America the Missionaries 
 of the Company and others between the years 1657 
 and 171 2 to which are added the Journals of the Rev. 
 Experience Mayhew in 171 3 and 171 4" (London, 1896, 
 privately printed). In his " Biographical Sketches of 
 Graduates of Harvard University," Mr. Sibley says: "Fre- 
 quently, if not generally, graduates continued their studies 
 at the College after they had taken their first degrees, 
 being called Sirs till they took their second degrees as 
 Masters of Arts" (I. 17, note). This statement explains 
 the title given by Eliot to Foster, though, according to 
 the Quinquennial Catalogue of the College, he never took 
 his second degree. 
 
 At the date of Eliot's letter Foster had been out of 
 college four years, and already had had some little expe- 
 rience as an engraver, certainly enough to be employed to 
 " cut, in wood, the Scheame." While this expression is 
 somewhat blind, and I do not fully understand the mean- 
 ing, it evidently refers to some sort of engraver's work. 
 Perhaps it was a small broadside or poster, with the letters 
 of the alphabet cut in large blocks, so that little children 
 more easily could learn the characters. The " Indian 
 Dialog 55 ," mentioned in the same sentence, was printed at 
 Cambridge in the year 1671, probably by Marmaduke 
 Johnson. Apparently there is nothing in this book with 
 
8 JOHN FOSTER 
 
 which Foster's " Scheame " could be connected, so that the 
 expression evidently applied to the "A. B. C." publication. 
 
 At this period Foster was living at Dorchester, where 
 he was engaged in teaching a grammar school. Presum- 
 ably as a young man he had a natural gift of drawing 
 or sketching, and a knack of carving wood which stood 
 him in good stead when earning his living after gradu- 
 ation from college. Without doubt he was a self-taught 
 artist ; and, while teaching was his vocation, he took 
 up engraving as an avocation which noway interfered 
 with his regular duties as a teacher. A clever young man 
 as he was, probably he received from various sources sug- 
 gestions in regard to the art. Mr. Savage, in his Genea- 
 logical Dictionary (I. 287), mentions Edward Budd, a 
 " carver," as living in Boston during this period, though 
 none of his handicraft has come down to the present 
 time. He may have given Foster a few hints in regard 
 to engraving or cutting in wood. In his will Foster 
 speaks of his " carueing tools " and of his " cuts and 
 coolers [colors], " showing that carving and engraving 
 were allied occupations. In the Century Dictionary one 
 of the definitions of the word "carve" is to engrave. 
 It is not at all likely that this hobby clashed in any 
 way with his regular calling, — it was simply a by- 
 product of his brain. 
 
 Foster's family attended Richard Mather's church in 
 Dorchester, where John was baptized, and there must have 
 been a certain intimacy between the members of his family 
 
AS AN ENGRAVER 9 
 
 and the aged minister, who died on April 22, 1669. For 
 more than a century there has been in the possession of the 
 Massachusetts Historical Society an engraved portrait which 
 bears under it the printed legend " Mr. Richard Mather." 
 It is of the rudest sort, showing a half-length figure of an 
 old man, and was given to the Society on January 27, 
 1807, by Arthur Maynard Walter, a descendant of the 
 Puritan minister. The cut is about five inches by six in 
 size, not including the name underneath, and represents 
 Mather holding a pair of very small eye-glasses in his right 
 hand and an open book in his left. The engraving is cut 
 on wood, apparently on the flat side of a board, as the 
 grain of the wood can be detected in the impression. 
 The block was in two pieces ; and the head and shoulders 
 forming the upper part, being too narrow for the lower 
 part, did not fit together by nearly a quarter of an inch. 
 A similar engraving, in which the two parts fit, is owned 
 by the American Antiquarian Society at Worcester. 
 Evidently this is a later impression from the same block, 
 as the two parts fit ; and furthermore the left arm has 
 been considerably pared off. 
 
 I have long had a notion that the cut was the 
 work of John Foster ; and more than sixteen years ago 
 (March, 1893) ' broached this theory before the His- 
 torical Society, though at that time I supposed that Foster 
 was a printer first and an engraver afterward, which is just 
 the reverse of what is known to-day. Within a short 
 time the Library of Harvard College has come into the 
 
io JOHN FOSTER 
 
 possession of an interesting volume of twenty early pam- 
 phlets, most of them bearing Cambridge or Boston imprints. 
 Some of the tracts belonged originally to the Reverend 
 William Adams (H. C. 1671), of Dedham, who died in 
 1685, and others in the collection belonged to his son the 
 Reverend Eliphalet Adams (H. C. 1694), of New London, 
 Connecticut, who had them "Bound in 170 1-2." The 
 volume is of special interest, as it contains a copy of " The 
 Life and Death of that Reverend Man of God, Mr. 
 Richard Mather," etc. (Cambridge, 1670), which has as 
 a frontispiece this same engraving of Mather; and near 
 the right lower corner, written in Adams's unmistakable 
 hand, are the words " Johannes Foster sculpsit," and at 
 the top the name " Richardus Mather," — the crown of 
 the head dividing the words. Apparently these inscrip- 
 tions were contemporary, or nearly so, with the pamphlet. 
 Both Foster and Adams were graduates of the college, 
 only four years apart, and they must have known each 
 other well, as the classes then were very small ; and I now 
 consider Adams's record in the matter as final. In 1679 
 Foster printed one of Adams's sermons, which fact shows 
 that business relations existed between the two men. Some 
 years ago, in my " Ten Fac-simile Reproductions relating 
 to Various Subjects" (1903), I expressed a different opinion 
 in regard to the handwriting on the cut ; but since then 
 I have examined carefully the original writing, while 
 before that I had seen only a photograph of the same. It 
 may be proper to add that this particular likeness of Mather 
 
AS AN ENGRAVER 
 
 ii 
 
 is the long missing one which heretofore I have sought 
 in vain. 
 
 Without much doubt this specimen of an engraved 
 portrait is the earliest one extant that was made in this 
 country; and I think that it was cut near the time of 
 Mather's death. Six copies of this engraving are known 
 now to be in existence. 
 
 In James Blake's "Annals of the Town of Dorches- 
 ter " (Boston, 1846), under the year 1681, it is recorded: 
 
 This year Died Mr. John Foster, son of Capt. Hope- 
 still Foster ; School-master of Dorchester, and he that made 
 the then Seal or Arms of y e Colony, namely an Indian with 
 a Bow & Arrow &c. (p. 29). 
 
 Mr. Blake was born at Dorchester, on April 30, 1688, 
 and died on December 4, 1750; and of course he was 
 familiar with all the local traditions of the town. His 
 Annals were not published, however, until nearly a century 
 after his death. 
 
 It is known that the origin of the Colonial seal dates 
 back to the earliest days of the Charter, so that the allusion 
 here is to the engraver and not to the designer. The 
 annalist referred to the wood-cut impressions of the " Seal 
 or Arms of y e Colony," that had already appeared in several 
 books of that period, notably on the fly-leaf of "The 
 General Laws and Liberties of the Massachusetts Colony " 
 (Cambridge, 1672), and in various supplements to the 
 Laws. There are two distinct engravings of this seal, one 
 of which is noted above; and the other is found in Increase 
 
i2 JOHN FOSTER 
 
 Mather's " Brief History of the Warr with the Indians 
 in New England " (p. 15) printed by Foster. In my 
 opinion both these cuts, which are very crude in design 
 and quite distinct from each other, were made by Foster. 
 One was first used by Green in 1672, when he printed 
 the Laws of the Colony ; and the other by Foster after 
 he had a printing establishment of his own. The cut un- 
 doubtedly was used in order to give an official appearance 
 or character to the various papers and documents printed 
 for the Colonial authorities; and it appeared in Mather's 
 Brief History in connection with a proclamation issued by 
 the Governor and Council. According to the Reverend 
 John Pierce, D.D., in his address (p. 20) at the open- 
 ing of the Town Hall, in Brookline, on October 14, 
 1845, "The device of an Indian with his bow and 
 arrow, on the Massachusetts coat of arms," is ascribed 
 to John Hull, the mintmaster, who was appointed as 
 such in the spring of 1652. 
 
 Next in order of time comes Foster's Map of New 
 England, which passed through two editions during the 
 early part of 1677, and appeared in the Reverend Wil- 
 liam Hubbard's " Narrative of the Troubles with the 
 Indians" (Boston, 1677). The first edition of the Map 
 contains so many mistakes that a second block, a trifle 
 larger than the first one, was cut, in which many of the 
 inaccuracies are corrected. 
 
 I have already said that presumably John Foster had 
 a natural gift of drawing or sketching ; and this suppo- 
 
AS AN ENGRAVER 13 
 
 sition is borne out by an extract from a letter dated at 
 Boston, June 22, 1680, and printed in the Collections 
 (fifth series, VIII. 421) of the Massachusetts Historical 
 Society. It was written by Wait Winthrop to his brother 
 John at New London, Connecticut ; and the extract 
 reads as follows : " I haue sent you a map of the towne, 
 with Charlestowne, taken by M r Foster the printer, from 
 Nodles Island. Twas sent for Amsterdam, and y r printed." 
 It was probably a View of the two towns — and not what 
 is now meant by a map — as seen from Noddles Island 
 or East Boston, and sent to Holland in order to be 
 engraved by a skilled artist. It is not known that a 
 specimen of this interesting cut is still extant, though a 
 copy would excite the greatest curiosity among collectors. 
 In a letter, dated at Boston, July 15, 1686, Chief-Justice 
 Samuel Sewall writes to Edward Hull, of London, that 
 "There is enclosed in the top [of a box] a Mapp of this 
 Town which please to accept off" (Letter-Book, I. 32). 
 This reference to the engraving shows that it had been 
 made and that copies had been received in Boston. 
 
 Mr. Charles Eliot Goodspeed, of Boston, is the pos- 
 sessor of an early broadside, which unfortunately bears no 
 date ; and to his courtesy I am indebted for permission to 
 reproduce it. It is entitled " Divine Examples of Gods 
 Severe Judgments | upon | Sabbath Breakers, | in their Un- 
 lawful Sports, Collected out of several Divine Subjects, | 
 Viz. I Mr. H. B. Mr. Beard, and the Practice of Piety : a 
 fit Monument for our present Times," etc. 
 
H JOHN FOSTER 
 
 The imprint is " Boston in New-England : Re-Printed 
 and sold in Newbury Street" ; and the size is 13% inches 
 by 18 inches. 
 
 In early times Newbury Street was the name of a sec- 
 tion of Washington Street, as known to-day, extending 
 from Summer to Essex Streets, but it was not so called 
 before May 3, 1708, when the name was given to it offi- 
 cially by the selectmen of the town. From this fact the 
 inference is that the broadside was not printed till after 
 that date. Bartholomew Green had a printing office in 
 that part of Washington Street both before May, 1708, 
 and for many years later ; and he was probably the printer, 
 though the exact date of its appearance is uncertain. 
 The broadside contains two wood-cuts, on one of which 
 in the lower right-hand corner is the inscription " J. F. 
 Sculp." ; and it is this signature that gives interest to the 
 sheet. In my opinion the blocks were cut by Foster, and 
 used by him in an earlier edition, certainly one before 
 1 68 1, — the year of his death, — of which no copy is now 
 extant ; and a long time afterward Bartholomew Green 
 came into the possession of the cuts and published an- 
 other edition. This theory would account for the use of 
 the word "Re-Printed." 
 
 Both in the years 1677 and 1679 the General Court of 
 the Colony of Massachusetts passed orders to prevent the 
 profanation of the Sabbath ; and the subject of Sabbath- 
 breaking was brought prominently to the front by legis- 
 lative enactment. Very likely during this period, when 
 
EXAMPLES of qOD\ Severe J U D.G^M f NTS 
 
 UPON 
 
 4 SABBAT H B R E A K. E R S, 
 
 In their unlawful Sports, Collected out of feveral Divine Subjects, 
 
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 Mr. 1J-). Mr. J0catD,and the PraQice of Piety • A fit Monument for our prefent Times, $C. 
 
 EXAMPLES. 
 
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 jjf l\ da> the R >.k for Spores % was fead, 
 '"rj upon r'm Sabith flay, having bur 
 
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 ^wJpTSjJi a Minstrel, who comiog, the with 
 WvK ftlFto Q^ncing, and £> Continued with- 
 in Night, and ih, few Night was got with 
 
 hein'g deucicd and spaa^t-herded, (he before a 
 joftice cooteft it;and withal toW [he occafiin, 
 tying, it was frer falling -s.Sp.ir': no the hab- 
 it .dirR the for Spirts, fi 
 brosaftht^her to ; this eno, l>. which u-.natural 
 f ac"t Ihf was rut' lo.d. 31':. " • 
 
 ». At **rti«rf*»,a young Man that was at' 
 hrlYol alaoft- kedd tile, but after by the ot- 
 impwof othlST gooH People bad began to re- 
 fcrctffits loofe n$e in the Obfervatitn of th# 
 Sjftbatb', but hearing the Book of Sporti, he 
 fell Jgain to profane the Sabbith : At an Aiit- 
 i i there whin the Jutfges Wire in the Church, 
 . iuinp taken as VI was pitking a pecker, he 
 coniclt that uponihc publilh njrthefaid Bvk 
 e wtA encouraged to Wickedoefs, and lor tbis 
 Offered Dea*. " 
 
 ?. A \fci*atjNjWoear Ltttd.i, hearing of 
 the Liberty given byitTms Bock, (aid, Ihe vevuU 
 dance, and on the Snbbath day dancrtrtb long 
 hit within tw» ot'Miree days (he dyed. 
 
 41 Upon Mn r'av, beiof the Lord? .day, » 
 Maid 4 the Micifter M Critft Gat 
 la isH^ Was Matricdwo a Widuarr having thff? 
 Children, and upon ihis day they k pt tficir 
 Marritgejptsft in the Church hiufe j lining to 
 •he Chutw, and fpffit all the Aftf rj frqj l A 
 Dtjaciafl , but in one Week afte^i^H|MM 
 gflB»inttat Pari(h in th' new Miirri H Mart 
 Hoi*, and within a M .nth, th* M 
 
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 aChu'chin up-in the Siivdw vcflsjd 
 
 . with two Neighbours; boon Companionij 
 brjovial the ntxr day ; they Conditioned be 
 fhould bellow a Sermon upon them ; they on 
 Lords diy fpent the Forenoon idly, and in 
 the'Afternoon this Miniltcr with his Neifth- 
 hours vilited a Ltnin MinilKr that had a 
 tfcH e there, for whom he Preacht. Sermon 
 betn2 ended ihey are invired to the Miniftcrt . ., . 
 
 HniiCp miR >trie of Sark thev drank fo lone ", A?ri1 ,h " tS,! '' nn: w «h 'hr« oifren Tro-n 17. Jrvths 
 
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 them. That* Night thtir Miniftrr could not Dite&vm whom he r-r> :.! s h; . x!i t > -H- iley 111 th<"Morain<». &: V,y Night, H l>e iiid he w.mM >n«r •> 
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 and with much ado bring returned to ta*., ^^^^^^r^^^ ii.r^^en'.'ir 
 he dyed before the ntx Lords Day. the Min wu »mnttl itdie immrfiir- lnnir of Godgs be afrani 
 
 ■eiIedrrl>i'<verronk hhfjU 40'' faid. 
 
 2». One Wijtr at jc.V«ii th?' '^o' 
 nTuch at the fiifpLnrfing ol h i Niinr at* 
 reading the Book" of fport), fayin ad 
 fhortly to (eetbern all C> ftrved : \ a 
 aff-^rucit wit!, a dtad PJfie . «*r 
 the one >iiid wi a bliudiicls and D*ab 
 neflU'' A»fe cult! nii her go, ho* fie, .m,> 
 Tolaya Fortt.igrK and then dyed? . 
 '\ ^Itir fitldi pra r Ldn^^, divers Yoi,.|i> 
 playtSfit Cat on the Sabbath dav.rwi ojthern 
 rcll our, and the or.t hiring the othei ufldci t i 
 Ear with his Cat, he fell down (or dead in ill 
 phce, the other was fent to Prifon ; bur thi 
 wounded after a lime recovering, the Prif-jncr 
 wa* releaff, which m3y be a wari/mg to 
 Youths prophanentfs 
 14 A' Titin's* in J^.i4,'or e made a Feafl on 
 ^- the Sabbath day to h s Friends, for joy of. thi 
 ^ ^publifhing thisBook ol fportion thif/Lords day, 
 and. the next day was pteff to dta'th b/ mt 
 fudden fall ol a (lack - f Faggots. * 
 
 »f At Tbirnun near WejlsbtjtiT jtthc pub 
 lifhiflg thi* Book.ibey pnpared foraStmmtr 
 alt- upon the Sal.bath Day, ar t! a lull v yout i' 
 Wench was qhofm Purveyor fot Csk <, an 
 going on the Saturday ta the Mill palling by 
 Hedge -ift the way fhe was immediately llruck 
 and fell into the Ditch, wher» (he was foui.. 
 dead , tbfM lay all t he Lords Diy, the Coromo 
 be'wig fent for, on the Monday (he was carri' t 
 to her Grave. - And theeff.cl wrought fo upon 
 the Pet pie, that no Sum-tier- Ale was kept'; K it 
 tht May pole which feelers they hod fet up s.-, 
 tookdowo. A 
 
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 cfGidi JuJfnunu, »ni lit triBift »/ fitif. 
 
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 A Mitttri ttsuf- and Mii Bum, &c, 
 
 : edge of EiTex near 1 
 
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 6 Oai*nai'}Xf l6}4 being theLords day <« R bisrl.iee Fellow Travelle. 
 
 in the time of the grcat t toft, Fourteen Young & fe™*^^^^^^^ 
 
 Men prefumibg to play at t'oot-ball upon ihe be a warning to stjm. - .,.^s» " 
 
 Ice on ihe River Tr«(i< near toG«njt»Mwi w:re i-- 'ft ^J4- one Elward Ameriilerh, 1 GentfeTriaii, hi' 
 
 all drowned • been pained in his Feet, ind being ti|x>n his reco*eSMBhihera; 
 
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 was read.Jbe in St. Jtitn's Parilb that played ne-tt SihSmb day s Mil hetore h.- rt»»veil one of tfuTajjace Iw 
 
 on a Kit/Wirh it called together divers, and "rue* with a fcel.Ui.ei; jad ditiH>f! in his head, that being 
 
 that very, day wa, ftrurk b/tbe Divine hand, '^^^^^^^^^^ . 
 
 and witoin two days dyed. mer meeting wheMirfliis Sou. was t • ife fticWer, svent hin 
 
 8- At Hthtuh to Stfftx tbis Book being read '« it, arubihert beholding ieThe ftli down dead, and n; 
 
 on the Lord", Day, the new day ft, honeft fig, nc „ Gll< , ftM , WOHMn ^ 
 
 man, one T»m«.im being on his way, hit Neigh- tI)Iy to th c Admonitions both of hi Mu.iite» t v 1K . tn .. 
 
 boar fcoffingly askt him if he would dance iiera!Iy,ln pubiick^c* »nd ih^r veryjUy. v -<*gb)1w 
 
 with him the next Sunday, ton t hom..Tci»V«i r \^\?£~; y > f^gf ^ 
 
 anfweted, take heed thou be notjJancing in JJj '/,„ ^. ha j 
 
 Hellbefore that day, or before it be long, and Mile fiom his liBH,T» Musical Inllrut ah .» 
 
 y the n<Xt Week fhil fcofftr and .two of his lids or the Church houle, where the M ; e were 
 
 •amily dyea ' '•' r SM^&^ae 
 
 9 In r*kfl»rt at a Wake oc the Lord's Blay.'.atuJI thV rout fall ailancni- till t 
 
 Day, in Or/f/ Parlfhat B»ildm,tvo Men fining with the Miller retort t.. h,- .Mill : o l.c 
 
 at drink, in the Night fell out, «f being parted, JwjAt*; :' : ^ ,r *« ' ! , 1 •/",„ * ar 
 
 tho one a (title after finding hi. Fellow fitting nr 'lew,,' ho'i:/:,:'; J . ,.:''m;,;\ ^o,l de-.-iiu^rw^J' 
 
 by.lhe Fkewi'h his back towardi him, comes $>e> ieR p^rt ..full ins ..ib- r tni h...m ■ 
 
 behlni'fWliwi'h a Hatchet, Cbineshim down confirmed l.y fundry good fegim. n;e-. 
 ihr batjt, fo as his Bowels fell out ; the Mur- " A ' B "»'™.- 
 
 Yi VufJKt the lorJsdif ; efcuningj Witn 
 ril thfifeinh, that Sod might lie glorifed 
 Jjgj.lCTiijeht tiQtni oof his Sin, andYeforr 
 
 ■ 
 
 ■ere <T. r,v 
 »ns rbin, S- 
 
 .e k d»ad "l S hi'iri 
 
 HouflloM-ftuff. TBh is rh- Stai n 
 
 ^ihg purfped* 1 > a/Rivef ana 
 
 A Noble ma» 
 ne on the Sabl 
 £iiMwi t ha- 
 Ki«H« in fr4.«, T « coverbua Woman 
 on the Sabbath Day to dry and pill Flax 
 and would not be warned although t.-r'I'l.v 
 took Fire two feveral Lords Days but on tht 
 third Sabbath, (he and ber two Children were 
 burnt to death. '* 
 
 »8 Some in Trinct at their Husbandry upon 
 the Sabbath have been (truck with Thunder, 
 Come had their Bodies and Bones burnt wjrb 
 vilible Fire, and tonfumed to Arties ; Scflf slds 
 at Playes on the Sabbath Diy have (alien, and 
 many bave been wounded : Tone kilted ouo 
 right. 
 
 ao In i f 8 % ■ tt P*r/i OdrJtn, upon the Sab- 
 bath Diy, a great Company were gathered to 
 behold a fort of Bear bailing* the Sdffild fud 
 dainty-broke, and Eight were (lain out ; righr, 
 ■ad many more wounded. « 
 
 ^o. A Husbandman grinding/ Corn upiin 
 the Lords Day, had hit Mill burnt.'to Arties 
 iiii }t." Another carrying Corn on this Day, 
 je> bad bis Birn and all his -Corn therein burnt 
 
 with Fife f'om Heaven. r _ 
 :eis 52 Stratfaotupm >i*v3tt, wasTwice upon the 
 his fame day twaUv Maoth (bw'ng Lord^ day ) 
 Pj almoft confumed with F%e, chiefly Cr pro- 
 r ? phaning that Day.* 
 
 er, . a The Inhabitants of Tivnttn in Dtvtnfhirt, 
 " were great propbaners of this Day, of which 
 i S-*le"«^ ^towd^ndShS Iheir go^'y Minilter did oft admonjOl them j 
 Vi ~«V*. :o'i'i '-"{ueilei'leJ, tii ?£. and not long aftet his Death, on the tUrd of 
 -lently flew ro the Bun in which their jlpril 1/98. .by a fdddain Fire the whoItrTgwr, 
 w fame with rhi, teen dwelling Hou/es was a | mu n; confumed, to the number of 400 
 'nany. 5 or * rt °' ,m ' h ^ Hoiife!, and fo Perfons in the Flames 
 
 i-d i«35', Oflob. ee:. afier the E00J; of 341 And once fince in l6tj. the fame Town 
 lifhed in I'rmt, David mice, a Welfh- was almoll confumed again ; a fure Token r.f 
 
 Hill, a known Cirafier of ihir Conn- — • 
 o In, Drove on Sanuday Night, decla- 
 .. them the next Day early in the Morn- 
 m 1. 01 (Is day : His Holt where be lodged 
 e u was the Sabbath day, and told him rbat teaming tt^it ai 
 
 we M *gtft«tl£^t£?%?i?£ ?<•<"> *»Mj*. •it"' W-lz 
 
 ) who will hinder me.' So in the Morning, two other M> ovtr thttt ttitrt b, btib ftf» ttutbtr, t> btvt 
 fetch the Cattle out ofthe Gro»ntl ; fain ; bt it tutrtgituftj bitJ Rrolfvbl ii xor flrucH 
 
 iroaina»ill.t.rlS>lt.r 
 ifl. ThelallSilrinaajMiller har 
 III on ine Lordi <fay ro a Wake 
 
 iicfi bis iWhanenefi, 
 1 fe.o- Ly bis EKamyl*. 
 :en in Warivi?kthiie, 
 
 well ; yet upon the 
 
 < f Ol. i:lt: , i '■" 
 
 ip May-liofe:, M inic 
 
 eiling a Week - 
 
 I 
 
 i 
 
 Gods Anger, 
 
 Gudfrtnt tbdt tbtft pimifhm 
 
 " vid ti Cyprian tbtt Aidtm 
 
 itffimi mt) It 
 
 drowned him 
 
 ' 10 Ftlru 9 i<i4. being upon the Lord's. ' 
 bay. an Apoihecary min in Line flrttt UmJot, ""J 
 with anoiher Companion rid to Jniiti to make v ,.,„ 
 merry, and remrniog home drunk, near High- wh 
 Gate mjitjBnUerj to -/horn ofTeriog abide 4 ri 
 the TinlMuwket h I Hotfe, the other bid&him ' 
 tun throogh, which be did l.jffth his Rapier, dav 
 (he Tinker fell down dead, and both .vereap- tell 
 p ehended and fent 10 Nifjigu, t 
 
 him at the Towns end ( not yet out 0; ^ f,„ wkttf bt. btbtUl tMtlm fnifh it tttt 
 
 tffib ibt Kaiu, 
 
 Dorcetfh 
 
 Loids d-ay, one flinc;iiigi4is Be 
 
 - - and atimoni/hed 
 
 Onr e.o. .in l^nl near Stoke in Dorcctfliire^ rejoyein^ .,..;-.o -0 to .my othei, or that hitnlelf complained of, he was vfaffki 
 ,4! rh- cr'^ioi" r f a Snint-.ii r-eoh. , I'u i:h e/illed Siint- iir N in good health as ever he was : yer within little more than alontjt *9r u Un\ 
 ,,1 1). 1 . ( |!, m rati.l layiMK More 01 - ..i lim Neigh' -irs. he .. ttoiics eafl oH the Town, he fell down dea 1 I'oddainlV, anil ,vu .1. ' 
 
 dJo lee it, <hoii"h he u mt naked tin. ,iigh a ' iiucKiei-Hedge ; borietl 111 Banbury Chnrtb-yird rhe neitt dayalicr. None ci uld- ' -JF „ . r r D „. 
 
 *l» aeotnmon «rrverb they ufe : Going with Wood in his dil«t... any linM'le or evident caule of fo flidda.n a Surprilal, aSSd ***) 'btf 3*'lmtntl ,» f.mt b^tmt t\tmtdlll 
 .. ,0' ' ,n ,-, the FouHre, where he lived, auk uling theft Mot elf gave no lign of anyjiains, weaknefs or illnefs, till the in- tt curt tU, — fist. »/ ibt ftlf Jlttll J.n. ,fbl:b 
 S; H.-aven ..lid E ir'h are fill of thy GIoiy.OLird he was ftjrit lime he gave up the Oholl. 
 
 tttly fmitten by the RrvkeofGod, and withi.itwum--.hVee :.I..Ar \Sick., a Town U-uvixt Colchederan.t Harwich in ElTex, 
 
 ,lbttmdt[thM,Jhtt 
 
 idled, and hitrj 
 fied by a Minil 
 
 ttsfn lad l cur.,.:.-! 
 mhis Letter to a Brother Minilkr. 
 
 ipoo M'hitoiuda)' in the Afrei noon,- two Fellows auecting at the 
 - V uotliall, the one kiUad iht'otUex. 
 
 JfeoftOtl in -f]5e»)'en3laiTD: Re-Printed and Sold 
 
AS AN ENGRAVER 15 
 
 public attention was called to the question, Foster printed 
 the broadside and used blocks for illustration which were 
 made by himself. According to the British Museum 
 catalogue an edition of " Divine Examples/' etc., " s. sh. 
 fol.," was printed in London (1672) ; and perhaps this 
 sheet was used as "copy" for the Boston issue. 
 
 The initials " H. B.," mentioned in the title of the 
 broadside, stand for Henry Burton, and "Mr. Beard" was 
 Thomas Beard, both Puritan divines; and the author of 
 the " Practice of Piety " was Lewis Bayly, Bishop of 
 Bangor. 
 
 In its general make-up the broadside in the British 
 Museum resembles closely the one in Mr. Goodspeed's 
 possession. The four engravings on the two blocks are 
 substantially the same in the two sheets ; and evidently 
 the one was copied from the other. Even the legends 
 underneath are similar, if not identical. The cuts in the 
 London sheet are not signed by any engraver's name, 
 which rather confirms me in the opinion that "J. F." is 
 the Boston printer. The title of the English broadside 
 is the same as the one used in the copy jiow under con- 
 sideration ; and the imprint reads : " London, Printed for 
 T. C. and sold by William Miller, at the Sign of the 
 Gilded Acorn in S. Paul's Church-yard, near the Little 
 North Door, 1672." 
 
 The map, which appeared in Hubbard's " Narrative 
 of the Troubles with the Indians in New-England " 
 (Boston, 1677), was undoubtedly engraved by Foster 
 
16 JOHN FOSTER 
 
 who printed the book. The evidence to prove this 
 statement is wholly circumstantial, but all the various 
 clews leading to the proof point to the same conclusion. 
 According to the title of the map, it was "the first that 
 ever was here cut" which establishes the fact that it was a 
 home-made article and not a foreign product. At this 
 period there was no one in Boston or neighborhood 
 known to do similar work except Foster. Furthermore 
 he was the printer as well as the publisher of the book, 
 and as such he could control the whole business. Natur- 
 ally, as might have been expected, the map was a very 
 crude affair, and inaccurate in its details. Unlike the 
 common way of showing the cardinal points, the top of 
 the map represents the West, and the bottom represents 
 the East. There are two heavy lines drawn up and 
 down (East and West), which are intended to mark the 
 boundaries of Massachusetts Colony. The Charter, it 
 may be remembered, gave the Company all the land 
 lying between a parallel three miles south of any part of 
 the Charles River, and a similar parallel three miles north 
 of the Merrimack River; and these lines were supposed 
 to bound the territory. The engraver, who evidently was 
 unskilled in his profession, and not used to the relation of 
 distances, included a considerable part of Plymouth Colony 
 within the jurisdiction of Massachusetts; and even the 
 town of Plymouth was brought within the limits of the 
 Bay Colony. In order to remedy this defect and restore 
 the missing territory to the rightful owners he drew a 
 
HUBBARD'S MAP OF NEW ENGLAND -"WINE HILLS." 
 
HUBBARD'S MAP OF NEW ENGLAND -"WHITE HILLS." 
 
AS AN ENGRAVER 17 
 
 lighter line from Scituate to Medfield as a concession on 
 the part of the engraver to the Old Colony. 
 
 There are two editions of the map, one slightly 
 smaller than the other. The dimensions of the smaller 
 are 11% inches by 15^ inches, including a border of a 
 quarter of an inch in width or perhaps a trifle less. The 
 other map is larger, perhaps by half an inch in length, and 
 a quarter of an inch in width ; and instead of a single 
 border line around the edge, it has two lines, of which 
 the outer line is considerably broader than the inner 
 one. I infer that the smaller map was issued first, as it 
 contains so many names of towns spelled wrong, which 
 are corrected in the other edition. It is fair to assume 
 that the smaller one appeared in the original issue of the 
 book, and that, after the many errors in the names of 
 places were discovered, another edition of the map was 
 brought out. Probably the corrected impressions were 
 placed in such copies of the book here as were not then 
 bound ; and perhaps, too, the new impressions were sent 
 over to London to be bound up with the English edition, 
 which was printed later in the same year. 
 
 There is reason to think that some copies of the 
 London edition contain the "Wine Hills" map. In the 
 first impression of the map the White Mountains are 
 designated as " The Wine Hills," but in the corrected 
 one they are called " The White Hills." From this fact 
 the two impressions are generally spoken of as the " Wine 
 Hills" map or the "White Hills" map, according as the 
 
1 8 JOHN FOSTER 
 
 one or the other is meant. This is well enough for the 
 purpose of distinction between the two ; but William 
 Hubbard, the probable designer of the map, and John 
 Foster, the engraver, very likely would have pronounced 
 "Wine" in two syllables, as the word is a variant of the 
 Indian Winne or Winni. The same root is found in the 
 name of Lake Winnepesaukee, a large body of water in 
 the immediate neighborhood of the White Mountains, 
 and in Winnebago, Winnepeg, Winnisimmet, and other 
 Indian words. This philological digression, however, is 
 not akin to my present purpose. 
 
 There is reason to suppose that the draft of the map 
 was prepared by Mr. Hubbard, the author of the Narrative. 
 It was made with special reference to the towns which 
 were assaulted by the Indians during the previous year, 
 and was adapted to the text in the book. Who could 
 do this so well as Mr. Hubbard? Mr. Tompson in his 
 poetical lines " Upon the elaborate Survey of New-Englands 
 Passions from the Natives by the impartial Pen of that 
 worthy Divine Mr. William Hubbard," alludes to him 
 thus : — 
 
 thy new Map by which 
 Thy friends and Country all thou dost enrich. 
 
 This allusion, printed in the prefatory part, might well 
 be to the map made under the author's direction and 
 supervision. 
 
 At the time his book was published (1677) Mr. Hub- 
 bard was an old man past seventy-two years of age, 
 
AS AN ENGRAVER i 9 
 
 and wrote an indistinct hand ; and the names of towns, 
 as given in the original draft of the map, might easily 
 have been misread by the engraver. Just before the list 
 of Errata, near the beginning of the book, is the following 
 paragraph, here given line for line : — 
 
 The Printer to the Reader. 
 
 Y Reason of the Authors long, and necessary absence from the Press, to- 
 gether with the difficulty of reading his hand, many faults have escaped 
 in the Printing, either by mistaking of words, or mispointing of Sentences, 
 which doe in some places not a little confound the Sence, which the Reader 
 is desired to correct before he begins to read. 
 
 It may be inferred fairly that these causes contributed 
 also to the imperfections of the map as well as to those 
 of the letter-press. It is not known now what was "the 
 best Pattern that could be had," which served the engraver 
 of the map as his guide, but whatever it was, presumably 
 Mr. Hubbard had a nominal supervision of the work. 
 
 A fac-simile reproduction of the two editions of the 
 map is here given ; and for the purpose of easy comparison, 
 I have placed them side by side. 
 
 Under date of March 26, 1684, Nathaniel Mather 
 writes from Dublin to his brother Increase at Boston, as 
 published in the Collections (fourth series, VIII. 52) of 
 the Massachusetts Historical Society, as follows : — 
 
 This I send by Mr. Joseph Allen, the son of a godly woman, 
 a member with us, whose husband is one of our Deacons. The 
 young man himself is civill & sober, was never taynted with or 
 inclined in the least unto the debaucheryes & raigning vices [of] 
 
20 
 
 JOHN FOSTER 
 
 the time & place ; onely in this unhappy,^ that hee was bound 
 prentise to an ironmonger, but hath so strong a naturall byass to 
 ingenious handicrafts that hee is thereby mastered, & indeed so 
 wholly carryed, that hee cannot thrive at buying & selling, but 
 excells in those other things, & thence hath acquired good skill 
 in watchmaking, clockmaking, graving, limning, [&] that by 
 his owne ingenuity & industry chiefly, for he served an apprenti- 
 ship faythfully to another trade. His design in comeing to 
 New England is that hee bee under a necessity of earning his 
 bread by practising his sk[ill] in some of these things. 
 
 I quote the extract here given, as it alludes to a young 
 man who is skilled in graving and limning, though nothing 
 further is known about him. Of course it had no connec- 
 tion with Foster, but it shows how in early times a man 
 might have several strings to his bow ; and he would pull 
 on one or another, as occasion seemed to require. At one 
 time he might repair watches or make clocks, and at an- 
 other he might do a little painting or engraving, according 
 to the temporary demand on the part of his patrons. 
 
FOSTER AS A PRINTER 
 
FOSTER AS A PRINTER 
 
 THE first printing press in this country was set 
 up at Cambridge, late in 1638, by Stephen 
 Daye, though no specimen of his work for 
 that year has survived the ravages of time and come 
 down to the present day. He or his son Matthew — 
 who spelled his surname without the final "e" — con- 
 tinued to print until 1649; but not more than six or 
 eight different issues from their press are known now 
 to be extant. They were followed by Samuel Green 
 and by Marmaduke Johnson, who sometimes were asso- 
 ciated together in their work, but at other times printed 
 independently of each other. After some falling out 
 between these two men, caused by disagreements of long 
 standing, Johnson removed in the year 1674 to Boston, 
 where he died soon afterward. In May, 1674, the Gen- 
 eral Court of the Colony of Massachusetts Bay, after 
 granting that there may be a printing press elsewhere 
 than at Cambridge, for its better regulation ordered that 
 Increase Mather be one of two additional licensers of 
 the press. In a copy of Increase Mather's Diary, made 
 more than a hundred years ago by Dr. Jeremy Belknap, 
 and printed in the Proceedings (second series, XIII. 398, 
 
24 JOHN FOSTER 
 
 399) of the Massachusetts Historical Society for January, 
 1 900, is the following entry : — 
 
 Dec r 25 [1674] Marmaduke Johnson the Printer died in 
 Boston. He had just fitted his press to go to work. He was 
 to have printed the Indian bible. 
 
 M r John Foster bought the press intendg to set up print- 
 ing in Boston. 
 
 From this entry I infer that Johnson died about the 
 time he was ready to begin work in Boston. More 
 than ten years ago I expressed the opinion that I should 
 "not despair some day of seeing a specimen of his 
 handicraft done in Boston shortly before his death. " 
 By the light of this quotation I doubt if he ever printed 
 anything here. At any rate, nothing as yet has turned 
 up with his name attached. 
 
 John Foster first appears now, at the beginning of 
 the year 1675, as a printer in Boston; and the earliest 
 specimens of his imprints — of which only two are 
 known to be extant — bear that date. He was not 
 bred to the calling, and knew but little of the art ex- 
 cepting what a clever young man might pick up from 
 observation by watching the work done at Cambridge. 
 Samuel Green, the veteran -printer, in a letter to John 
 Winthrop, Jr., dated at Cambridge, July 6, 1675, and 
 printed in the Collections (fifth series, I. 424) of the 
 Massachusetts Historical Society, speaks of Foster as "a 
 young man that has no skill of printing but what he had 
 taken notice by the by." The product of his press was 
 
FOSTER AS A PRINTER 25 
 
 noway inferior in good taste and workmanship to what 
 came from the other printing office. "In 1678 he ap- 
 pears to have procured a new font of long primer ; after 
 which his handsomest work was done. The ink and 
 paper have stood the test of time much better than those 
 of a century later," says Mr. Sibley, in his Harvard 
 Graduates (II. 223). 
 
 Some years ago I presented a paper to the Massa- 
 chusetts Historical Society on the precedence of these 
 early imprints by Foster, which duly appeared in the 
 Proceedings (second series, XIII. 174-177) for October, 
 1899. As the article gives the main facts which I wish 
 to embody in this sketch, I reprint it here, though at 
 the risk of some slight repetition. 
 
 John Foster was the pioneer printer of Boston, where 
 he set up a press in the early part of 1675, though only 
 two of his titles dated that year have come down to 
 the present time. It has been a matter of some little 
 interest among book-collectors to know which of these 
 two was issued first, as it would gratify a curiosity not 
 altogether idle to be able to name the earliest Boston 
 imprint. Like most of the publications of that period, 
 both these pamphlets were sermons, preached by Increase 
 Mather only a few weeks apart. While the presumption 
 was strongly in favor of the one with the earlier date of 
 delivery as the earlier title, such evidence is not always 
 conclusive. Fortunately for our present purpose, there 
 
26 
 
 JOHN FOSTER 
 
 is in the Library of the Historical Society a manuscript 
 Diary, kept by Mr. Mather during the years 1675 and 
 1676, which throws some light on the question. It 
 begins with the new year (" i m< 25*' 1675")' and goes to 
 December 7 (" io m ' 7"), 1676, and contains allusions to 
 both discourses. 
 
 The first of these pamphlets is entitled : — 
 
 The Wicked mans Portion. Or a Sermon (Preached at 
 the Lecture in Boston in New-England the 18 th day of the 1 
 Moneth 1674. when two men [Nicholas Feaver and Robert 
 Driver] were executed, who had murthered their Master.) 
 Wherein is shewed That excesse in wickedness doth bring un- 
 timely Death. By Increase Mather, Teacher of a Church of 
 Christ. || Boston Printed by John Foster. 1675. 
 
 The other is entitled : — 
 
 The Times of men are in the hand of God. Or a Ser- 
 mon occasioned by that awfull Providence which hapned in 
 Boston in New-England, the 4 th day of the 3 d Moneth 1675. 
 (when part of a Vessel was blown up in the Harbour, 1 and 
 nine men hurt, and three mortally wounded) wherein is shewed 
 how we should sanctifie the dreadfull Name of God under such 
 awfull Dispensations. By Increase Mather, Teacher of a Church 
 of Christ. || Boston, Printed by John Foster 1675. 
 
 Both these tracts are now of great rarity. When 
 Mr. Sibley wrote his sketch of Dr. Mather, he knew 
 of only two copies of "The Wicked Man's Portion," 
 but since then several others have come to light. 
 
 1 For some particulars of this explosion, see SewalPs Diary (I. 10) and 
 Hull's Diary in the " Archaeologia Americana " (III. 240). 
 
FOSTER AS A PRINTER 27 
 
 In the very first entry of the Diary, under date of 
 March 25, 1675 (" i m - 25*' 1675"), Mr. Mather writes 
 as follows : — 
 
 As to pticular. 1. yt ye Ld wld be wth me ys year also, 
 owning me in my studyes. & in my ministry in Lds days e 
 on Lecture days. 2. Blesse e give acceptance vnto w* I am 
 printing. 3. guide as to ye Printing of ye Sermon I prched 
 ys day 7night. 4. give more of his Spirit to me. 5. Bless e 
 gvide for me in my Family. Lord Jesus I comit these Re- 
 quests into yi hands Humbly begging for acceptance for yi 
 sake, & for thine onely. Amen O Lord Amen ! 
 
 The sermon here referred to as preached "ys day 
 7night," was unquestionably "The Wicked Man's Por- 
 tion," as that was delivered on March 18, 1674-5, the 
 day mentioned in the Diary. The extract, furthermore, 
 shows that the sermon was then in press. It seems also 
 to prove that "The Wicked Man's Portion" was issued 
 before the other pamphlet (" The Times of Men are in 
 the hand of God") appeared. This discourse was de- 
 livered as one of the regular Thursday lectures, a series 
 by Boston ministers, which began in the early days of 
 the Colony, and was kept up weekly for nearly two 
 centuries and a half. 
 
 It will be noticed that the date of the other sermon 
 is not given, but it was occasioned by an event that 
 happened on May 4, 1675, which day fell on a Tuesday. 
 One might suppose that the sermon was preached on the 
 following Sunday, but probably it was not, if we may 
 
28 JOHN FOSTER 
 
 draw a correct inference from certain entries in the 
 Diary, which are as follows : — 
 
 [Sunday, May] 9 A. M. Neph. Sam. [Mather, son of 
 Timothy] prhed. P. M. Ld assisted me in some measure in 
 y e work wh He called me to. . . . 
 
 [May] 15 Finished e corrected serm on psal. 31. 15 &c a . 
 
 [Sunday, May] 16 A. M. my Br. J. C. prhed. P. M. 
 My Br. S. C. prhed. 
 
 Without doubt the initial letters in this entry refer to 
 John Cotton and Seaborn Cotton, both sons of John 
 Cotton, the well-known minister of the First Church, 
 and brothers-in-law of Increase Mather. 
 
 [Sunday, May] 23 God enabled me to prch both pts of 
 ye day, e also to administer ye Lds supp ; & carried me com- 
 fortably through all. O wonderfull grace manifested to a vile 
 sinner ! 
 
 24 Wrote eple bef serm on ps. 31. 15 P. M. catechised 
 children. 
 
 This last entry without question refers to the ser- 
 mon now under consideration, as the text of that dis- 
 course is found in Psalms XXXI. 15, My Times are in 
 thy Hand. The date of delivery was undoubtedly May 
 23, as on that day he preached both in the forenoon 
 and afternoon, which, according to the Diary, he was 
 not often able to do. The contraction "eple" stands 
 for epistle, which was the Preface or Introduction to 
 the printed sermon, where it appears under the heading 
 " To the Reader " at the beginning of the pamphlet. 
 
FOSTER AS A PRINTER 29 
 
 In another part of the Diary, under date of May 22 
 ("3*22"), 1676, he says: "wrote epie ad Hist." — 
 alluding to his " Brief History of the Warr with the 
 Indians in New-England/' where it appears as a preface 
 addressed " To the Reader." 
 
 It may not be a matter of much moment to the 
 great world of busy men, which of these two pamphlets 
 is the first-born of Foster's press, now extant; but the 
 desire to know the bottom facts in regard to priority of 
 publication, on the part of a mere handful of worm- 
 eaten antiquaries and bibliographers, is as laudable a curi- 
 osity as that felt by two continents at this very moment 
 in the result of the great international yacht race off 
 Sandy Hook. 
 
 The allusion in the last lines is to the race between 
 the American yacht " Columbia " and the British yacht 
 "Shamrock," which was sailed in October, 1899, and 
 resulted in victory for the " Columbia." 
 
ELEGIES ON FOSTER 
 
ELEGIES ON FOSTER 
 
 THE poetic impulse in the human breast finds 
 expression in various ways at different periods 
 of time. More than two centuries ago, writers 
 of poetical compositions in memory of the dead were 
 more common in New England than they are to-day. 
 They gave utterance to their feelings in a form of verse 
 known as the Elegy. Such productions were often printed 
 as broadsides, and circulated among friends of the family. 
 They were generally crude in their metrical construction, 
 but they afforded a certain kind of sad satisfaction to the 
 mourners. Occasionally manuscript copies were made 
 from the printed sheet, and these, too, were sent around to 
 the friends of the recently departed. An entry in Sewall's 
 Diary, under date of June 9, 1685, would seem to show 
 that such verses were sometimes pinned or placed on the 
 coffin, in the same way or in the same spirit as in modern 
 times flowers are displayed at funeral services or laid on 
 the graves. It is found in the paragraph describing the 
 funeral of the Reverend Thomas Shepard at Charlestown, 
 as follows: — "It seems there were some verses; but none 
 
 pinned on the Herse. Scholars [from the college at 
 
 3 
 
34 JOHN FOSTER 
 
 Cambridge] went before the Herse" (I. 82). The mean- 
 ing of the old form " herse " is coffin, grave, tomb, etc. ; 
 and the word has its modern representative in "hearse," 
 a carriage for conveying the dead to the grave. 
 
 At the time Foster died, two such productions ap- 
 peared in his memory, and were circulated in manuscript ; 
 and from an advertisement in an old almanac it seems 
 that they both were printed. It is as follows : — 
 
 Advertisement. 
 
 HP Here are suitable Verses Dedicated to the 
 Memory of the INGENIOUS Mathema- 
 tician and Printer Mr John Foster. Price 2d. a sin- 
 gle Paper, both together 3d. 
 
 The Psalter also which Children so much wanted, 
 is in part printed ; and will shortly be finished : both 
 to be sold by John Usher of Boston. 
 
 The title of the almanac is as follows : " An Ephem- 
 eris of Ccelestial Motions, Aspects, Eclipses, &c. For 
 
 the Year of the Christian /Era 1682 By W. Brattle 
 
 Philomath Cambridge Printed by Samuel Green 
 
 1682." ; and the advertisement appears by itself on the 
 last page of the pamphlet. It is evident that the "Ver- 
 ses " here advertised were two distinct "Papers," or sheets, 
 as they were sold either separately or both together. 
 
 One of these elegies was written by Thomas Tileston, 
 of Dorchester, a friend of Foster, and the other by Joseph 
 Capen, also of Dorchester, a Harvard graduate in the Class 
 of 1677, and later the minister of Topsfield. 
 
ELEGIES ON FOSTER 35 
 
 Mr. Sibley, in his Harvard Graduates, refers to 
 these two Elegies on Foster, and makes several quotations 
 therefrom. He had found them in Thomas C. Simonds's 
 "History of South Boston " (pp. 34-39), published in 
 the year 1857, where they both appear in full. The 
 author of that book says that he received them from 
 certain members of the family. Many years ago I bor- 
 rowed from Mr. Thompson Baxter (now deceased), of 
 South Boston, these same manuscript copies of the Ele- 
 gies, which were without doubt contemporary with the 
 original printed ones. His grandmother was a Foster, 
 though not a descendant of the printer, as he was un- 
 married, but she descended in a collateral line. It is 
 interesting to note that certain words in the two manu- 
 scripts are written in large capitals, showing probably 
 that the copyist followed a printed sheet. It has been 
 thought that the closing lines of Capen's Elegy sug- 
 gested to Franklin the quaint epitaph which he wrote 
 for himself. As a bright boy with an inquisitive turn 
 of mind, Franklin was familiar with the main incidents 
 in the life of Foster, the first printer in Boston. In 
 some minor respects the verses differ from those in the 
 " History of South Boston/' and they are as follows : — 
 
JOHN FOSTER 
 
 A Funeral Elegy 
 
 Upon the much to be Lamented Death and most 
 Deplorable Expiration of the Pious, Learned, Ingenious, 
 and Eminently Usefull Servant of God 
 
 M r John Foster 
 
 Who Expired and Breathed out his Soul quietly 
 into the Arms of His Blessed REDEEMER 
 at Dorchester, Sept. 9th Anno Dom. 1681 
 
 iEtatis Anno 33 
 
 Here lye the relict Fragments, which were took 
 
 Out of Consumtion's teeth, by Death the Cook 
 
 Voracious Apetite dost thus devour 
 
 Scarce ought hast left for worms t' live on an Hour 
 
 But Skin & Bones no bones thou mak'st of that 
 
 It is thy common trade t' eat all the fat. 
 
 Here lyes that earthly House, where once did dwell 
 
 That Soul that Scarce [ha]th left its Parallel 
 
 For Sollid Judgment Piety & Parts 
 
 And peerless Skill in all the practick Arts 
 
 Which as the glittering Spheres, it passed by 
 
 Methinks, I Saw it glance at Mercury ; 
 
 Ascended now : 'bov Time & Tides 't abides, 
 
 Which Sometimes told the world, of Times & Tides. 
 
 Next to th' Third Heavens the Stars were his delight, 
 
 Where's Contemplation dwelt both day & night, 
 
 Soaring unceartainly but now at Shoar, 
 
 Whether Sol moves or Stands He doubts no more. 
 
 He that despis'd the things the world admired, 
 
 As having Skill in rarer things acquired, 
 
 The heav'ns Interpreter doth disappear; 
 
ELEGIES ON FOSTER 
 
 37 
 
 The Starre's translated to his proper Sphere. 
 
 What e're the world may think did Cause his death 
 
 Consumption 'twas not Cupid, Stopt his breath. 
 
 The Heav'ns which God's glory doe discover, 
 
 Have lost their constant Friend & instant Lover 
 
 Like Atlas, he help't bear up that rare Art 
 
 Astronomy ; & always took his part : 
 
 Most happy Soul who didst not there Sit down 
 
 But didst make after an eternal Crown 
 
 Sage Archimede ! Second Bezaleell 
 
 Oh how didst thou in Curious works excell ! 
 
 Thine Art & Skill deserve to See the Press, 
 
 And be Composed in a Printers dress. 
 
 Thy Name is worthy for to be enroll'd 
 
 In Printed Letters of the choicest Gold 
 
 Thy Death to five foretold Eclipses Sad, 
 A great one, unforetold doth Superad, 
 Successive to that Strange ^Ethereal Blaze, 
 Whereon thou didst so oft astonish'd, gaze ; 
 Which daily gives the world Such fatal blows : 
 Still whats to come we dread ; God only knows. 
 Thy Body which no activeness did lack 
 Now 's laid aside like an old Almanack 
 But for the present only's out of date ; 
 Twil have & length a far more active State. 
 
 Yea, though with dust thy body Soiled be, 
 Yet at the Resurrection we Shall See 
 A fair Edition & of matchless worth, 
 Free from Errata, new in Heav'n Set forth : 
 Tis but a word from God the great Creatour, 
 It Shall be Done when he Saith IMPRIMATUR. 
 
 Semoestus cecinit 
 
 Joseph Capen 
 
38 
 
 JOHN FOSTER 
 
 M rs Foster I am very Happy to have it in my Power 
 to Send you this Coppy I have long intended it but 
 but [j/V] want of leisure is the Cause, that this may 
 meet you & Children in Health is the Wish of 
 
 A Shores 
 
 This note to Mrs. Foster, signed by A. Shores, was 
 written by the person who copied the two Elegies. I am 
 inclined to think that it is in a woman's hand, but of 
 this I am not sure ; nor am I able to identify the family 
 of the copyist. Mrs. Foster, here alluded to, was the 
 mother of the printer, as he was never married. 
 
 Funeral Elegy 
 
 Dedicated to the Memory of His Worthy Friend 
 
 The Learned & Religious 
 
 M r John Foster who Deceased in Dorchester the 9 of Sep br 1681 
 
 1 
 
 Amongst the Mourners that are met 
 (For Payment of their last love debt 
 Unto the dead) to Solemnize, 
 With Sighs and Tears his Obsequies, 
 Loves Laws command that I appear 
 And drop a kindly friendly Tear 
 I '11 venture to bewail his Herse 
 Though in a homely Country verse 
 To omit the Same, it were 
 A Crime at least Piacular 
 
 Our woful loss for to Set forth, 
 By Setting forth the matchless worth 
 Of the Deceased is too high 
 For my poor Rural Poetry 
 
ELEGIES ON FOSTER 
 
 And greater Skill it doth require 
 Then whereunto I may aspire 
 
 Records declare how he excell'd 
 In Parentage unparallell'd 
 Whose Grace and Virtues very great 
 He did himself Impropriate 
 Unto Himself; improv'd withall 
 By Learning Academical 
 
 His Curious works had you but Seen 
 You would have thought Him to have been 
 By Some Strange Metempsychosis 
 A new reviv'd Archmedes ; 
 At least you would have judg'd that he 
 A rare Apelles would Soon be. 
 
 Adde to these things I have been hinting 
 His Skill in that rare Art of PRINTING: 
 His accurate Geography, 
 And Astronomick Poetry ; 
 And you will Say, 'twere pitty He 
 Should dy without an Elegie 
 
 His piercing Astronomick EYE 
 Could penetrate the Cloudy Sky, 
 And Soar aloft, ith' highest Sphere 
 Descrying Stars that disappear 
 To Common eyes : But Faith and Hope 
 His all-excelling Telescope, 
 Did help his heaven-born Soul to pry 
 Beyond the Starry Cannopy. 
 
 His excellencies here, we find 
 Were crowned with an humble mind 
 
 Thus (Grace obtein'd and Art acquir'd 
 And thirty three years near expir'd) 
 He that here li v'd belov'd, contented 
 Now dies bewail'd and much lamented. 
 
JOHN FOSTER 
 
 Who know the Skill, which to our losse 
 This Grave doth now alone ingrosse, 
 Ah who can tell JOHN FOSTER'S worth 
 Whose Anagram is, I SHONE FORTH 
 Presaged was his Apoge, 
 By a preceding Prodigie 
 Heav'ns blazing Sword was brandished 
 By Heav'ns inraged wrath we dread ; 
 Which Struck us with amazing fear 
 Some fixed Star would disappear : 
 Th' appearance was not long adjour'nd 
 Before our Fear to Sorrow turn'd. 
 
 Oh Fatal Star (whose fearful flame 
 A fiery Chariot became 
 Whereby our Phenix did ascend) 
 Thou art our Foe, although his Friend 
 
 That rare Society, which forth 
 Hath Sent Such Gems of greatest worth 
 It's OAKS and Pleasant Plants by death 
 Being pluct up, it languisheth : 
 Thus dye our hopes, and Harvards glory 
 Scarce parallel'd in any Story 
 
 That GOD does thus our choice ones SI 
 And cunning Artist take away 
 The Sacred Oracles do Shew 
 A dreadful 1 flood of wrath in vieu 
 
 Oh then let every one of you 
 His rare accomplishments that knew 
 Now Weep: weep ye of Harvard Hall 
 With bitterest Tears ; so weep we all 
 
 Chiefly such as were alone 
 Flesh of his flesh, Bone of his Bone 
 Lament indeed and fill the Sky[es] 
 With th' eccho's of their dolefull cries 
 
ELEGIES ON FOSTER 
 
 4i 
 
 Let James, and let Elisha too 
 
 With Comfort, Standfast weeping, go 
 
 Thankfull, Patience, Mary likewise 
 
 Like loveing Sisters Solemnize 
 
 With Sigh's your greatest losse but yet 
 
 Your Thankfull Hope do not forget 
 
 With perseverance to fulfill 
 
 Know your Elijah's GOD lives Still 
 
 Standfast therefore with Patience 
 
 Comfort Shall be your recompence 
 
 And as you yet Survive your Brother 
 So be like comforts to your Mother 
 Who like Naomi Sad is left 
 Of Husband, and two Sons breft 
 So bitterly th' Almighty one 
 Hath to our weeping Marah done 
 Grieve not too much the time draws near 
 You'll re-enjoy Relations dear 
 And all together Shall on high 
 With everlasting Melody 
 And perfect peace His praises Sing 
 Who through all troubles did you bring 
 
 Thomas Tileston 
 
 [Endorsed] " Elegies on the death of M r John Foster 1681." 
 
 In the last Elegy, near the end, the allusions to 
 James, Elisha, Comfort, Standfast, ^Thankfull, Patience, 
 and Mary, are to the surviving brothers and sisters of 
 Foster, and to a brother Hopestill, who had previously 
 died. 
 
 In the elegy Tileston speaks of Foster as a "cunning 
 Artist," and refers to "his accurate Geography and I 
 
42 JOHN FOSTER 
 
 am inclined to think that these allusions are to his work 
 as an engraver and to the map which appeared in Hub- 
 bard's Narrative. As none of these old-time elegies was 
 considered complete without an anagram on the name 
 of the subject, Tileston in his production gives one which 
 is better than the average. The custom was a conceit of 
 that period which long since passed away. 
 
FOSTER'S ATTAINMENTS 
 
FOSTER'S ATTAINMENTS 
 
 IN certain lines of learning John Foster was a man 
 of some special attainments. For half a dozen years 
 he was the author of an annual almanac, and for its 
 pages made his own astronomical calculations. He was 
 also the author of a rather learned paper on " Comets, 
 their Motion, Distance and Magnitude/' which appeared 
 in his almanac for 1 68 1 , followed by " Observations of 
 a Comet seen this last Winter 1680." At that period of 
 time the observations for almanacs and similar periodicals 
 were not so close or so abstruse as they are now ; and 
 there are other instances of young men, recent graduates 
 of the college and in no technical sense astronomers or 
 mathematicians, who compiled these useful calendars. 
 Such publications answered their purpose in a young 
 community and satisfied the local demand. It is amusing 
 rather than otherwise, to note some of the evil prog- 
 nostications of almanac makers of that day, that were 
 sure to follow the appearance of certain celestial phe- 
 nomena. A comet was thought to foretell some great 
 public calamity or disaster, and apparently even Foster 
 was tinged with this feeling or belief. At that period 
 ministers of the gospel preached the doctrine of God's 
 
46 
 
 JOHN FOSTER 
 
 wrath as seen in daily occurrences, and the laity fully 
 believed it. Who can foretell what changes in the popu- 
 lar belief of to-day may take place in years to come? 
 
 In his almanac for 1 68 1 Foster speaks of the "ter- 
 rible comet " seen at Boston in the winter of 1680, as 
 previously mentioned, and describes it in some detail. 
 It is commonly called " Newton's Comet/' Foster says : — 
 
 And thus is this prodigious Spectacle removed, leaving 
 the world in a fearful expectation of what may follow : sure 
 it is that these things are not sent for nothing, though man 
 cannot say particularly for what: They are by most thought 
 to be Fore-runners of evil coming upon the World, (though 
 some think otherwise) as was long since observed by Cicero, ab 
 ultima antiquitatis memoria notatum est Cometas semper calamitatum 
 pranuntios esse. 
 
 He was somewhat lame in his Latin quotation, but 
 probably he had in mind a passage found in Cicero, de 
 Naturd Deorum, Lib. II. Cap. V. Sect. 14. On the last 
 page of the almanac is a rude wood-cut illustrating 
 "The Copernican System/' which was rriade perhaps 
 by the author himself. 
 
 Foster had dabbled a little in medicine; and a limited 
 knowledge of this branch of science may be considered 
 as one of his accomplishments. 
 
 In the early days of New England there were no regu- 
 larly trained physicians in the community, but ministers 
 of the gospel and other educated men had a smatter- 
 ing of medicine, and gave the benefit of their knowledge 
 
FOSTER'S ATTAINMENTS 47 
 
 to the public. The rudiments of the science were 
 taught to the undergraduates of Harvard College ; and 
 while a student there Foster picked up a little learning 
 on the subject. As he left by will to his sister Thank- 
 full Baker his " Medicinal Books/' I infer that after 
 graduation he still kept up an interest in the matter, and 
 perhaps occasionally practised among his friends, as his 
 services may have been needed. In a communication 
 by Edward Rawson, Secretary of the Colony, dated May 
 11, 1665, to the King's Commissioners, it is said "that 
 at least one hundred able preachers, physicians and chi- 
 rurgeons, and other useful persons that have been ser- 
 viceable in his dominions, that have issued" from the 
 College (Massachusetts Historical Collections, second 
 series, VIII. 66). 
 
 Increase Mather apparently took much interest in 
 Foster, and very likely it was at his suggestion — and 
 perhaps under his preparation — that the young man 
 went to college. Foster had been baptized by the Dor- 
 chester minister, Increase's father ; and the relations be- 
 tween the Mather family and the printer's were more or 
 less intimate, such as might exist between a preacher and 
 the members of his flock. The first two pamphlets printed 
 by Foster — so far as they have come down to the present 
 day — were sermons preached by Increase Mather, and 
 the last known pamphlet from his press was also one of 
 Mather's. It was " Heavens Alarm to the World," of 
 which the preface is dated February 16, 1680-81, — seven 
 
48 JOHN FOSTER 
 
 months before his death ; and this pamphlet appeared very 
 soon after Foster's almanac for 1 68 1 . See Bibliographical 
 List, page 1 23, for other facts. 
 
 After a long illness Foster died of tuberculosis at the 
 age of thirty-two years, a disease of which he had never 
 heard, but which in his day was known as consumption. 
 His death took place on September 9, 1681 ; and he was 
 interred in the Burying-ground at Dorchester, where there 
 is "a pair of handsome Gravestones" (ordered in his will) 
 erected to his memory. They consist of two slate slabs, 
 one a head-stone and the other a foot-stone, of which the 
 former is very elaborately chiselled, containing several 
 allegorical figures all in relief. Very likely Foster had 
 not fully rounded out the age of thirty-three years, as 
 given in the epitaph. The exact date of his birth is not 
 recorded, but he was baptized on December 10, 1648; 
 and in his day the sacramental rite was performed at a 
 very early period in the life of an infant. 
 
 Some months before his death Increase Mather apos- 
 trophizes Foster in a Latin couplet, and Foster is supposed 
 to reply in another couplet, also in Latin ; and these lines 
 appear on the head-stone under the usual inscription. The 
 allusion to his study of the stars, in the first line, is to his 
 astronomical investigations, as he was the author of six 
 almanacs. 
 
FOSTER'S ATTAINMENTS 
 
 49 
 
 THE 
 
 /A/G£/V/OC/S 
 Hahemaman^ printer 
 M* JOHN FOSTER, 
 
 16 8 1 
 
 . |yj ASRACOU& VIVENS;M0RIENS,SUPLRATLRA/OSX/? 
 ScA>DE,PR£COR;C0CUJM,ICTIRI DISCE SUPREMUM* 
 
 ^ NeCEIs£OR QJJICQUAM.NISI GRATES, SOLVERE- 
 
 M. Living thou studiest the stars ; dying mayst thou, Foster, 
 I pray, mount above the skies, and learn to measure the 
 highest heaven. 
 
 F. I measure it, and it is mine ; the Lord Jesus has bought it 
 for me ; nor am I held to pay aught for it but thanks.] 
 
 JOHN FOSTER 
 
 Arsilli sua census erat 
 
 Apri L, I 6 8 1. 
 
 Skill his cash. 
 
 [The quotation from Ovid is found in his Metamorphoses 
 
 (in. 5 88).] 
 
50 JOHN FOSTER 
 
 The foot-stone now stands back to back with the 
 head-stone, and evidently has been taken from its original 
 position. The reproduction of the inscriptions was made 
 from rubbings, and the size of the original has been re- 
 duced three-quarters. Foster's will is in his own hand- 
 writing, and together with the inventory of his estate 
 is given below, as follows : — 
 
 Will 
 
 I John Foster lately of Boston but now residing in Dorchester, 
 rinding my body weak & languishing, but my understanding not 
 distempered or impaired doe declare this to be my last Will, 
 I give my Soul unto that God who gave it me ; and my Body to 
 the Earth, to be interred as surviving Relations shall see meet. 
 That part of my hon. rd - Father's Estate given to me in his last 
 Will, which as yet I have not received, I give it equally, to my 
 hon. rd - Mother one part, to my natural Brethren & Sisters, viz. 
 Thankfull, Patience, James, Elisha, Mary, Comfort, & Standfast, 
 each a part ; & to my Brother Hopestil, his Children one part, 
 to be divided to each of them equally. 
 I give my house in Dorchester to my hon. rd - Mother. 
 My Will is that what I have in Boston belonging to Printing, 
 may be sold and such Debts as are due in Boston be there- 
 with paid, my ffuneral Expences discharged ; and 20 or thirty 
 shillings, paid, or reserved to pay for a pair of handsome Grave- 
 stones ; and that what remains may be disposed of as follows, 
 I give to the Reverend John Eliot of Roxbury, twenty shillings ; 
 and to the Rev. ndi Increase Mather of Boston, twenty shillings ; 
 and to M r Cotton Mather twenty shillings 
 
 I give the remainder of that Money (if any remain) equally to 
 my hon. rd ' Mother and to my loving sister Baker. 
 
FOSTER'S ATTAINMENTS 
 
 I give also my Medicinal Books to my Sister Thankfull Baker. 
 I give my Press-bedstead to my Loving Sister Mary Sale. 
 I give a featherbed & bolster to my brother Elisha. 
 What may yet remain of mine in Boston or elswhere, not yet 
 disposed of, as Books, a Clock, &c. I give the one half of 
 them, (or of what money they may [projduce) to my hon rd 
 Mother, and the other half to my sister Baker, provided, that 
 the money by them before received, (being the produce of my 
 printing tools) doe not exceed twelve pounds apiece ; which if 
 it doe, then I give the aforesaid things, or the produce of them, 
 the one half to my Loving Brother Standfast, and the other to 
 my Cozens, Silence Baker, & Thankfull Brown. Now for the 
 accomplishment of this my Will I doe intreat & appoint my 
 hon rd Mother my Sole Executrix of this my Last Will; And 
 in witness that the above written is my Last Will, I hereunto 
 set my hand & Seal this eighteenth day of July, one thousand 
 six hundred eighty one. 
 
 Signed Sealed & Declared 
 By the abovementioned 
 Testator to be His Last Will 
 & Testament, In the 
 Presence of us : 
 
 John Danforth. 
 
 Joseph Capen. 
 
 M r . John Danforth made Oath in 
 Court. 6 th Octobr 1 68 1, that hee 
 was present and did see and heare 
 m r Jn? Foster Signe Seale & pub- 
 lish the above Instrum 1 to bee his 
 last will and that hee was then of 
 disposeing minde to his best under- 
 standing Joseph Capen y e other wit- 
 ness being then also present, attests. 
 
 icr. 
 
 mr Joseph Capen made oath that he saw mr 
 John Foster signe seal & declare the above 
 written to be his last Will & Testament, be- 
 ing at the same tyme of a disposing mind, to the 
 best of his apprehension, & that he set to his 
 and has a witnesse 
 Sept: 16 th 1 88 1. Before me 
 
 William Stoughton 
 
 I: Addington Clrc 
 
52 
 
 JOHN FOSTER 
 
 [Endorsed] 
 
 John Foster his 
 Will proved. 8- 
 
 1681 
 
 Recorded. 
 
 Inventory. 
 
 An Inuentory of the Estate & goods of m r John Fostor Late 
 of Boston deceased, in dorchestor Sept: 9 : 81 taken by us whose 
 names be subscribed This 5 octo : 168 1 
 
 Imprimis To his Apparell wollen Linen &c all at 7- 0-0 
 
 ++ To money & plate & pockett Watch all at — 3-17-0 
 ++ To a Clock Glasse Gaily potts all at — 2— 5-0 
 
 ++ To his turning tooles Carueing tools playns &c — 1- 0-0 
 
 s 
 
 ++ To his Cuts & Coollors 15 — 0-15-0 
 
 ++ To his Gittarue Viall wether glasses — 1- 5-0 
 
 +f To pap printing & wast — 0-17-0 
 
 ++ To his bed and furnyture all at — 6- 1-0 
 
 4+ To Lead & woodenjack & pt jronjack — 0-12-0 
 
 4+ his Book-screw pewtar erthen ware — o- 8-0 
 
 -H- A chest & some lumbar — o- 6-0 
 
 +f To his Bookes all at— 7- 1-6 
 
 H 
 
 ++■ To An House 1 5 printing prese & lettars [type] 
 11 
 
 60 — 75- 0-0 
 
 44 To a shee goote, s 6 — 00- 6-0 
 
 +H To debts & patrymony in Reuersion not Knowne 
 
 106-13-6 
 
 Made & Taken, the 5 th of 8 b . r 1681 
 
 By us= John Danforth 
 
 James Humfrey 
 Timothy Mather senior 
 
FOSTER'S ATTAINMENTS 53 
 
 m? Mary Foster Exec* made oath in Court. 6^ 
 Octobf 1 681: that this is a just & true 
 Inventory of the Estate of her late 
 Son m r John Foster dece? to her best 
 knowledge and yt when shee know's 
 of more shee will cause it to bee 
 added. 
 
 Isf Addington C\ t ? 
 
 [Endorsed] 
 
 Jn^ Foster his 
 Inventory 8 b .' 
 
 1681 — 
 
 Recorded. 
 
 The " Carueing tools," mentioned in the Inventory, 
 could be no other than engraver's tools ; and the " Cuts " 
 without doubt were his engraved blocks. During the 
 night of September 16, 1690, nine years after his death, 
 a printing office in Boston was burned, which was the 
 one that belonged probably to his lineal, though not 
 immediate, successor in business ; and thus, perhaps, dis- 
 appeared the last vestige of his handicraft with these 
 " Carueing tools," with some possible exceptions. 
 
 Mr. Edward Doubleday Harris, formerly of Cam- 
 bridge, but now of New York, writes from Saratoga 
 Springs to the "Boston Daily Advertiser," June 12, 1875, 
 as follows : — 
 
 The grave-stones erected in the old burying-grounds of New 
 England, prior to about 1780, were mostly imported already 
 carved, but not lettered, the completing strokes being given by the 
 
54 
 
 JOHN FOSTER 
 
 resident artists. This is proved by the fact that stones with heads 
 and borders of the same design and style of work are found in 
 different grounds from Portsmouth round to New York, the 
 styles of lettering differing greatly. The Foster stone is of the 
 close, compact English or Welsh slate, different in all respects 
 from anything at that time, or even now, in use in this country. 
 After the Revolution a marked change took place in the prevail- 
 ing material, marble and the native slate being introduced. It is 
 certainly true that in inland towns native slate and other stones 
 of a suitable character were used to a greater or less extent long 
 before 1780, but these are immediately distinguishable from the 
 imported stones. Connecticut and New York were also using 
 sandstone. 
 
 By careful comparison of stones in different places, — for 
 instance, Portsmouth, Newburyport, Salem, Boston, Lexington, 
 and even Norwich, Hartford and the city of New York, — it is 
 curious to note how the styles of the heads and borders were 
 changed from time to time. It is not difficult for a sharp ob- 
 server, consulting only the carving at the edges, to locate within 
 a quarter of a century or less the date at which many of these 
 stones were cut. The writer has no hesitation in pronouncing 
 that John Foster's grave-stone was imported not far from the 
 year 1740. It probably took the place of the " handsome " 
 grave-stone named in the will. 
 
 Mr. Harris is an accurate antiquary, and his opinions 
 are entitled to great weight. 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL LIST OF TITLES 
 PRINTED BY FOSTER 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL LIST OF 
 
 TITLES PRINTED BY FOSTER 
 
 DURING his short career as a printer in Boston, 
 | Foster brought out a considerable number of books 
 and pamphlets, most of them in quarto size and in 
 pica type ; and they all would compare favorably with the 
 issues of the Cambridge press in the seventeenth century. 
 A list of such works is here given, — so far as I have been 
 able to find them, — with a careful collation of the same. 
 I have added also a few titles that may have been printed 
 by him, and probably were, but of which fact there is 
 no conclusive proof. 
 
 Prince's Catalogue, mentioned in this list, was made by 
 that well-known antiquary, the Reverend Thomas Prince 
 ( 1 687-1 758), author of "A Chronological History of 
 New England in the Form of Annals." It is in manu- 
 script, and belongs to the library of the Massachusetts 
 Historical Society. The Catalogue consists of two parts, 
 " New-English Books & Tracts collected by Thomas 
 Prince of Boston N E," and "New-English Pamphlets be- 
 longing to Thomas Prince of Boston " ; and they are both 
 bound up in the same volume. 
 
58 
 
 JOHN FOSTER 
 
 The size of the different imprints, as here given, may 
 vary slightly from that of other copies, as in many in- 
 stances the specimen described has been cut down or 
 trimmed by the binder. 
 
 1675. 
 
 1675. I — I An I Almanack | of | Coelestial motions for the Year 
 of the I Christian iEra | 1675. Being (in our Account) 
 Leap-Year, | and from the Creation 5624 | The Vulgar 
 notes whereof are | 
 
 Golden Number 4 } Epact 14 
 Cycle of the Sun 4 J- Roman Indict. 13 
 Dominic. Letter C J Numb. Directio 14 
 
 Calculated for the Lonitude [sic~\ of 3 1 5 gr | and 42 gr. 30 m. 
 
 North Latitude. | — | By J. Foster. | — | [Two lines from 
 
 Ovid.] I — || Cambridge. | Printed by Samuel Green. 1675. 
 
 8vo. pp. (16). Signature, in eight. Size, 3! by 5f inches. 
 Titlepage surrounded by a line of border pieces, the top and 
 bottom acorn-shaped, verso, Eclipses, in two parts separated by 
 a rule, the upper part containing at the left a cut of the moon 
 in total eclipse, a rule following the second part, below which 
 is "The Suns Ingress into the four Cardinal points"; 12 pp. 
 March to February; 2 pp. "A brief | Description of the Coeles- 
 tial I Orbs, according to the Opinion of that Ancient | Philos- 
 opher Pythagoras, and of all the latter | Astronomers," followed 
 at the foot of the second page by a cut showing the order of 
 the planets from the Sun, and also the fixed stars. 
 
 Copies : American Antiquarian Society and Boston Public 
 Library. 
 
 The copy in the Boston Public Library has the word 
 " Longitude " on the titlepage spelled correctly. The quo- 
 tation from Ovid is found in his Metamorphoses (I. 85, 86). 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL LIST 
 
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 Coelefiiat motion* for the Year of chc 
 GHKJSTIAN &RA 
 
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 (feear Account) L*ajvY«ar t 
 <w<i Creation 16*4. 
 
 Tf* r«/^4r Hotes thereof art 
 
 Golden Nomber 4 . ) S»a{* f* 
 Cycle of the Saa 4 > Roman Tndift. t* 
 Doramic. Utter C.J Numb. Dire3io 14 
 
 Calculated for the tcnittide of 1 1 $ gr 
 fiDd4a^. go wi. North Latitude. 
 
 <BjpFoJler. 
 
 ds htmi& ftiilimt rte&s Cetlumquf titrri 
 
 jujfn >& credos ad Sjder* toUtrt Vxlnu. Ov'ii, 
 
 CAMBRIDGE. 
 
 Printed fey Samuel green. s6?f. 
 
6o 
 
 JOHN FOSTER 
 
 The Times of men are in the hand | of God. | — | Or | 
 A Sermon | Occasioned by that awfull Providence which 
 hapned in | Boston in New-England, the 4 th day of the 
 3 d I Moneth 1675. ( wnen P ar t of a Vessel was blown up 
 in I the Harbour, and nine men hurt, and three mortally | 
 wounded) wherein is shewed how we should | sanctifie the 
 dreadfull Name of God | under such awfull | Dispensations. 
 
 I — I By Increase Mather, | Teacher of a Church of Christ. 
 
 I — I [Two lines from Job xxiii. 14; four lines from 
 Mark xiii. 35, 36, 37 ; three lines from Luke xiii. 4, 5.] 
 
 I — || Boston, I Printed by John Foster 1675. 4 to - PP- 
 (1), (4), 21. Signatures, three leaves, and A to C in fours. 
 Size, 5f by 7| inches. 
 
 Titlepage, surrounded by two border lines, verso blank ; 4 pp. 
 " To the Reader," signed " Increase Mather," and dated at " Bos- 
 ton 9th. I of 4th. Moneth | 1675," catchword " Psal." below the 
 middle of the last page, between two rules; 1-21, text, " Psal. 
 31. 15. I My Times are in thy Hand — headpiece a line of 
 border pieces, a rule, and a line of similar inverted pieces, head- 
 lines, marginal notes ; " Tibi Domine " near the foot of the last 
 page, between two rules ; 1 p. blank. 
 
 Copies : American Antiquarian Society, Boston Athenaeum, 
 Boston Public Library, Library of the late Sumner Hollingsworth, 
 and Massachusetts Historical Society. 
 
 On the titlepage of the Historical Society's copy 
 is written " Jo. Baily's | Booke. | Boston N. E. | March. 
 io 1 ! 1 8|." See page 26 for a further account of this tract. 
 
 The Wicked mans Portion. | Or | A Sermon | (Preached at the 
 Lecture in Boston in New-England the | 18th day of the 
 1 Moneth 1674. when two men | were executed, who had 
 murthered | their Master.) | Wherein is shewed | That ex- 
 cesse in wickedness doth bring | untimely Death. | — | By 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL LIST 
 
 61 
 
 Increase Mather, Teacher | of a Church of Christ. | 
 
 [Two lines from Prov. x. 27 ; three lines from Eph. vi. 
 2, 3 ; and one line of Latin.] | — || Boston, | Printed by 
 John Foster. 1675. 4to. pp. (1), (2), 25. Signatures, A 
 to D in fours. Size, 6\ x 7| inches. 
 
 Titlepage, surrounded by two border lines, verso blank ; 
 2 pp. "To the Reader," signed "Thine in Christ, | Increase 
 Mather," and dated "Boston, N. E. | 15. of 2 Moneth, | 1675," 
 catchword " Eccles " between two rules below middle of the 
 page, headpiece a line of border pieces, headline on second 
 page; 1-25, text, "Eccles, 7. 17. | [and three lines from the 
 Bible]," marginal notes ; " Tibi Domini " near foot of the last 
 page between two rules followed by " Errata," four lines, in some 
 copies six lines ; 1 p. blank ; last leaf of signature blank. 
 
 Copies : American Antiquarian Society, Boston Public Library, 
 Library of the late Sumner Hollingsworth, and Lenox Library. 
 
 Increase Mather, in his Diary under date of March 25, 
 1675, writes, "gvide as to ye Printing of ye sermon I 
 prched ys day 7night " ; and a reference to this will be 
 found in the Proceedings (second series, XIII. 175, 340) 
 of the Massachusetts Historical Society. In the Preface, 
 he says : — 
 
 I did not know that it would fall to my Lot to attend 
 that service, a whole week before, and much other business was 
 upon my hands at the same Time, necessary to be done; . . . 
 Little did I think of Printing this sermon when I Preached it; 
 but that God who sometimes giveth favor to those who are 
 not men of skill hath so ordered by his Providence as that 
 many have desired, that it might be thus exposed to the view 
 of the world ; out of respect to whose Importunity, I have 
 transcribed for them a Copy of what was spoken, and that not 
 
62 
 
 JOHN FOSTER 
 
 onely as to the things, but (since that was desired) as nigh as 
 I could remember, in the same words, which were delivered. 
 
 Mather, in his "Times of men are in the hand of 
 God," printed soon afterward, says on page 15, "Not 
 long since two Murtherers were executed amongst us ; 
 and since that another horrid Murther discovered, and it 
 is to be feared that many will be found with the guilt 
 of blood in their Skirts. " A second edition of " The 
 Wicked mans Portion " was printed by " R. P. for J. 
 Brunning in Boston 1685." The initials " R. P." stand 
 for Richard Pierce. On the back of the titlepage of 
 the copy in the Lenox Library is written, "'Thomas 
 Prince his Book | Deborah Prince her Book 1730." 
 Near the top of the titlepage of a copy in the Boston 
 Public Library is written in Increase Mather's hand, 
 " For y e Rev d M r Higginson in Salem/' For a further 
 account of this tract, see page 26, and also my "Ten 
 Fac-simile Reproductions" (Boston, 1901, pp. 19-21), 
 where a fac-simile of the titlepage is given. 
 
 1676. 
 
 [1676. An Almanack . . . By] J. F. [Boston. Printed by 
 J. Foster. 1676.] 
 
 This title is taken from the Brinley Catalogue (I. No. 
 707), and according to a note there "It contains a great 
 many memoranda and weather-notes, by Judge Sewall." 
 It has on the titlepage in Judge Sewall's hand, " Febru- 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL LIST 63 
 
 arii 11. '75. Ex dono D. Johannis Foster Typographi." 
 It is not known to the writer where this copy now is. 
 Thomas, in his History of Printing (Haven's edition, I. 
 84, 85), says of Foster's printing that the "earliest book 
 which I have seen from the press under his care was 
 published in 1676." 
 
 [A Brief History of the War with the Indians in New-Eng- 
 land. From June 24. 1675. ( wnen the first Englishman 
 was Murdered by the Indians) to August 12. 1676. when 
 Philip, alias Metacomet, the principal Author and Beginner 
 of the War, was slain. Wherein the Grounds, Beginning, 
 and Progress of the War, is summarily expressed. To- 
 gether with a serious Exhortation to the Inhabitants of 
 that Land. By Increase Mather, Teacher of a Church of 
 Christ, in Boston in New-England. Boston, Printed and 
 Sold by John Foster, 1676.] [Probably 410. pp. (1), 
 (1), (5), 5i. 8.] 
 
 (Probable half-title, " The Wars of New-England," verso 
 blank ; title probably as given above, verso, license to print ; 
 4 pp. "To the Reader," signed by "Increase Mather"; 1— 5 1, 
 text ; 1 p. blank ; 1-8, " Postscript.") 
 
 This supposed title and collation are made up from 
 the London edition, " Printed for Richard Chiswell . . . 
 according to the Original Copy Printed in New-England. 
 1676/' as it says in the imprint, and are given here as 
 a tentative title and description of the " Original Copy/' 
 Chiswell, in a letter to Increase Mather, dated at London, 
 February 6, 1676-7, and printed in the Collections (fourth 
 series, VIII. 575-577) of the Massachusetts Historical 
 Society, refers to it as follows : — 
 
64 
 
 JOHN FOSTER 
 
 I received the two coppies of your history of the Warrs in 
 New Engl d , for which I heartily thank you, & two also for 
 your Brother, which I sent last week away for Dublin, but 
 before these came to my hands (at least a month before) a 
 friend of mine by accident met with the very first of them 
 that came over to England, & brought it to me, & caused 
 it to be printed, but some people here made it too much 
 their business to cry it downe, & sayd a better narrative was 
 comeing, which did very much dissapoint me, so that I never 
 sold 5 hundred of them ; yet as a token of my thankfullness 
 to you for your respects, I have sent you two dozen of them : 
 That they are without the Exhortation mentioned in the title 
 is because the Coppy I received from my friend had it not, & 
 there was not then another coppy come. 
 
 By the following extracts from a letter by William 
 Goffe to Increase Mather, dated at " Ebenezer," Septem- 
 ber 8, 1676, and printed in the same volume of the Col- 
 lections (pp. 156, 158, 159), it will be seen that the two 
 parts were first printed separately : — 
 
 I have read over your seasonable Exhortation. ... As I 
 was going to seale vp my letter, I was tould that beside your 
 Exhortation, you have also taken pains to write a History of 
 the War, which is also printed. But I have not had the Happy- 
 nesse as yet, to see it ; . . . 
 
 In regard to the London Edition (1 676), Prince says : — 
 
 This is s d at ye Bottom of ye Title Page, to b[e] Printed 
 according to ye Original Copy Prin d in N E. 1676. & in ye 
 Title Page, as well as Preface, y r is mention m d of A serious Ex- 
 ortation added, w c seems to be left out of this London-Edition. 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL LIST 
 
 65 
 
 Mather in his " Relation " (Boston, 1677), speaks of 
 "that brief historical Account of the War with the In- 
 dians in New England, published the last summer." 
 
 A I Brief History | of the | VVarr | with the Indians in | 
 New-England, | (From June 24, 1675. wnen the first 
 English-man was mur- | dered by the Indians, to August 
 12. 1676. when Philip, alias | Metacomet, the principal 
 Author and Beginner ] of the Warr, was slain.) | Wherein 
 the Grounds, Beginning, and Progress of the Warr, | is sum- 
 marily expressed. | Together with a serious | Exhortation | 
 to the Inhabitants of that Land, | — | By Increase Mather, 
 Teacher of a Church of | Christ, in Boston in New-England. 
 I — I [Two lines from Levit. xxvi. 25 ; two lines from 
 Psalms cvii. 43 ; one line from Jer. xxii. 15.] | — | [Three 
 lines of Latin.] | — 1| Boston, Printed and Sold by John 
 Foster over | against the Sign of the Dove. 1676. 4to, 
 (1), (4), 51, 8. Signatures, a in four, first leaf wanting, A to 
 F in fours, G in two, ? in four. Size, 5I by 7! inches. 
 Titlepage, surrounded by two border lines, verso blank ; 4 
 pp. " To the Reader," signed " Increase Mather," headpiece of 
 three lines, one line of fine border pieces, a rule, and line of 
 similar pieces, headlines, catchwords " A Brief" at foot of the 
 last page; 1-51," A Brief | History | Of the | VVarre | With the 
 Indians in | New-England," line of Greek at the end between 
 two rules, large ornamental headpiece, pp. 15 and 16 contain an 
 impression of the seal of the Colony, shewing the pine tree, and 
 the heading, "At A | Council | Held at Boston, Sept. 17. 1675," 
 followed by the text of a proclamation of the Governor and 
 Council for "a Day of publick Humiliation, with Fasting and 
 Prayer, throughout this whole Colony," ending just below the 
 middle of page 16 with the words "By the Council, Edward 
 Rawson Secr't," running headlines ; 1 p. blank ; 1-8, " Post- 
 script," same headpiece as at the beginning of the Preface, 
 
 5 
 
66 
 
 JOHN FOSTER 
 
 headlines ; " Finis " near foot of the page between two rules, 
 followed by a list of " Errata," five lines. 
 
 Copies : American Antiquarian Society, Boston Public 
 Library, Library of the late Sumner Hollingsworth, John 
 Carter Brown Library, Lenox Library, and Massachusettts 
 Historical Society. 
 
 This issue has the " Earnest Exhortation " appended, 
 as shown by the title given above. In the beginning of 
 his Preface he speaks of his History as 
 
 meerly for my own private use, nor had I the least thought 
 of publishing any of my Observations, until such time as I 
 read a Narrative of this Warr, said to be written by a Mer- 
 chant of Boston, which it seems met with an Imprimatur at 
 London in December last : the abounding mistakes therein 
 caused me to think it necessary, that a true History of this 
 affair should be published. . . . whilst I was doing this, there 
 came to my hands another Narrative of this Warr, written by 
 a Quaker in Road-Island, who pretends to know the Truth of 
 things, but that Narrative being fraught with worse things than 
 meer Mistakes, I was thereby quickned to expedite what I 
 had in hand. 
 
 An Earnest | Exhortation | To the Inhabitants of | New-Eng- 
 land, | To hearken to the voice of God | in his late and 
 present | Dispensations | As ever they desire to escape an- 
 other Judgement, seven times | greater than any thing which 
 as yet hath been. | — | By Increase Mather ; Teacher of 
 a Church | in Boston in New-England. | — | [Three lines 
 from Lev. xxvi. 23, 24; two lines from Jer. xiii. 17; three 
 lines from 1 Cor. x. 11.] | — || Boston | Printed by John 
 Foster: And are to be Sold over against | the Dove. 1676. 
 4to. pp. (1), (2), 26. Signatures, A to D in fours. Size, 
 Sj by 7J inches. 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL LIST 
 
 67 
 
 Titlepage, surrounded by two border lines, verso blank ; 2 pp. 
 " To the Reader," signed " Increase Mather,'* and dated at 
 "Boston N. E. | 26. of 5 m. | 1676," headpiece a line of bor- 
 der pieces; 1-21, "An | Exhortation | To the inhabitants of | 
 New-England," headpiece a line of fine border pieces, a rule, 
 and another line of similar pieces, running headlines ; " Errata," 
 two lines, at the foot of page 26, below " Finis " ; 2 pp. blank. 
 
 Copies : Library of the late Sumner Hollingsworth, John 
 Carter Brown Library, Lenox Library, and Massachusetts His- 
 torical Society. 
 
 This may have been printed before his " Brief His- 
 tory/' to which it is appended as indicated by the title- 
 page of that work ; and was circulated separately as 
 shown by the extract from GofFe's letter on page 64. A 
 copy of this separate issue has not yet been found. 
 
 George Fox | Digg'd out of his | Burrovves, | Or an Offer of 
 I Disputation | On fourteen Proposalls made this last 
 Summer 1672 (so call'd) | unto G. Fox then present on 
 Rode-Island | in New-England, by R. W. | As also how 
 (G. Fox slily departing) the Disputation went on | being 
 managed three dayes at Newport on Rode-Island, and | 
 one day at Providence, between John Stubs, John Burnet, 
 and I William Edmundson on the one part, and R. W. 
 on the other. | In which many Quotations out of G. Fox 
 & Ed. Burrowes Book | in Folio are alleadged. | With an 
 I Apendix | Of some scores of G. F. his simple lame 
 Answers to his Oppo- | sites in that Book, quoted and 
 replyed to | By R. W. of Providence in N. E. | — || 
 Boston I Printed by John Foster, 1676. 4to. pp. (1), (5), 
 208, 119. Signatures, a in four, A to Cc and A to P in 
 fours. Size, 5I by 7I inches. 
 
68 
 
 JOHN FOSTER 
 
 Titlepage, surrounded by two border lines, verso blank ; 
 2 pp. "To | The Kings Majesty | Charles the I Id: &c. | 
 Whom the King of Heaven long and | eternally Preserve,'' 
 signed, " Roger Williams," and dated at " Providence in 
 N-England, | March ioth. 167J; | (ut Vulgo)," large ornamental 
 headpiece ; 2 pp. " To the People called Quakers," signed, 
 "R. W.," and dated at "Providence, March 10. | 1673] ( so 
 called)," headpiece a line of small border pieces ; 1 p. " To 
 those many Learned and Pious Men, whom | G. Fox hath so 
 sillily and scornfully answered | in his Book in Folio | Espe- 
 cially to those whose Names I have been bold to mention | in 
 the Narrative and Apendix, | Mr Richard Baxter, Mr Iohn 
 Owen &c." signed, " R. W.," as before and dated " Prov. 
 March 10. 1673;"; 1 P* blank ; 1-140, "A Narration of | A 
 Conference | or | Dispute, | This last August 1672 (so called) 
 in the | Colony of Rode-Iland and Providence, Plantations in 
 I N. England, between Roger Williams of Providence, (who 
 I Challenged G Fox by writing (which followes) and all his | 
 Friends then met on Rode-Iland," (and G. Fox with- | drawing) 
 John Stubs, John Burniat, and William | Edmundson, (three of 
 their ablest Apostles) on | the other, that is, (on the pretended | 
 Quakers) Party," catchword "Our" below middle of page 140 
 between two rules, an ornamental headpiece like the one first 
 mentioned, pages 130, 131, and 134, 135, incorrectly numbered 
 134, 135, and 135, 136, marginal notes; 1 p. blank; 141 [verso 
 of blank page) -143, 145-208, " Our Conferences and Disputes 
 at I Providence upon the se- | ven other Positions mentioned 
 in my Pa- | per sent to G. Fox and his Associates," headpiece 
 a line of acorn-shaped border pieces, a rule, and a line of similar 
 pieces inverted, the count continuing correctly on page 145, 
 marginal notes, catchwords " An Apen- " at foot of the page ; 
 1-119, "An I Apendix | or | Addition of Proofs unto my thir- 
 teenth Po- I sition, Viz." headpiece two lines of border pieces, 
 the lower one inverted, has new set of signature letters, and 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL LIST 69 
 
 various misprints in the paging, marginal notes; "Finis" near 
 the foot of the page between two rules; verso of 119 blank. 
 
 Copies : Boston Athenaeum, Boston Public Library, and 
 John Carter Brown Library. 
 
 On the titlepage is written : " Thomas Shepard's 
 Book : given me by y e h ble Jn° Leveret, Governo r of 
 y e Massachusets 30. 6. 77: This was reprinted in 
 Volume V. of the " Publications of the Narragansett 
 Club" (Providence, 1872), edited by J. Lewis Diman. 
 A fac-simile of the titlepage, by type, is given in the 
 Catalogue of the John Carter Brown Library (Part II. 
 1600-1700, p. 448), No. 1 161. In the copy belonging 
 to the Boston Athenasum the title begins " G. Fox." 
 
 The Happiness of a People | In the Wisdome of their Rulers 
 I Directing | And in the Obedience of their Brethren | 
 Attending | Unto what Israel ougho [sic] to do : | Recom- 
 mended in a I Sermon | Before the Honourable Governour 
 and Council, and | the Respected Deputies of the Matta- 
 chusets Colony | in New-England. | Preached at Boston, 
 May 3d. 1676. being the day of | Election there. | — | 
 By William Hvbbard Minister of Ipswich. | — | [Two 
 lines from Exod. xviii. 12 ; one line from Rom. xiii. 1 ; 
 two lines from Psalms xliv. 15.] I — I [Four lines of 
 Latin.] | — | — || Boston, Printed by John Foster. 1676. 
 4to. pp. (1), (6), 63. Signatures, A to I in fours. Size, 
 5I x 81 inches. 
 
 Titlepage, surrounded by two border lines, verso blank ; 5 pp. 
 "To the Honourable | John Leveret Esq: | Governour of 
 the Mattachusets Colony, | Together with the rest of the 
 Honourable Council of Magistrates | of the said Colony," 
 
7 o 
 
 JOHN FOSTER 
 
 signed " W. H.," headlines "The Epistle Dedicatory"; I p. 
 ten lines of errata, between two lines of fine border pieces, 
 the lower one inverted ; 1-63, text, " 1 Chron. 12. 32. . . . 
 [Three lines from the Bible]," large ornamental headpiece ; 
 " Finis " at foot of the page ; 1 p. blank. 
 
 Copies : American Antiquarian Society, Boston Public Li- 
 brary, Connecticut Historical Society, Harvard College Library, 
 John Carter Brown Library, Lenox Library, and Massachusetts 
 Historical Society. 
 
 In the "Epistle Dedicatory/' Hubbard says: — 
 
 I never intended any further publication than the preaching 
 . . . but for their sakes who by the exigence of the Times, and 
 present distress of the Warre, were denied the opportunity to be 
 of the Auditory, I have condescended to make it Legible. 
 
 On the upper margin of the titlepage of a copy in 
 the Library of the Massachusetts Historical Society, is 
 written, perhaps in the author's hand, "For M r - Simon 
 Bradstreet of New-London." 
 
 "Short Catechism. [By] J.[ames] Noyes Boston [i6]y6" 8vo. 
 pp. 15. 
 
 This title is mentioned in Prince's manuscript catalogue. 
 
 1677. 
 
 An I Answer | to a | Letter | Sent from | Mr. Coddington of 
 Rode-Island, | to Governour Leveret of Boston | in what 
 concerns R. W. | of Providence. [1677 or 1678.] 4to. 
 pp. 10. Signature in six. Size, 5^ by 7 J inches. 
 Half-title, below a large ornamental headpiece, followed by 1-9, 
 
 text, signed by " R. W." at the foot of page 9 ; 10, " Postscript," 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL LIST 
 
 7i 
 
 signed by " R. W.," headpiece a line of border pieces ; blank leaf 
 at end to make up signature. 
 
 Copy: Rhode Island Historical Society. 
 
 The name of "T. Fosters " appears on page 1, and 
 the endorsement " Roger Williams Printed Answer to 
 Mr. Coddingtons Letter," in a contemporary hand on 
 the verso of the last blank leaf. Mr. Clarence S. Brigham 
 writes me, November 2, 1 905 : — 
 
 The date of this pamphlet, of which no other copy is known, 
 can be quite closely determined. The author refers to King Phil- 
 ip's War of 1675-76 as an event of the recent past; refers to 
 " Major Winslow, now Governor of Plymouth Colony " (his date 
 of office was 1673-1680); refers to "Major Cranston, Deputy- 
 Governor of Rhode Island " (his term was May 3, 1676- Novem- 
 ber 8, 1678) ; refers to Governor Leverett of Boston (his term was 
 1673-1679); refers to his own narrative against the Quakers (his 
 " George Fox Digg'd out of his Burrowes," printed by John Foster, 
 Boston, 1676). William Coddington, who is visited with consid- 
 erable invective in the tract, died November 1, 1678. The facts 
 above would show that it was printed in 1677 or before November, 
 1678. On page 8 of the tract Williams makes some pointed allu- 
 sions to Mr. Coddington's purchase of the Island of Rhode Island. 
 It is significant that on September 27, 1677, Coddington made 
 deposition as to his original purchase of Rhode Island. I should 
 think that the date of 1677 cou ^ safely be assigned to the tract. 
 The printer (probably Foster, as it was he who printed Williams' 
 previous publications of 1676) could undoubtedly be determined 
 by a comparison of the type and printer's ornament with Foster's 
 known publications of 1676-79. 
 
 The tract was reprinted in the " Proceedings of the 
 Rhode Island Historical Society, 1875-76/' between pages 
 
72 
 
 JOHN FOSTER 
 
 54 and 55, as a part of the report of Edwin M. Stone, 
 Librarian of that Society, who givds a brief account of 
 Foster and some of his works. 
 
 A I Brief Rule | To guide the Common-People of | New- 
 England I How to order themselves and theirs in the | 
 Small Pocks, or Measels. [Imprint at bottom of the 
 sheet] Boston, Printed and sold by John Foster. 1677. 
 Broadside. Folio. Size, ii\ by 17I inches. 
 Heading, followed by a long rule, and the text arranged in 
 
 two columns separated by a perpendicular rule, signed " Thomas 
 
 Thacher," and dated " 21. 11. 167I; " ; surrounded by a border 
 
 line. 
 
 Copy : Massachusetts Historical Society. 
 
 This broadside is the earliest treatise on a medical 
 subject published in this country, and is supposed to be 
 unique. A heliotype reproduction will be found in my 
 "Ten Fac-simile Reproductions " (Boston, 1901, p. 26), 
 where an account of the sheet is given. 
 
 An I Historical Discourse | Concerning the | Prevalency | of | 
 Prayer | Wherein is shewed that New-Englands late De- 
 liverance from the | Rage of the Heathen, is an eminent 
 Answer of Prayer. | — | By Increase Mather | Teacher of 
 a Church in Boston in New-England | — | [One line from 
 Psalms cii. 18; five lines from James v. 17, 18.] | — | 
 [Two lines of Latin.] | — | — 1| Boston, | Printed and sold 
 by John Foster. 1677. 4to. pp. (1), (2), 19. Signa- 
 tures, A to C in fours. Size, 5I by 7! inches. 
 Titlepage, surrounded by two border lines, verso blank ; 2 
 pp. "To the Reader/' signed "Increase Mather," and dated 
 at " Boston, N-E. | August, 16. 1677," has large ornamental 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL LIST 
 
 73 
 
 headpiece; 1-18, "An | Historical Discovrse | Concerning the 
 Prevalency of | Prayer," headpiece a line of border pieces, a 
 rule, and a line of similar pieces inverted, running headlines ; 
 line of Hebrew at the end on page 19, marginal notes; 1 p. 
 blank ; follows " A Relation of the Troubles." 
 
 Copies: Boston Public Library, Library of the late Sumner 
 Hollingsworth, John Carter Brown Library, Lenox Library, 
 and Massachusetts Historical Society. 
 
 A I Narrative | of the Troubles with the | Indians | In New- 
 England, from the first planting thereof in the | year 1607. 
 to this present year 1677. But chiefly of the late | 
 Troubles in the two last years 1675. and 1676. | To 
 which is added a Discourse about the Warre with the | 
 Pequods | In the year 1637. | — | By W. Hubbard, Min- 
 ister of Ipswich, I — I [Three lines from Exod. xvii. 14 ; 
 two lines from Numb. xxi. 14; one line from Prov. xxv. 
 25.] I — I [Six lines of Latin.] | — | Published by Author- 
 ity. I — || Boston ; Printed by John Foster, in the year 
 1677. 4 to. pp. (2), (10), 132, (7), (6)-i2, 88. Signatures, 
 one leaf, a in six, B to M in fours, two leaves, m in two, 
 O to R in fours, S in two, T in four, n in four, A to L 
 in fours. Size, 5 by 61 inches. 
 
 First page blank, verso, statement signed " Simon Brad- 
 street. I Daniel Denison. | Joseph Dudley," and dated at " Bos- 
 ton, March 29. | 1677," saying that they are "deputed by the 
 Governour and Councill of the Massachusets Colony to peruse, 
 and licence the same, have and doe accordingly Order it to be 
 imprinted, as being of publick benefit, and judge the Author 
 to have deserved due acknowledgment and Thanks for the 
 same," headpiece a line of border pieces, footpiece a line of sim- 
 ilar pieces inverted ; titlepage surrounded by two border lines, 
 verso blank; 4 pp. "To the Honourable | John Leveret Esq; 
 I Governour of the Colony of the Massachusets ; | Josiah 
 
74 
 
 JOHN FOSTER 
 
 VVinslow Esq ; | Governour of the Colony of Plimouth ; | 
 William Leet Esq ; | Governour of the Colony of Connecti- 
 cut." signed " William Hubbard," and dated " From my 
 Study | 1 6th. 12th. | 1676," catchword "An," just below signa- 
 ture on last page ; 2 pp. " An Advertisement to the Reader," 
 headline on second page " To the Reader," catchword " To " 
 at foot of second page; 1 p. "To the Reverend Mr. Wil- 
 liam Hubbard on his most exact | History of New-Englands 
 Troubles," signed "J. S." (John Sherman), thirty-four lines 
 of verse ; 2 pp. " Upon | The elaborate Survey of New- 
 Englands Passions from the | Natives | By the impartial Pen of 
 that Worthy Divine | Mr. William Hubbard," signed " B. T." 
 (Benjamin Tompson), thirty-eight lines of verse; 1 p. "The 
 Printer to the Reader," followed by five lines of explanation, and 
 seventeen lines of errata; 1-115, "A | Narrative | of the | 
 Troubles | With the Indians in | New-England, | From the first 
 Planting thereof to the present time," headpiece a line of border 
 pieces, the pages between 82 and 93, numbered, 83 to 86 on recto, 
 and the fifth leaf 87, 88, running headlines, catchwords near foot 
 of page 115, "A Supple-,"; 1 p. blank; 1 17-132, "A | Supple- 
 ment I Concerning the Warre with the | Pequods," headpiece a 
 line of border pieces, running headlines ; 7 pp. " A Table shewing 
 the Towns and places which are inhabited by | the English 
 in New-England : those that are marked with fi- | gures, as well 
 as expressed by their names, are such as were assaul- | ted by 
 the Indians, during the late awfull revolutions of provi- | dence," 
 headlines, catchwords above the middle of last page " A Post-," 
 the map, which was once here following page 132, wanting; 
 (6)-n, "A Postscript"; 11, 12, "For the further satisfaction 
 of the Reader concerning the per- | fidiousness and falsness of 
 our Enemies, and the Justice of our | Cause, we shall close this 
 Narrative with the Articles which | Philip Sachem of Pauka- 
 maket, or Mount-hope, subscribed in the | year, 167 1," separated 
 from the preceding part by a rule, "Finis," at foot of page 12, 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL LIST 75 
 
 followed by "Soli Deo gloria"; one leaf blank; 1-72 "A | 
 Narrative | of the | Troubles | With the Indians in | New-Eng- 
 land, I From Pascataqua to Pemmaquid," headpiece a line of 
 border pieces, running headlines, catchword " To " at foot of 
 page 72 between two rules; 73-88, further text and descrip- 
 tion, headpiece two lines of acorn-shaped border pieces, the 
 lower one inverted, separated by a rule ; " Errata " on lower 
 half of page 88, followed by twelve lines, and "Finis" between 
 two rules. 
 
 Copies : American Antiquarian Society, Boston Public Library, 
 Harvard College Library, John Carter Brown Library, Lenox 
 Library, and Massachusetts Historical Society. 
 
 The copy described above belongs to the Historical 
 Society, and differs slightly from the copies mentioned 
 below. 
 
 I am greatly indebted to Wilberforce Eames, A. M., 
 the accomplished bibliographer of the Lenox Library, 
 New York, for a comparative description of two issues 
 of Hubbard's Narrative from Foster's press. He has made 
 such a careful and critical examination of the subject that 
 I consider myself fortunate to be able to use the result of 
 his work in connection with this Bibliographical List. 
 Under date of July 8, 1909, he writes me from the Lenox 
 Library as follows : — 
 
 A comparison of two copies of the Boston (1677) edition of 
 Hubbard's Narrative in the Lenox Library shows the following 
 differences : — 
 
 Copy A, the earlier of the two issues, is complete with four 
 leaves in sheet M (pp. 81-88) of the first part. The two inner 
 leaves of this sheet, pp. 83-86, marked M 2 and M 3, were can- 
 
7 6 
 
 JOHN FOSTER 
 
 celled before many copies had been bound up, and four new leaves 
 were printed and substituted in their place, as in copy B and in 
 most other copies. The original two leaves contain a summary 
 of events from April 27 to June 30, at Hassanemesit, Rehoboth, 
 Washacom Ponds, Brookfield, Hadly and Dearfield, closing with 
 the first portion of Captain Henchman's letter to the Governour 
 and Council of the Massachusets, dated from Malbrough, June 
 the 30, 1676. 
 
 In copy B, the later of the two issues, the four new leaves are 
 marked thus : — 83, verso not paged, 84, verso not paged, 85, verso 
 paged 86, and one leaf not paged on either side. The sheet marks 
 are M 2, M 3, M 4 and one not marked. The new matter given 
 in these substituted four leaves relates to the attack by the Indians 
 on Plimouth, May 1 1 and following days ; the defection of the 
 Wamesit Indians and their attacks on Andover and Chelmsford ; 
 the burning of Thomas Eames's house at Sudbury ; the expedition 
 of Capt. Holioke of Springfield ; and the expedition of the men 
 of Hadly, Hatfield and Northampton against the Indians of the 
 Upper Falls on May 18. Most of the narrative of the cancelled 
 pages is reprinted and incorporated in the new pages, but Capt. 
 Henchman's letter is condensed from thirty-three lines, including 
 the heading, to a brief summary of nine lines, which are made to 
 connect with the concluding part of the letter on page 87. 
 
 There are no pages 89-92 and no sheet N in either copy A 
 or copy B. Page 88 ends in an unfinished sentence with the 
 catchword " next." In place of sheet N, which should properly 
 follow, there is sheet " m " in two leaves, paged 93-96, sheet O 
 following with page 97. Although page 93 starts with a new 
 paragraph, the first word of which is " Next," the connection with 
 the unfinished sentence on page 88 is not very clear at first glance. 
 The London edition, however, which is a page for page reprint of 
 the Boston edition, makes the two lines connect properly by a 
 slight change in the punctuation. This gap in the pagination and 
 the substitution of sheet m suggest the possibility of a still earlier 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL LIST 77 
 
 issue of the book containing sheet N with the full number of pages, 
 89-96. If there was such an issue, however, it is doubtful if any 
 copy was allowed to pass into circulation, as there must have been 
 good reason for cancelling the four pages which are omitted. 
 
 In the list of errata of both parts, following the commendatory 
 verses at the front, is the following correction : " In the second Part 
 p. 81. between the seventh and eighth line, a whole line is casually 
 omitted in most of the Copyes viz. As for predictions or Presages 
 of the present troubles." Copy A is one of those in which the 
 said line does not appear, there being blank space for a whole line 
 between the two paragraphs. In copy B the line is inserted, I 
 think without resetting the page, and it reads thus: "As for pre- 
 dictions, or presages of these late Troubles," ending with a comma 
 and not quite rilling the line. 
 
 The following typographical errors are found in copies A and 
 B. Page 37 is marked 3 in both copies, the figure 7 having dropped 
 out ; pages 42 and 43 are marked and £^ in copy A, and 43 
 and 42 in copy B ; the headline on page 94 is wrongly spelled 
 Marrative in both copies, instead of Narrative. In the second 
 part sheets B 3 and F 3 are wrongly marked A 3 and F 4, respec- 
 tively, in both copies; page 81 is wrongly paged 82 in copy A, 
 but is correctly paged in copy B, this being the page in which the 
 omitted line was inserted ; page 88 ends with a list of errata in ten 
 lines in copy A, which is increased to twelve lines in copy B by 
 the addition of four more corrections to be made on pages 82, 83 
 and 87. 
 
 I have examined three other copies of the Boston edition, in 
 private hands, which I will designate as copies C, D, and E. 
 Copy C was bought at Sotheby's in London, December 14-15, 
 1906, and is perfect. Copy D was bought in the Sewall sale at 
 Bangs & Co. in New York in 1896, and lacks all of the second 
 part. Copy E was bought in the Moore sale at Bangs & Co. in 
 New York, February 5-6, 1894, and lacks beginning and end. 
 All three copies have page 37 correctly marked; copies C and E 
 
78 
 
 JOHN FOSTER 
 
 have pages 42 and 43 marked 43 and 42, and copy D has them 
 marked and £b ; all three copies have the amplified sheet M as in 
 copy B, but in copies C and E the third and fourth of the substi- 
 tuted leaves are paged 85 and 86, respectively, on the recto , the 
 verso being unpaged, while copy D agrees with copy B in the mark- 
 ing of these pages ; copies C and D have the headline on page 94 
 correctly spelled Narrative, while copy E has the wrong spelling 
 Marrative ; copies C and E have sheets B 3 and F 3 of the second 
 part wrongly marked, as in copies A and B ; and copy C has 
 page 81 correctly paged, with the added line, and the twelve lines 
 of errata on page 88, as in copy B. 
 
 The London edition follows copy B in its reprint of the first 
 part, and corrects the pagination of pages 83-92, so that there is 
 no gap ; but it conforms to copy A in the omission of an entire 
 line on page 81 of the second part. It omits both lists of errata. 
 
 With regard to the proper maps belonging to the Boston and 
 London editions respectively, my own opinion fully coincides with 
 that of Joseph Sabin and other booksellers who have had good 
 opportunities for examining different copies of both editions. I 
 know of four copies of the Boston edition which have or did have 
 the " White Hills " map in its proper place facing page 1, with the 
 original stitching; and I know of a larger number of copies of the 
 London edition containing the " Wine Hills " map, in similar con- 
 dition. Most other copies of both editions have been rebound, 
 and either lack the map or have it inserted out of place. This is 
 the case with the Lenox copies of both editions. Copy A has the 
 " White Hills " map inserted in front of the title ; and copy B 
 has the " Wine Hills " map re-folded, but showing the marks of 
 the original folding, mounted on a fly leaf before the license leaf. 
 The Lenox copy of the London edition lacks the map, but 
 shows the impress at page 1, where it once was. Mr. Sabin 
 states clearly that as the mercantile value of the London edition 
 is less than that of the Boston edition, the map is often taken 
 out of the former to insert in the latter. 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL LIST 79 
 
 Mr. Sibley, in his Harvard Graduates (I. 61), says that 
 the initials "J. S." stand probably for Jeremiah Shepard, a 
 graduate in the Class of 1669 ; and more than twenty years 
 ago (November, 1888), in some remarks before the Histori- 
 cal Society on John Foster's Map of New England printed 
 in the Proceedings (second series, IV. 199), I followed 
 Mr. Sibley's supposition. Since then I have seen a copy 
 of this edition of the Narrative which belonged to the late 
 Sumner Hollingsworth, of Boston, that contains many in- 
 teresting notes in the handwriting of the Rev. Edward Tay- 
 lor, and also a letter from him, dated at " Westfield 1 5 h 8? 
 1679." In one of these notes it is said that the initials 
 "J. S." stand for "John Sherman doubtless." As both 
 Hubbard and Taylor were graduates of the College, and 
 both were ministers, they undoubtedly knew each other 
 well ; and for that reason I incline now to the opinion that 
 Sherman was the writer of the verses. The letter men- 
 tioned above is addressed to "Reverend & Hon? Mr. S fc 
 Nicholas, together with my Hon? & Rev? Master Mr. 
 Loseby " ; and there is some reason to think that these two 
 persons were the Regicides then at Hadley. It is probable 
 that the map in the London edition was placed at the be- 
 ginning of the book. A copy of the "Narrative" in the 
 Lenox Library has pages 83 to 86 of the first part in two 
 leaves. In a copy belonging to the Boston Public Library, 
 on the fly-leaf before page 1 of the last part is written 
 "Henry: Somerby his Book | The 23, of december : 
 1690." 
 
So 
 
 JOHN FOSTER 
 
 A Relation | Of the Troubles which have hapned in | New- 
 England, | By reason of the Indians there. | From the Year 
 1614. to the Year 1675. I — I Wherein the frequent Conspir- 
 acyes of the Indians to cutt off the | English, and the won- 
 derfull providence of God, in disappointing | their devices, is 
 declared. | Together with an Historical Discourse concerning 
 the I Prevalency of Prayer; shewing that New Englands | 
 late deliverance from the Rage of the Heathen is an eminent 
 I Answer of Prayer. | — | By Increase Mather | Teacher of 
 a Church in Boston in New-England. | — | [Two lines from 
 Job viii. 8 ; two lines from Psalms cxi. 2 ; two lines from 
 Joel i. 3.] I — I [Three lines of Latin.] | — | — || Boston, 
 I Printed and sold by John Foster. 1677. 4 to * PP- (*)> 
 (4), 76. Signatures, A to K in fours, L in two ? first leaf or 
 A wanting. Size, 5I by 7I inches. 
 Titlepage, surrounded by two border lines, verso blank ; 4 pp. 
 " To the Reader/' signed " Increase Mather," and dated at " Bos- 
 ton N. E. I Sept. 14. 1677," headpiece a line of border pieces, a 
 rule, and a line of similar pieces inverted ; list of " Errata " at end 
 of Preface, three lines between two rules ; 1-26, " A | Relation | 
 of the first troubles in | New-England j By reason of the Indians 
 there," large ornamental headpiece; 27-76, "A | Brief History 
 I Of the War with the Pequot Indians in | New-England; Anno 
 1637", " Finis " just above the middle of the page between 
 two rules ; followed by " An Historical Discourse," with new 
 signature letters. 
 
 Copies : Boston Public Library, Library of the late Sumner 
 Hollingsworth, John Carter Brown Library, Lenox Library, and 
 Massachusetts Historical Society. 
 
 Renewal of Covenant the great Duty | incumbent on decaying 
 or distressed | Chvrches. | — | A Sermon | Concerning Re- 
 newing of Covenant with God in Christ, | Preached at Dor- 
 chester in New-England, the 21. Day | of the 1. Moneth 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL LIST 81 
 
 1677. being a Day of | Humiliation | There, on that Oc- 
 casion. I — I By Increase Mather, Teacher of | a Church 
 in Boston. | — | [Three lines from Deut. xxix. 1 ; two 
 lines from Jer. 1. 5.] | — | [Eight lines of Latin.] | — || 
 Boston ; | Printed by J. F. for Henry Phillips, and are 
 to be sold at his | Shop in the West end of the Town- 
 house in Boston. 1677. 4to. pp. (1), (5), 21. Signatures, 
 A to D in fours. Size, 5I by 7 inches. 
 Titlepage, surrounded by a double border line, verso blank ; 
 5 pp. "To the Church of Christ in | Dorchester | Dearly Be- 
 loved in the Lord Jesus," signed " Yours in the Lord alwayes 
 I Increase Mather," and dated "Boston, | 22d. of 3. Moneth, | 
 1677," headpiece, a line of border pieces, a rule, and a line of 
 similar pieces inverted, headlines, marginal notes ; 1 p. blank ; 
 1-21, " Neh. 9. 38. And because of all this we | make a sure 
 Covenant," ending on page 21 with a line " Tibi Domine" near 
 the middle of the. page, marginal notes ; verso of page 21 blank ; 
 one leaf wanting. 
 
 Copies : Boston Public Library and Library of the late 
 Sumner Hollingsworth. 
 
 1678. 
 
 Abraham in Arms ; | — | or | The first Religious | General | 
 with his I Army | Engaging in | A War | For which he had 
 wisely prepared, and by | which, not only an eminent | Vic- 
 tory I Was obtained, but | A Blessing | gained also. | Deliv- 
 ered in an Artillery-Election-Sermon, June, 3. 1678. | — | 
 By S. N. [Samuel Nowell] | — || Boston ; | Printed by John 
 Foster, 1678. 4to. pp. (1), (1), 19. Signatures, A to C 
 in fours. Size, 6 by 7! inches. 
 
 Titlepage, surrounded by a line of border pieces, fine at the 
 sides, and larger at the top and bottom, verso blank ; 1 p. " To 
 the Reader," signed " Samuel Nowell," headpiece a line of border 
 pieces, a rule, and a line of similar pieces inverted ; 1 p, blank ; 
 
 6 
 
82 
 
 JOHN FOSTER 
 
 1-19, text, " Gen. 14. 14. . . . [Three lines from the Bible]," 
 large ornamental headpiece ; " Finis " between two rules, near the 
 foot of the page. 
 
 Copies : American Antiquarian Society, Boston Public Library, 
 and Massachusetts Historical Society. 
 
 This was printed from " Notes, taken by one of the 
 Auditors.' ' Near the foot of the titlepage of the His- 
 torical Society's copy is written, " Nathanael Barnes | Ex 
 dono Pen Townsand." The Antiquarian Society's copy 
 has the signature "William Griggs, 1678," and that of 
 "M Byles," written near the top of the titlepage. 
 
 An Advertisement. Broadside. []t 678.] 
 
 Heading, followed by text, signed by " Simon Bradstreet, | 
 John Saffin, | Elisha Hutchinson," and " Dated at Boston, 30th 
 July, 1678." It relates to "the lands of Narragansett, and 
 Niantick countryes, and parts adjacent," and speaks of them as 
 " places very pleasant and fertile, fit and commodious for Plan- 
 tation, and several townships ; the true and legal right whereof 
 belongs to certain gentlemen in New England (the most part 
 of them dwelling within the Colony of Massachusetts), by pur- 
 chase from the chief Sachims, that were sole proprietors of the 
 same," which purchase was allowed by the Commissioners of the 
 United Colonies, and recorded " in the Book of Records for 
 the Colony of Connecticot, under which government and juris- 
 diction the land aforesaid lyeth " ; the hand-bill then notifies 
 all persons who are " desirous to settle themselves in the regular 
 way of townships on the said lands, that they may please to apply 
 themselves to the subscribers hereof in Boston, who are by the 
 said gentlemen, the proprietors, chosen and appointed a Com- 
 mittee to act." 
 
 Copy : Public Record Office, London. 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL LIST 
 
 83 
 
 At a meeting of the Assembly of the Colony of 
 Rhode Island and Providence Plantations for August 28, 
 1678, printed in the Records (III. 18), it was 
 
 Voted, There was a printed paper, entitled an advertisement, 
 subscribed by Simon Bradstreet, John Saffin, and Elisha Hutchin- 
 son, dated in Boston, the 30th of July, 1678, stileing themselves 
 a Committee, to act in behalfe of certaine gentlemen of New 
 England, in the disposition of the lands of the Narragansett 
 and Niantick countrys ; by them untruly declared to be under 
 the government and jurisdiction of the Collony of Connecticut 
 . . . which said paper was by said John Saffin sett up in the 
 towne of Newport, whoe forthwith fled off the Island from the 
 hands of justice, &c. . . . 
 
 This is mentioned by Samuel Greene Arnold in his 
 History of Rhode Island (I. 445), who says that the 
 hand-bill "was struck off in Boston/' A copy is pre- 
 served among the New England Papers (III. 46), in the 
 Public Record Office in London. The description and 
 collation given above are taken from the Rhode Island 
 Records (III. 18), where the advertisement is printed in 
 full. 
 
 1678. I — I An I Almanack | of j Ccelestial motions for the year 
 of the I Christian Epocha | 1678 | Being (in one account) 
 third after | Leap-year, and from the Creation | 5627. | — | 
 The Vulgar Notes are | 
 
 Golden numb. 7.^ fEpact 17. 
 Cycle of the Sun 7 > < Rom. Indict. 1. 
 Dominic. Let. F. J I Num. direct. 10. 
 
84 
 
 JOHN FOSTER 
 
 Calculated for the longitude of 315 gr. | and 42 gr. 30 min. 
 
 north latitude. | — | J. F. | — | — || Printed by J. Foster, 
 
 for John Vsher of | Boston. 1678. i6mo. pp. (1), (30). 
 
 No signature letters. Size, 3I by 5I inches. 
 Titlepage surrounded by a line of border pieces, verso blank ; 
 1 p. " 1678. Dominion of Moon in Man's Body | (according to 
 Astronomers)," and a cut of a human figure with the signs of the 
 Zodiac, followed by twelve explanatory lines of poetry ; 24 pp. 
 March to February, beginning on the verso of the second leaf 
 of the almanac, with two pages devoted to each month, the one 
 at the left showing the moon's changes, the aspects of the planets, 
 the sitting of the Courts, two columns at the right, the " suns 
 places," and the tc suns rising," the right-hand page, at the top, 
 " The moon is with " and names of five planets, followed by a 
 column at the left of the " Full Sea Boston," and a vacant space 
 at the right like that in the almanac of 1679, w ^ tn on ^Y tne month 
 and the year given at the top ; 1 p, " Directions for the Use of 
 the Kalendar," from which the first paragraph and part of the 
 second are here given in order to show that the imperfect copy 
 of the almanac for 1679 in the Boston Public Library was pre- 
 pared by the same author. 
 
 AFter the Aspects of the Sun and Moon on the top of the page on 
 the left hand, and the Conjunction of the moon with the other 
 planets on the other page, you have for every moneth nine Columns, 
 containing, 1. The day of the Moneth. 2 The day of the week, the use 
 whereof is to find the day of the moneth. 3 Some principal Aspects, 
 Courts &c. 4 The Suns place. 5 The moons place. 6 The time of 
 the Suns rising ; the time of setting may be found by subtracting the time 
 of rising from twelve, what remains is the time of the Suns setting. 
 
 On the right-hand page you have the day of the moneth, and the time 
 of Full Sea or high water at Boston : The use whereof is to know the time 
 of the tide, . . . 
 
 ; 1 p. "Of the I Eclipses | of this Year, 1678," at the end 
 of which, March 25 about conjunction; Jupiter and Mars; 3 pp. 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL LIST 
 
 1678. 
 
 ALMANACK 
 
 O F 
 
 Cacleftial motions for the year of the 
 
 Chrirtian Epocba 
 
 ! 67 J, 
 
 Being (in our account) third after 
 Leap-year, and frtfm the Creation 
 5 6 1 7- 
 
 The Vulgar Notes are 
 Golden numb. 7.. ^ r Epa& 17. 
 Cycle of the Sun RwnlndiA. 1. 
 Dominic Let. F.i C Num.direcT:. 10. 
 
 Calculated for the longitude of MS gr- 
 and 42 gr. 30 min. north latitud e* 
 
 h F. 
 
 8fr 
 
 Printed by f.Fofter, for f f /&«• of 
 j| ' Befit*. i*7$. 
 
86 
 
 JOHN FOSTER 
 
 "1678. I The Course of the Spring-tides this year/* headpiece a 
 line of border pieces, a rule, and a line of similar pieces inverted, 
 headlines on second and third pages, followed by " Finis " below 
 the middle of the third page between two rules, below which are 
 three lines correcting a mistake about the full moon in July. In 
 the lower part of the second page appears " The Spring-Tides 
 will this year be as followed/' March to July on second page, 
 and August to February on the third page. 
 Copy : American Antiquarian Society. 
 
 A Fast of God's chusing, | plainly opened, | For the help of 
 those poor in spirit, whose | hearts are set to seek the Lord 
 their God | in New-England, in the solemn | Ordinance of 
 I A Fast I Wherein is shewed 1. The nature of such a 
 Fast. 2. The | Testimony God will give thereunto of his 
 gracious acceptation | 3. The special Seasons wherein God 
 will bear witness to such | A Fast. 4. Some helps to Faith 
 that it shall be so. | 5. Why such a Fast is so acceptable 
 and successfull. | 6. How much this concerns Gods people 
 in New-England. | Preached on a Fast called by publick 
 Au- I thority, On 26. 1 . 74. | — | By Thomas Thacher, 
 Pastor of a Church in Boston. | — | — || Boston, | Printed 
 by John Foster, 1678. 4to. pp. (1), (4), 25. Signatures, 
 A to D in fours. Size, 5I by 7! inches. 
 Titlepage, surrounded by a border line, with an extra line at 
 the top, verso blank; 4 pp. "To the Reader," signed "Increase 
 Mather," and dated at " Boston 2. mon. | 1678," catchword 
 "Isaiah" just below Mather's name, headpiece a line of border 
 pieces and a similar line inverted, headlines, inarginal notes ; 1- 
 24, text, "Isaiah. 58. 5, 6. [and two lines from the Bible]," 
 headpiece a line of border pieces, a rule, and a line of similar 
 pieces inverted, headlines ; " Finis " at the end near the foot of 
 the page ; 1 p. blank. 
 
 Copies : Harvard College Library and Massachusetts 
 Historical Society. 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL LIST 
 
 87 
 
 On the lower part of the titlepage of the Historical 
 Society's copy is written, " Jo. Baily's Booke N. E. March. 
 10. 8i"; and in the other copy there are traces of the 
 signature of Rev. William Adams, of Dedham, left by 
 the trimming of the binder. 
 
 In the preface "To the Reader," Mather says: — 
 
 the Sermon . . . was delivered some years agoe, even a little be- 
 fore our late troubles. The Lord knew that Boston, yea, that New- 
 England would have cause for many dayes of Humiliation, . . . 
 Some that were affected in hearing the Word preached, and 
 that did in short hand take what was delivered, have Importuned 
 the Reverend Author to give way unto its publication unto 
 whose desires he hath at last conceded. 
 
 [The I Grand Imposter Discovered: or,] T[he Quakers Doc- 
 trine weighed in] | th[e Ballance and found wanting ;] | A 
 [Poem,] I By [way of Dialogue wherein] | th[eir chief and 
 most concerning | Principles are laid down, | and by the 
 authority of | God's Holy Word clearly refuted.] | By B. K. || 
 Boston, Printed by John Foster. | 1678. 8vo. pp. (1), (6), 
 106. Signatures, one leaf, and A to G in eights. Size, 3^ 
 by 5 J inches. 
 
 Titlepage, supplied in writing, verso blank; 4 pp. "The 
 Epistle I to the | Reader," headpiece two lines of border pieces 
 the lower one inverted, headlines, a rule at foot of the last page; 
 2 pp. " An Epistolatory word to those called Quakers," catch- 
 word "A" at foot of second page; 1-106, "A Dialogue between 
 a Young Professor and | a Quaker," headpiece like the last, run- 
 ning headlines ; " Finis " at the foot of the page below a rule. 
 
 Copy : Massachusetts Historical Society. 
 
 This book lacks the titlepage, with the exception 
 of a stub, though otherwise it is complete a^id in fair 
 
88 JOHN FOSTER 
 
 condition, and in the original binding. A clew as to 
 the year of publication is found in a letter written by 
 Joseph Eliot, minister of Guilford, Connecticut, to In- 
 crease Mather, and printed in the Collections (fourth series, 
 VIII. 377) of the Massachusetts Historical Society, under 
 date of July 17, 1678. The allusion is as follows: — 
 
 I have lately seen a smal treatise in verse, such as it is, 
 not over Heliconian, yet honest, printed at Boston, against the 
 Quakers, by one B. K. whose name I cannot unridle. 
 
 The book bears all the earmarks of Foster's work. 
 Without doubt the initials " B. K." stand for Benjamin 
 Keach (1 640-1 704), a Baptist minister of London and 
 a prolific author, who had already written on the subject 
 of the Quakers. In the Bodleian Library, Oxford, is a 
 copy of this poem, with the imprint, 
 
 London, Printed for B. Harris at the Stationers 
 Arms in Sweetings Rents by the Royal 
 Exchange. M. DC. LXXV. 
 
 with a pagination " 193 " to " 298 " and three imper- 
 fect leaves showing that it is the latter part of a larger 
 work, perhaps Reach's " War with the Devil." The 
 title of the poem has been furnished me by F. Madan, 
 M. A., Acting Librarian of the Bodleian Library, and 
 I wish here to acknowledge my obligation to him for 
 the courtesy. From this copy I have constructed a 
 titlepage, which may be correct, as by a slightly differ- 
 ent lining it agrees with the few letters, or parts 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL LIST 89 
 
 of letters, left on the stub mentioned above. This 
 description takes the place of the one given in my 
 "Early American Imprints " (Cambridge, 1895, P- 83). 
 
 The Harmony of the Gospels, | in the Holy | History | of the 
 I Humiliation and Sufferings | of | Jesus Christ, | from his 
 I Incarnation | to his | Death and Burial. | — | Published 
 by John Eliot, Teacher | of the Church in Roxbury. | — | 
 [Two lines from Acts iii. 18.] | — | — || Boston; | Printed 
 by John Foster, in the Year 1678. 4to. pp. (4), 131. 
 Signatures, two leaves, and A to Q in fours, R in two. Size, 
 5I by 7I inches. 
 
 Titlepage, surrounded by a line of border pieces, fine at the 
 sides and larger at the top and bottom, verso, statement concern- 
 ing the work, ending "and therefore do affix our Imprimatvr 
 
 Thomas Thacher. Vrian Oakes. 
 
 James Allen. Increase Mather," 
 
 a line of border pieces above and one below inverted ; 1 pp. 
 " The Contents," headpiece a line of border pieces, followed on 
 the second page by "Errata" in five lines, between two rules; 
 1-131, "The Harmony of the | Gospels | in the holy History 
 of the Humiliation | and Sufferings of | Jesus Christ, | From his 
 Incarnation to his Death and Burial," large ornamental headpiece, 
 various headlines; " Finis" near the foot of the page between two 
 rules, followed by a line of errata ; 1 p. blank. 
 
 Copies : Boston Public Library, Congregational Library, 
 John Carter Brown Library, Lenox Library, and Massachusetts 
 Historical Society. 
 
 On the titlepage of the Historical Society's copy is 
 written, " Jo. Baily's Booke. | Bestowed vpon me by the 
 Revered Author | Feb. 5*? 8|. N. E." ; also the auto- 
 graph signature " Oxenbridge Thacher." 
 
go 
 
 JOHN FOSTER 
 
 [Report of the Trustees, Anthony Stoddard, John Joyliffe 
 and John Richards, appointed by the Governor and Council 
 on May 30, 1678 to receive contributions from the towns 
 in the Colony for the redemption and release of captives 
 taken by the Indians at Hatfield on September 19, 1677. 
 Boston, 1678.] Broadside. 
 
 Drake, in his History of Boston (p. 430), says of this 
 handbill : — 
 
 The Trustees printed their Report on one side of an ordinary 
 sheet, of that day, but one copy of which has ever been heard 
 of or seen by me. 
 
 Haven, in his list of" Ante-Revolutionary Publications/' 
 gives Boston as the place of imprint. It is not now known 
 where this copy may be found. The order appointing the 
 Trustees, and fixing the 6th of June as a day of fasting and 
 humiliation, in the Colony, for the release of the captives, 
 was passed by the Governor and Magistrates on May 30, 
 1678. Papers relating to the affair, giving the names of 
 the captives and the amount subscribed, can be found in 
 the Massachusetts Archives (LXIX. 204-2o6a). 
 
 For want of the original heading, this title is made up 
 to describe the purpose of the sheet. 
 
 A Serious | Exhortation | to the | Present and Succeeding | 
 Generation | in | New-England, | Earnestly calling upon all 
 to endeavour that the Lords Gracious | Presence may be 
 continued with Posterity. | Being the substance of the Last 
 Sermons preached | — | By Mr. Eleazer Mather, late Pas- 
 tor of I the Church in Northampton in New-England. | — | 
 The second Edition | — | [Five lines from Judg. ii. 10, 
 17 ; six lines from Psal. lxxviii. 3, 4, 5.] | — || Boston, | 
 
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 Printed by John Foster, 1678. 4to. pp. (1), (2), 31. Sig- 
 natures, a in two, A to D in fours. Size, 5! by 7I inches. 
 Titlepage, surrounded by a border line, verso blank ; 2 pp. 
 " To the Reader," signed " Increase Mather," and dated at 
 "Boston 28. of I 12m. 1677," headline on second page, head- 
 piece a line of border pieces; 1-3 1, " A Word | to the | Pres- 
 ent and succeeding Generation | in | New-England. | — | 1 Kings 
 8. 57. [and two lines from the Bible]," headpiece a line of bor- 
 der pieces, running headlines ; followed on page 3 1 below the 
 middle of the page by a rule, and, 
 
 Ty Eader, The Author had intended another Sermon by way 
 of Direction to those of the Rising Generation, to shew 
 them what course they must take, that the Lords gracious presence 
 may be so successively continued. But here God took him thus 
 serving his Generation who are by reason of the Authors death 
 deprived of the benefit of those meditations. 
 Followed by " Finis " at foot of the page ; 1 p. blank. 
 
 Copies : American Antiquarian Society, Boston Public Library, 
 Harvard College Library, and Lenox Library. 
 
 The introduction to the first edition (Cambridge, 
 1671), by Increase Mather, with the heading "To 
 the Church and Inhabitants of Northampton in New- 
 England," is omitted in the " Serious Exhortation " here 
 described, and in its place appears the preface, " To the 
 Reader/' 
 
 Several | Poems | Compiled with great variety of Wit and | 
 Learning, full of Delight ; | Wherein especially is con- 
 tained a compleat | Discourse, and Description of | 
 /'Elements, 
 I Constitutions, 
 The Four < Ages of Man, | Together with an exact 
 /Seasons of the 
 I Year. 
 
9 2 
 
 JOHN FOSTER 
 
 'Assyrian, 
 
 Epitome of | the three first Monarchyes | Viz. The J Persian, 
 
 Grecian. 
 
 | And beginning of the Romane Common-wealth | to the 
 end of their last King: | With diverse other pleasant 
 & serious Poems, | — | By a Gentlewoman [Mrs. Anne 
 Bradstreet] in New-England. | — | The second Edition, 
 Corrected by the Author' | and enlarged by an Addi- 
 tion of several other | Poems found amongst her Papers | 
 after her Death. | — || Boston, Printed by John Foster, 
 1678. 8vo. pp. (1), (12), 255. Signatures, A to Q in 
 eights. Size, 3I by 5I inches. 
 Titlepage surrounded by a line of fine border pieces, verso 
 blank ; 2 pp. " Kind Reader," headline a line of border pieces, 
 a rule and a similar line of pieces inverted, headline on second 
 page, catchword " Mercu- " below a rule ; 1 p. eighteen lines of 
 verse beginning " Mercury shew'd Apollo, Bartas Book," signed 
 " N. Ward," catchword " To " below a rule, headpiece same as 
 the last one ; 3 pp. " To my dear Sister, the Author of | these 
 Poems," headpiece like the preceding, signed " I. W." (John 
 Woodbridge), catchword " Upon " below a rule ; 1 p. " Vpon the 
 Author; by | a known Friend," in verse, signed by " B. W." 
 (Benjamin Woodbridge), headpiece a line of border pieces, and a 
 rule, followed by a rule and four lines of verse signed " C. B." ; 
 1 p. " In praise of the Author, Mistris Anne Bradstreet, | Virtues 
 true and lively Pattern, Wife of the | Worshipfull Simon Bradstreet 
 Esq ; I At present residing in the Occidental parts of the | World 
 in America, Alias | Nov-Anglia.," signed " N. H.," catchword 
 " Upon " below a rule ; 1 p. " Upon the Author," nine lines signed 
 " C. B." " Another to Mrs. Bradstreet, | Author of this Poem," 
 signed " H. S.," cc An Anagram," three lines, " Another " in one 
 line ; 3 pp. " Vpon Mrs. Anne Bradstreet | Her Poems, &c," 
 signed " J. Rogers," headpiece a line of border pieces and a rule, 
 catchword "To" below a rule on last page; 1, 2, "To her most 
 
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 93 
 
 Honoured Fa- | ther Thomas Dudley Esq ; | these humbly pre- 
 sented," headpiece like the first one, signed " Anne Bradstreet" 
 and dated " March 20. 1642," headline on the second page "The 
 Epistle Dedicatory"; 3, 4, "The | Prologue"; 5-22, "The | 
 Four Elements," headlines, headpiece a line of border pieces ; 
 22-43, " Of tne f° ur Humours in Mans | Constitution," separated 
 from the preceding by a rule, running headlines ; 43-58, " Of the 
 four Ages | of Man," separated from the preceding by a rule, 
 headlines; 59-68, "The four Seasons of | the Year" | — | 
 headpiece a line of border pieces, catchword "The" near middle 
 of the last page ; 69-90, " The four Monarchyes, | the Assyrian 
 being the first, | beginning under Nimrod, 131. Years | after 
 the Flood " | — | , headpiece like the first one, catchword 
 "The" near foot of the last page; 91-124, "The Second 
 Monarchy, | being the Persian, began under | Cyrus, Darius 
 being his Uncle and | Father-in-law reigned with him | 
 about two years," headpiece like the last one, catchword 
 "The" as before, running headlines; 125-186, "The Third 
 Monarchy, | being the Grecian, beginning | under Alexander the 
 Great in the | 112. Olympiad," headpiece as before, running 
 headlines; 186—191, "The Roman Monarchy, | being the fourth 
 and last, beginning Anno Mundi, | 3213," separated from the 
 preceding by a headpiece like the first one, running headlines 
 as before; 192-202, "A Dialogue between Old En-gland and 
 New; concerning their | present Troubles, Anno, 1642," head- 
 piece like the first, running headlines, catchword " An " near foot 
 of the last page between two rules ; 203-206, " An Elegie upon 
 that Honou- | rable and renowned Knight Sir Philip Sidney, | who 
 was untimely slain at the Siege | of Zutphen, Anno, 1586," head- 
 piece two lines of border pieces, the lower one inverted, head- 
 lines ; 206-209, "In honour of Du Bartas, 1641," separated from 
 the preceding part by a line of border pieces, catchword " In " at 
 foot of last page; 210-214, "In Honour of that High and Mighty 
 Princess | Queen Elizabeth | of happy Memory," headpiece like 
 
94 
 
 JOHN FOSTER 
 
 the first, headlines, catchword " David " at foot of the last page ; 
 215, 216, "Davids Lamentation for | Saul and Jonathan. | 2. Sam. 
 1. 19," headpiece like the first; "To the Memory of my dear and 
 ever honoured Father | Thomas Dudley Esq; | Who deceased, 
 July 31. 1653. and of his Age, 77," headpiece a line of border 
 pieces, catchword " An " at foot of the last page, headlines ; 
 220, " An Epitaph | On my dear and ever honoured Mother 
 
 I Mrs. Dorothy Dudley, | Who deceased Decemb. 27. 1643. 
 and of her age, 61," headpiece like the first, catchword "Con- 
 templations" at foot of the page; 221-233, " Contemplations," 
 headpiece two lines of border pieces, the lower one inverted, 
 headlines on the last four pages; 233-235, "The Vanity of all 
 worldly things," separated from the preceding by a headline 
 like the last one ; " Finis " below middle of the page between 
 two rules, headlines; 236, "The Author to her Book," head- 
 piece like the last one ; 237-244, " Several other Poems made 
 by the Author upon | Diverse Occasions, were found among 
 her Papers | after her Death, which she never meant should 
 
 I come to publick view ; amongst which, these | following (at 
 the desire of some friends | that knew her well) are here 
 inserted," headlines, headpiece like the first in the book, the 
 third, fifth, and sixth poems signed " A. B." ; 245-248, " In 
 reference to her Children, 23. June, 1656," headpiece a line of 
 border pieces, signed " A. B." and on p. 248, " In Memory 
 of my dear grand-child Elizabeth | Bradstreet, who deceased 
 August, 1665. I being a year and half old"; 249, " In memory 
 of my dear grand-child | Anne Bradstreet. | Who deceased June 
 20, 1669. being three years and | seven Moneths old," headpiece 
 like the first one in the book; 250, "On my dear Grand-child 
 Simon Bradstreet, | Who dyed on 16. Novemb. 1669. being but | 
 a moneth, and one day old," signed " A. B.," headline " Funeral 
 Elegies"; 250-251, "To the memory of my dear Daughter in 
 Law, I Mrs. Mercy Bradstreet, who deceased Sept. 6. | 1669. 
 in the 28. year of her Age," signed "A. B.," headline "Funeral 
 
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 95 
 
 Elegies," catchwords, " A Tune-' ; 252-255, A Funeral Elogy, 
 I Vpon that Pattern and Patron of Virtue, the | truely pious, 
 peerless & matchless Gentlewoman | Mrs. Anne Bradstreet, | right 
 Panaretes, | Mirror of Her Age, Glory of her Sex, Whose | 
 Heaven-born-Soul leaving its earthly Shrine, | chose its native 
 home, and was taken to its | Rest, upon 16th. Sept. 1672," signed 
 " Finis & non. John Norton," followed by a line of Latin, 
 headline on p. 253, running headlines on pp. 254, 255 ; 1 p. 
 blank. 
 
 Copies : American Antiquarian Society, Boston Public Library, 
 John Carter Brown Library, Library of Congress, and Massa- 
 chusetts Historical Society. 
 
 Near the top of the page containing the verses signed 
 by N. Ward is written in Sewall's hand " Sam Sewall 
 Oct r 29. 1690." On the inside of the covers of the An- 
 tiquarian Society's copy, the binder used some sheets of 
 Eliot's Indian Bible. 
 
 1679. 
 
 [1679. An Almanack of Ccelestial Motions for the Year of the 
 Christian iEra, 1679. By John Foster. Boston, printed by 
 J. Foster, 1679.] I 6mo. pp. (3-30). No signature letters. 
 Size, 3I by 5I inches. 
 
 Titlepage wanting ; 1 p. " Directions | For the use of the 
 following Almanack," followed by a paragraph giving the time 
 when " The Sun enters " four signs of the Zodiac, on March 
 9, June 10, September 12, and December 11, headpiece a line 
 of border pieces, the first paragraph of which and a part of the 
 second are here given in order to show that they were prepared 
 by the author of the almanac for 1678 mentioned on page 83. 
 
9 6 
 
 JOHN FOSTER 
 
 T TNder the Aspects of the Sun and Moon you have for every moneth 
 six Columns, containing I. The day of the Moneth. 2. The 
 Day of the Week. 3. Courts, Planets, Aspects, &c. where note, that 
 it is a Lunar Aspect where one Planet only is affixed with it. 4. The 
 Suns place. 5. & 6. The Suns rising and setting. 
 
 ; 24 pages, March to February; beginning on the verso of 
 the preceding leaf, with two pages devoted to each month, the 
 one at the left showing the moon's changes, the aspects of the 
 planets, the sitting of the Courts, and three columns at the right, 
 " Suns place," the " Sun riseth," and the " Sun setteth," and on 
 the right-hand page, at the top, six lines of poetry followed by 
 a column at the left of days of the month and one of the 
 " Full Sea Boston," and a space at the right similar to that of 
 1678, with the month and the year given at the top, and the 
 addition of entries of events mostly in the late war with the 
 Indians, from June 24, 1675, t0 November 27, 1677 ; 1 p. 
 " Of the Eclipses this Year," headpiece like the first one, fol- 
 lowed by " Spring Tides. | At the request of some who have 
 desired it, the time | of the Spring-Tides for the Year follow- 
 ing is here a- | again inserted," between two rules, from March 
 to June ; 1 p. continuation of the " Spring-Tides," July to 
 February, headline, followed by " To Describe hour-lines on an 
 Horizontal Plain | Lat. 42 gr. 30 min." and a table surrounded 
 and divided by rules, followed by five lines of print; 1 p. "A 
 Chronology of very | memorable things" from "The Creation 
 of the World" to "Bissextile or leap Year," catchword at foot 
 of the page, " Postscript "; 1 leaf wanting. 
 Copy : Boston Public Library. 
 
 A Brief | Answer | To a Small Book written by | John Nor- 
 cot I against | Infant-Baptisme | — | This Answer is written 
 by John | Eliot for the sake of some of the | Flock of 
 Jesus Christ who | are ready to be staggered | in point of 
 Infant-Baptisme | by reading his Book. | — | — || Boston 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL LIST 
 
 97 
 
 printed by John Foster. 1679. 8vo. pp. (1), 27. Signatures, 
 A, B in eights, first leaf of A wanting. Size, 3^ by 5! inches. 
 Titlepage, surrounded by a line of border pieces, verso 
 blank; 1-16, "A brief Answer to a small Book written | by 
 Iohn Norcot, against Infant Baptism. | This Answer is written 
 by John Eliot for | the sake of some of the flock of Jesus | 
 Christ, who were ready to be stag- | gered in the point of In- 
 fant Bap- I tism, by reading that Book," headpiece a line of 
 border pieces; 17-27, text, chapters i-xi, a review of Norcott's 
 book, chapter by chapter. 
 
 Copy : Lenox Library. 
 
 A Call from Heaven | To the Present and Succeeding | Gener- 
 ations I Or A I Discourse | Wherein is shewed, | I. That 
 the Children of Godly Parents are under | special Advan- 
 tages and Encouragements to | seek the Lord. | II. The 
 Exceeding danger of Apostasie, especially as | to those that 
 are the Children and Posterity of | such as have been emi- 
 nent for God in their Ge- | neration. [Delivered in a 
 Sermon, preached in the Audi- | ence of the general As- 
 sembly of the Massachu- | sets Colony, at Boston in New- 
 England, I May 23. 1677. being the day of Election | 
 There]. III. That Young Men ought to Remember God | 
 their Creator : | — | By Increase Mather. | — | [ Two lines 
 from Psalms xlv. 17; five lines from lxxi, 17, 18.] | — | 
 [Two lines of Latin.] | — || Boston, Printed by John Foster, 
 1679. &vo. pp. (1), (6), 114, 29. Signatures, A to H in 
 eights, I in two, A, B, in eights. Size, 3! by 5! inches. 
 Titlepage, verso blank ; 6 pp. cc To the Reader," signed by 
 "Increase Mather," and dated "Boston. | 3. m. 16. d. J 1679," 
 headpiece two lines of fine border pieces, the lower one inverted, 
 with a rule between, headlines, errata of thirteen lines at foot 
 of the sixth page between two lines of border pieces, the lower 
 one inverted; 1-32, "A Call | to the | Rising Generation. | — | 
 
 7 
 
98 
 
 JOHN FOSTER 
 
 i Chron. 28. 9 [and one line from the Bible]," headpiece two 
 lines of border pieces, the lower one inverted, with a rule be- 
 tween, marginal notes; followed by "A Discourse Concerning 
 the Danger of Apostasy," pp. 33-94, " Remember now thy 
 Creator," pp. 95-114, and "Pray for the Rising Generation," 
 pp. 1-29, with continuous signatures to page 114, and new 
 ones in the last title. 
 
 Copies: American Antiquarian Society, Boston Public 
 Library, Congregational Library, and Lenox Library. 
 
 The last title, " Pray for the Rising Generation/ ' also 
 appeared in a separate form ; and the other two parts are 
 described below. 
 
 A Discourse | Concerning the Danger of | Apostasy, | Espe- 
 cially as to those that are the Children | and Posterity of 
 such as have been | eminent for God in their | Generation. 
 I Delivered in a Sermon, preached in the Audi- | ence 
 of the general Assembly of the Massachu- | sets Colony, 
 at Boston in New-England, | May 23. 1677. being the 
 day of Election | there | — | By Increase Mather, | Teacher 
 of a Church in Boston in New-England. | — | [Two lines 
 from Jer. xxiii. 28 ; four lines from 1 Tim. v. 21 ; two 
 lines from Titus ii. 15.] | — || Boston, Printed in the 
 Year, 1679. ^vo. PP* (*)> 35~94- Signatures, D to F and 
 seven leaves of G. Size, 3I by 5! inches. 
 Titlepage, surrounded by a line of border pieces, verso 
 blank; 35, 36, "To the Reader," signed by "Increase Mather," 
 and dated at "Boston, 22. day of the 2. | Moneth. 1678."; 
 37-94, text, " 1 Chron. 28. 9. [and one line of Bible text]," 
 headpiece a line of border pieces, a rule, and a line of simi- 
 lar pieces inverted, running headlines like the first part, "A 
 Call from Heaven"; "Tibi Domine " near foot of the last 
 page between two rules, catchword below, " Eccles-," marginal 
 
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 notes ; followed by " Remember now thy Creator," with con- 
 tinuous signature letters. 
 
 Copies : American Antiquarian Society, Boston Public Library, 
 Congregational Library, Lenox Library, and Massachusetts 
 Historical Society. 
 
 This forms the second part of " A Call from 
 Heaven." On the titlepage of the copy in the Library 
 of the Massachusetts Historical Society, just below the 
 imprint is written " By John Foster " in the handwriting 
 of Thomas Prince. 
 
 Eccles. XII. I | Remember now thy Creator in the dayes of thy 
 Youth. 8vo. pp. 95-114. Signatures, one leaf of G, H 
 in eight, and one leaf of I. Size, 3I by 5! inches. 
 Heading, followed by text, pp. 95-114, headpiece two lines 
 of border pieces the lower one inverted, running headlines like 
 the first part, "A Call from Heaven, marginal notes"; "Tibi 
 Domine" at the foot of the last page between two rules. 
 
 Copies : American Antiquarian Society, Boston Public Library, 
 Congregational Library, and Lenox Library. 
 
 This forms the third part of "A Call from Heaven." 
 It is followed by " Pray for the Rising Generation. " 
 
 The first Pinciples \jic\ of the Doctrine of [ Christ ; | Together 
 with stronger Meat for them that | are skil'd in the Word 
 of Righteousness. | Or | The Doctrine of living unto God, 
 wherein the | Body of Divinity | Is Briefly and methodi- 
 cally handled by way of | Question and Answer. | Published 
 at the desire, and for the use of | the Church of Christ in 
 Norwich in | New-England. | — | By James Fitch Pastor | 
 of that Church. | — | [Two lines from Psalms xxxiv. 1 1 ; 
 and three lines from 2 Tim. i. 13.] | — | — [[ Boston, 
 
100 
 
 JOHN FOSTER 
 
 Printed by John Foster. 1679. ^vo. PP- ( l )> (6)> 7°"> 
 (1). Signatures, A to F in eights. Size, 3I by 5! inches. 
 Titlepage, surrounded by a line of border pieces, verso 
 blank; 6 pp. <c To the Reader," signed by "Increase Mather," 
 and dated " Boston. 4. m. 23. d. | 1679," followed by a rule, 
 catchwords " Q. What " on last page, headpiece two lines 
 of border pieces, the lower one inverted, headlines, marginal 
 notes; 1-76, text, " Q. What is Religion?" headpiece a line 
 of border pieces ; " Finis," near the foot of the page, between 
 two rules ; 1 p., a statement of promise as to belief, in seven- 
 teen lines, between two lines of border pieces, the lower one 
 inverted ; 1 p. verso blank ; 1 p. recto blank ; 1 p. verso, " Errata," 
 nineteen lines, between two lines of border pieces, the lower 
 one inverted. 
 
 Copies : Harvard College Library, Lenox Library, and 
 Watkinson Library. 
 
 Near the top of the titlepage of the College Library 
 copy appears : " Jabez Fitch's Book/' This book, which 
 contains manuscript entries, is in the original binding, 
 and interleaved. It was given to the Library by the 
 Reverend John Andrews (H. C. 1786), of Newburyport, 
 on November 10, 1835. 
 
 "A Guide to Heaven by y e Word. Boston [i6]79 " 
 
 This title is mentioned in Prince's manuscript cata- 
 logue. It is probably an early edition of " A Guide to 
 Heaven from the Word" (Boston, 1689), the authorship 
 of which is attributed to Samuel Hardy. 
 
 The Necessity | of | Reformation | With the Expedients sub- 
 servient I thereunto, asserted ; | in Answer to two | Qves- 
 tions I I. What are the Evils that have provoked the Lord 
 
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 to bring his Judg- | ments on New-England? | II. What 
 is to be done that so those Evils may be Reformed? | 
 Agreed upon by the | Elders and Messengers | Of the 
 Churches assembled in the | Synod | At Boston in New- 
 England, | Sept. 10. 1679. I — I [Three lines from Mai. 
 iii. 7 ; four lines from Rev. ii. 4, 5.] | — | — || Boston ; | 
 Printed by John Foster. In the Year, 1679. 4 to - PP- ( 2 )> 
 (4), 15. Signatures, A to C in fours. Size, 5! by 7! inches. 
 First page blank; 1 p. "At the General Covrt held at 
 Boston in New-England, | the 15th. of October 1679," followed 
 by the order of the General Court, in twelve lines, given in full 
 below, and signed " By the Court, Edward Rawson Seer." the 
 whole between two lines of border pieces and two rules, the lower 
 line of border pieces inverted ; titlepage, given above, verso blank ; 
 4 PP- " T° tne Much Honoured | General Court | Of the Mas- 
 sachusets Colony, now sitting at Boston | in New-England. | 
 Right Worshipful, Worshipful, and much Honoured in our Lord 
 Jesus ! " headpiece a line of border pieces, a rule, and a line of 
 similar pieces inverted, and headlines " The Epistle Dedicatory," 
 catchword in middle of last page " Quest." below a rule ; 1-9, 
 "Quest. I. I What are the Evils that have provoked the Lord | 
 to bring his Judgements on New England ?," large ornamental 
 headpiece; rule at middle of page 9; 9-15, "Quest. II. | What 
 is to be done that so these Evils may be Re- | formed " sepa- 
 rated from the first question by two lines of border pieces the 
 lower one inverted with a rule between ; " Finis " below the 
 middle of page ; last page blank. 
 
 Copies : American Antiquarian Society, Boston Athenaeum, 
 Boston Public Library, John Carter Brown Library, Lenox 
 Library, and New York Historical Society. 
 
 At the session beginning on May 28, 1679 (General 
 Court Records, V. 215, 216) an order was passed conven- 
 ing a synod as follows : — 
 
102 
 
 JOHN FOSTER 
 
 In ans r to a motion made by some of reuerend elders, that 
 there might be a convening of the elders & messengers of the 
 churches in forme of a synod, for the reuisall of the platforme of 
 discipljne agreed vpon by the churches, 1647, an ^ what else may 
 appeare necessary for the preventing schishmes, haeresies, pro- 
 phaness, & the establishment of the churches in one faith & order 
 of the gospell, this Court doe approoue of the sajd motion, & 
 order their assembling for the ends aforesajd on the second Wed- 
 nesday in September next, at Boston ; and the secretary is required 
 seasonably to give notice hereof to the seuerall churches. 
 
 It is further ordered, that the charges of this meeting shall be 
 borne by the churches respectively. 
 
 Quaesti 1. What are the euills that haue provoked the Lord 
 to bring his judgments on New England ? 
 
 2 Quaest. What is to be donn that so these evills may be 
 reformed ? 
 
 The Synod was held on September 10, and on October 
 15, the Court (Records V. 244) passed the order, printed 
 on the first leaf of " The Necessity of Reformation,' ' as 
 follows : — 
 
 This Court having perused the result of the late | Synod of 
 Sept. 10. 1679. d° e J u dg e lt m eet to | commend the same to the 
 serious Consideration | of all the Churches and People in this Ju- 
 risdicti- | on ; hereby injoying and requiring all Persons in their 
 respective capacities, to a carefull and diligent Reformation of 
 I all those provoking evils mentioned therein, according to the 
 I true intent thereof, that so the anger and displeasure of God | 
 which hath been many wayes manifested, may be averted | from 
 this poor People, and his favour and blessing obtained | as in 
 former times ; and for this end hath ordered the same to | be 
 Printed. 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL LIST 103 
 
 An extract from the preface of this little book, and 
 pages 1- 1 5 were reprinted by Cotton Mather in his Mag- 
 nalia (Book V. pages 88-94), London, 1702; and again 
 in "The Results of Three Synods" (pp. 94-118), Boston, 
 1725, where the order is printed on the last page. Of 
 this work Prince in his Manuscript catalogue writes, " S d 
 to be drawn up by Mr Increase Mather/' On the blank 
 page at the beginning of a copy in the Boston Public 
 Library is the autograph signature of "John Hull." 
 Another copy in the Boston Public Library does not 
 have the two rules in connection with the Court Order, 
 nor the rule above the catchword " Quest." at the end 
 of the Epistle Dedicatory; and on page 9 between the 
 questions only a rule appears. 
 
 The I Necessity | of | The pouring out of the Spirit | from on 
 High I upon a | Sinning Apostatizing People, set under | 
 Judgment, in order to their merciful | Deliverance and Salva- 
 tion. I As it was Delivered in part, upon 21. 9. 1678. being 
 a general | Fast throughout the united Colonies of N. E. 
 
 I — I By William Adams, | Pastor of the Church of Christ 
 in Dedham. | — | [Four lines from Luke xix. 41, 42 ; three 
 lines from Luke xiii. 35; three lines from Psalms xiv. 7.] 
 
 I — I — 1| Boston; | Printed by John Foster, for William 
 Avery, near the sign of the | blew Anchor. 1679. 4to. 
 pp. (1), (6), 48. Signatures, A to G in fours. Size, 5! by 
 7I inches. 
 
 Titlepage, surrounded by two border lines, verso blank ; 5 pp. 
 u To the Reader," signed by "Samuel Torrey " and " Josiah 
 Flint,'' headpiece line of border pieces, a rule, and a line of similar 
 inverted pieces, headlines ; 1 p. fourteen lines of errata between 
 
104 
 
 JOHN FOSTER 
 
 two lines of border pieces beginning " Reader, The old Plea, The 
 Authors absence from the Press, being | stil in force, occasions the 
 further desire of this, viz. that before | thou readest thou wilt with 
 thy pen mend these following faults"; 1-48, text," " Isai. 32. 
 13-18 [and thirteen lines from the Bible]," similar headpiece to 
 that of the preface ; " Finis " at foot of the page. 
 
 Copies : American Antiquarian Society, Boston Public Library, 
 Harvard College Library, and Massachusetts Historical Society. 
 
 On the titlepage of the Historical Society's copy is 
 written "Jo. Bailys Booke Dec. 22. 84, N. E." 
 
 New-Englands | choicest Blessing | And the Mercy most to be 
 desired by | all that wish well to this People. | Cleared in 
 a I Sermon | Preached before the | Covrt of Election | At 
 Boston on May 28. | 1679. I — I By J ames Allen, | Teacher 
 • to the first gathered Church therein. | — | [Centre piece, 
 four lines of fine border pieces the whole tapering down- 
 ward.] I — || Boston, I Printed by John Foster, 1679. 4 to - 
 pp. (1), (2), 14. Signatures, A, B in fours, C in two. 
 Size, 6 by 8| inches. 
 Titlepage, surrounded by a line of border pieces, verso blank ; 
 2 pp. " To the Reader," signed " James Allen," headpiece line 
 of border pieces, a rule, and a line of finer pieces inverted, catch- 
 words on the second page, " 1 King." below a rule ; 1-14, text, 
 " 1 King. 8. 57. [and two lines from the Bible]," headpiece like 
 that of preface, only lower pieces as large as the upper ; " Soli 
 Deo Gloria" at the end of page 14, below which are two lines 
 of " Errata " ; one leaf blank. 
 
 Copies : American Antiquarian Society, Boston Public 
 Library, Harvard College Library, John Carter Brown Library, 
 and Massachusetts Historical Society. 
 
 On the back of the titlepage of the Historical Society's 
 copy is the entry, " Beniamin Dyer | his Book | 1700/ I." 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL LIST 
 
 105 
 
 Pray for the Rising | Generation. | — | Or a | Sermon | Wherein 
 Godly Parents are encouraged | to Pray and Believe for their 
 I Children. | Preached the third day of the fifth Moneth, 
 1678, I which day was set apart by the second Church | in 
 Boston in New-England, humbly to seek unto | God by 
 Fasting and Prayer, for the Spirit [sic] of Con- | verting Grace 
 to be poured out upon the Chil- | dren, and Rising Gener- 
 ation in New-England. | — | The second impression. | — | 
 By Increase Mather, Teacher | of that Church. | — | [Two 
 lines from Deut. xxx. 6 ; two lines from 2 Sam. vii. 
 27; two lines from Isaiah xxxii. 15.] | — | [Two lines of 
 Latin.] | — || Boston, Printed by John Foster, 1679. ^vo. 
 pp. 29. Signatures, A, B in eights. Size, 3I by 5! 
 inches. 
 
 Titlepage, surrounded by a line of border pieces, verso blank ; 
 (3,4), "To the Reader," signed "Increase Mather," and dated 
 at " Boston, August 22. | 1678," headpiece two lines of fine 
 border pieces, lower one inverted ; 5-29, " Pray for the Rising | 
 Generation. | — | Isaiah 44. 3. [and two lines from the Bible]," 
 headpiece a line of border pieces, a rule, and a line of similar 
 border pieces inverted, running headlines, marginal notes ; " Tibi 
 Domine " below the middle of the page between two rules, below 
 which are six lines of an erratum^ to the first part of "A Call 
 from Heaven," the third part of which this follows ; last leaf 
 blank. 
 
 Copies : American Antiquarian Society, Boston Public 
 Library, Congregational Library, and Lenox Library. 
 
 In the preface Mather says, " Some years ago, I men- 
 tioned another * Discourse relating to the Rising Gen- 
 eration in New-England, then in my thoughts." In 
 the marginal note to the asterisk it says, " now published 
 together with this second Impression. " 
 
io6 
 
 JOHN FOSTER 
 
 Serious Advice to delivered Ones from | Sickness, or any other 
 Dangers threat- | ning Death, how they ought to carry it, 
 that | their Mercyes may be continued, and | After Misery 
 prevented. | Or the healed ones | Prophvlacticon | Or Health- 
 full Diet. | Delivered in several | Sermons | On John 5. 14. 
 I — I By James Allin, | Teacher to the most antient Church 
 of Christ in Boston. | — | [Centre piece, four lines of fine 
 border pieces the whole tapering downward.] | — || Boston, | 
 Printed by John Foster, in the Year | 1679. 4 to - PP* (*)> 
 (1), 30 [31]. Signatures, A to D in fours, E in two. Size, 
 Si by 7i inches. 
 Titlepage, surrounded by a line of border pieces, verso blank ; 
 1 p. "To the Reader," signed "James Ailing and dated at 
 "Boston, May 16. | 1679," headpiece a line of border pieces, a 
 rule, and a line of finer pieces inverted; 1 p. blank; 1-30 [31], 
 text, "John 5. 14. [and two lines from the Bible]," headpiece, 
 like that of the preface, only the lower pieces of same size as the 
 upper, pages 29 to 31 wrongly numbered 27, 29, 30; "Finis" 
 near foot of page, between two rules, followed by one line of 
 errata ; 1 p. blank. 
 
 Copies : Harvard College Library and Massachusetts His- 
 torical Society. 
 
 In the preface "To the Reader," Allin says: — 
 
 These Sermons written out by some pious Hearers from their 
 own Notes, and by their desire hastned to the Press, for I could 
 not, for want of time, supervise them as I would ; and not being 
 willing to burden them with writing them again, I have been 
 prevailed with, to consent to their publishing in this homely 
 Dress ; unfit indeed for the vein of this curious and carping 
 Age, that are more for what pleaseth than what profiteth them. 
 
 On the titlepage of the Historical Society's copy is 
 written "Jo. Bailys's | Booke, 6 d | 84." 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL LIST 
 
 Serious Advice . . . [same as before] || Boston, | Printed by 
 John Foster, and sold by Edmund Ranger. | 1679. Same 
 size, paging, and signatures. Size, 5! by 7I inches. 
 Copy: American Antiquarian Society. 
 
 A I Sermon | preached upon Ezek. 22. 30, 31. | Occasioned by 
 the Death of the | much honoured | John Leveret Esq ; | 
 Governour of the Colony of the | Mattachusets. N-E. 
 I — I By S. W. [Samuel Willard] Teacher of the South 
 Church I in Boston. | — | [Centre piece, four lines of fine 
 border pieces the whole tapering downward.] | — || Bos- 
 ton ; I Printed by John Foster, in the Year 1679. 4 to - 
 pp. (1), 13. Signatures, A, B in fours. Size, 5! by 7I 
 inches. 
 
 Titlepage, surrounded by a line of border pieces, verso blank; 
 1-13, "Ezek. XXII. XXX. XXXI. [and five lines from the 
 Bible]/' headpiece a line of border pieces, a rule, and a line of 
 similar pieces inverted; "Finis'' at foot of the page; 1 p. blank. 
 
 Copies : Boston Public Library, Harvard College Library, and 
 Massachusetts Historical Society. 
 
 [Word to the Aged. By William Bridge. Boston Printed for 
 John Griffin. 1679. i^mo. pp. 18.] 
 
 Haven gives this title in his list of " Ante-Revolu- 
 tionary Publications." 
 
 1680. 
 
 MDCLXXX. I — I An I Almanack | of | Coelestial Motions for 
 the Year of the | Christian iEpocha, | 1680. | Being in our 
 Account first after Leap-year: | And from the Creation, | 
 5629. I — I The Vulgar Notes. | 
 
 Golden Numb. 9. 
 Cycle of the Sun. 9. 
 Dominic. Let. C. 
 
 'Epact 9. 
 Rom. Indict. 3. 
 Num. Direct. 21. 
 
io8 
 
 JOHN FOSTER 
 
 | — | Calculated for the Meridian of Boston in New- | 
 England, where the Article Pole is elevated | 42 Degrees 
 & 30 Minutes. | — | — || Printed for John Vsher of Bos- 
 ton. 1680. 8vo. pp. (16). Signature in eight. Size, 3! by 
 61 inches. 
 
 Titlepage, surrounded by a line of border pieces, verso, 
 " To the Reader," headpiece a line of border pieces, followed 
 on the same page by " Of the Eclipses this year, 1680." ; 
 12 pp. March to February ; 1 p. " The Natures and Opera- 
 tions of the seven Planets, | with the Names and Characters 
 given them by | Astronomers," headpiece a line of border 
 pieces ; 1 p. " Spring Tides," headpiece a line of border pieces, 
 followed on the same page by a rule and the correction of a 
 mistake relative to the " Guards north " which was mentioned 
 on the second page, in seven lines. 
 
 Copy : Massachusetts Historical Society. 
 
 1680. 
 
 MDCLXXX. I An | Almanack | [same as before] . . . || Printed 
 for, and sold by Henry Phillips in the | west end of the 
 Exchange in Boston. 1680. 8vo. pp. (16). [Collation same 
 as the "John Vsher" copy.] 
 Copy : American Antiquarian Society. 
 
 A I Confession | of | Faith | Owned and consented unto by the | 
 Elders and Messengers | of the Churches | Assembled at 
 Boston in New-England, | May 12. 1680. | Being the 
 second Session of that | Synod. | — | — | [One line from 
 Eph. iv. 5; two lines from Col. ii. 5.] | — || Boston; | 
 Printed by John Foster. 1680. 8vo. pp. (2), (4), 65. 
 Signatures, A to D in eights, and five leaves of E. Size, 
 3! by 5I inches. 
 
 I p. blank, verso, "At a General Court held at | held at 
 [sic'] Boston, May 19. | 1680," the approval of the General 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL LIST 
 
 3 AN s 
 
 i ALMANACK g 
 
 «SS OF ^ 
 
 Coeleftial Motions for the Year of the ^ 
 
 Chriftian zsEpocha, 
 
 <58? I 6 8 c fi* 
 
 ev£ Bem£ in our Accounrfirft after leaf-year : 1ST 
 25 And from the Creation, 
 
 * — s 
 
 $jgj The Vulgar Note?. 
 
 4)5 Golden Numb. $. ) C Epaft 9. 
 4JS Cycle of the Sun. 9. W Rom. Indic\ 3. 
 
 Dbminic.Let. C. \ ( Num. Direfl. 21. ig^ 
 
 «i| — — JgJ* 
 
 ^••v Calculated for the A feridun of BoOon in New- 
 England, white the Artick Pole U elevated 
 42 Degrees & ?o Minutes. 
 «£3 _ 9^ 
 
 *ss ^> 
 
 — 
 
 ^ Print-.d for, and fold by ffwy Phillip* in the SK> 
 well end of the Exchange in Ooiton.1680. 
 
no 
 
 JOHN FOSTER 
 
 Court of the " Confession of Faith " and the " Platform of 
 Church-Discipline," bound together with *it 7 and the order that 
 they " be Printed for the benefit of these Churches in present 
 and after times/' signed by " Edward Rawson Seer'," a line of 
 border pieces and a rule above, and a rule and a similar line 
 of border pieces inverted below ; i p. title, given above, sur- 
 rounded by a line of border pieces, verso blank ; 4 pp. " A 
 Preface," headpiece two lines of border pieces, the lower one 
 inverted, headlines; 1-65, "A | Confession | of | Faith." | — | in 
 thirty-two chapters, headpiece two lines of border pieces, the 
 lower one inverted, with a rule between, headlines ; " Finis " at 
 foot of page below a rule ; 1 p. blank ; followed by a " Plat- 
 form of Church-Discipline," with continuous signature marks. 
 
 Copies : American Antiquarian Society, Boston Public 
 Library, Congregational Library, Connecticut Historical Society, 
 John Carter Brown Library, Lenox Library, and William Green 
 Shillaber. 
 
 On the fly-leaf of the copy in the Library of the 
 Connecticut Historical Society is written " Noadiah Rus- 
 sell's Book Anno Domini 168 1." On the fly-leaf of the 
 copy in the Boston Public Library is the autograph sig- 
 nature of " John Hull." On the verso of the titlepage 
 of another copy, in the Prince Collection, is written in 
 Thomas Prince's hand "T. Prince. 1700. i. s 6 d J For one 
 at Sandwich. 1700. | This Preface was drawn up by Mr 
 Increase | Mather; as appears by the I st rough Draught | 
 thereof w c I have drawn in his own Hand- | writing." 
 
 It appears by the accounts of James Russell, Treasurer 
 of the Colony of Massachusetts Bay, that he paid in Octo- 
 ber, 1680, " Ratlief binding Senod bookes" five pounds, 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL LIST m 
 
 again " Ratlief more i* a Cord wood Court II s ,'' and 
 then, December 15, 1680, Ratlief in full fi binding 
 Synod bookes" four pounds (Massachusetts Archives, 
 C. 303). John RatclifFe was an early bookbinder in 
 Boston. On May 2, 1681, is the entry "To Jn° Foster 
 f& printing as ft Ace 1 /' twenty-one pounds, which was 
 probably the cost of printing the " Confession of Faith," 
 and the " Platform of Church Discipline " which was 
 bound with it (C. 305). 
 
 A Copy of I The Church-Covenants | which have been used in 
 the I Church of | Salem | Both formerly, and in their late 
 Renewing of | their Covenant on the day of the publick 
 Fast, I April 15. 1680. | As a Direction pointing to that 
 Covenant of | Gods Grace in Christ made with his | 
 Church and People in the holy Scripture. | [Two lines 
 from Psal. 1. 5 ; three lines from Heb. xii. 24, x. 29, 
 xiii. 20; and six from Jer. xxx. 21, 22, 1. 4, 5.] | — | — || 
 Boston, I Printed, at the desire and for the use of many 
 in Salem, | for themselves and their children, | by J. F. 
 1680. 8vo. (1), 8. Signature in eight, blank leaf at begin- 
 ning, and two blank leaves at the end. Size, 33 by 5! inches. 
 Titlepage, verso blank ; 1-4. " There was a Church Cov- 
 enant agreed upon and con- | sented to by the Church of Salem 
 at their first | beginning in the Year, 1629, Aug. 6. | This 
 following Covenant was propounded by the | Pastor, agreed upon 
 and consented to by the Bre- | thren of the Church, in the 
 Year, 1636. | [Two lines from Psal. 1. 5]," headpiece a line of 
 border pieces, at foot of page 4, " Also this following Covenant 
 was in seve- | ral Church Meetings in the beginning of this | 
 year 1680. considered of, agreed upon, and consented | to by 
 the generality of the Church, to be used as a di- | rection for 
 
112 
 
 JOHN FOSTER 
 
 the Renewing of our Church Covenant, | as being more ac- 
 commodated to the present times, and | state of things amongst 
 us. | Accordingly it was made use of in that way at | the 
 conclusion of the publick Fast, Apr. 15. 1680. | viz."; 5-8, 
 text, u Finis " at foot of the page. 
 
 Copy : American Antiquarian Society. 
 
 The signature of "Saml Curwen, 1739," appears on 
 pages 1 and 8, and that of Jonathan Curwen on the 
 fly-leaf. 
 
 The I Divine Right | of | Infant-Baptisme | Asserted and 
 Proved from | Scripture | And | Antiqvity. | — | By In- 
 crease Mather, | Teacher of a Church of Christ in Boston 
 in New-England. | — | [One line from Mic. ii. 9 ; five 
 lines from Mark x. 13, 14, 16.] | — | [Five lines of 
 Latin.] | — | — || Boston, | Printed by John Foster, in the 
 Year 1680. 4to. pp. (1), (5), 27. Signatures, A to D in 
 fours, E in two. Size, 5I by 7! inches. 
 Titlepage, verso blank ; 5 pp. " Christian Reader," signed 
 "Vrian Oakes," and dated at "Cambridge, | Febru. 21. i6i;" 
 large ornamental headpiece, headlines ; 1 p. blank ; 1-27, " The 
 I Divine Right | of | Infant-Baptisme | Asserted and Proved," 
 headpiece line of border pieces, running headlines, pages 26 
 and 27 in finer type ; " Finis " near foot of the page, between 
 two rules followed by a list of errata, three lines ; 1 p. blank. 
 
 Copies : American Antiquarian Society, Boston Public 
 Library, British Museum, Congregational Library, Library of 
 the late Sumner Hollingsworth, John Carter Brown Library, 
 and Massachusetts Historical Society. 
 
 On the blank page at the end of the Historical So- 
 ciety's copy there is written " Salem, An: Dom : 171 8. 
 J Theoph : Pickering Liber." 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL LIST 
 
 A COPY OF 
 
 The Church-Covenants 
 
 which have been ufed in the 
 Church of 
 
 SALEM 
 
 Both formerly, and in their fate Renewing of 
 their Covenant on the day of the puWick FaR, 
 AftU 15. 1680. 
 
 As a Dirc&ion poimfng to that Covenant of 
 Gods Grace in Chrifl: made with his 
 Church and People in the holy Scripture. 
 
 Caber m? People mo me which have nude a Covenant with 
 
 me by Sacrifice, Pfal. 
 5fcf«w(v mdworoftbc Hew Covenant, HeiM 2 S4» 
 The Wood ef the Ctfv«4«,Hcb. 10.29^ 
 The Blood off he overlaying Covenant, Hcb, 1 3 20. 
 IKtoi* this that engagetb bis heart to off roach unto me, 
 
 pall be my Feofle, and ! mil be your God, Jer^o.? t ,22* 
 T&j$*ll gee and fee^thelord thti? G*d, they JhaU as I the 
 
 way to Zionmtb tbefr facts tbitbervtird, f&}w&% C«w 
 
 ht ns joyn oar (elves & the Lord, h a perpetual Cfc< 
 
 tbatfidlJ wtbe fagotten, 
 
 Pnated, at (he defins and for the ufe of many a Saw 
 forthemfetoesand their Children^ 
 l>y ff. 1680, 
 
 v 
 
ii4 
 
 JOHN FOSTER 
 
 The Duty of a People that have Renewed | their Covenant 
 with God. | — | Opened and Urged in | A Sermon | 
 Preached to the second Church in Boston in | New- 
 England, March 17. 16^: after | that Church had ex- 
 plicitly and most j solemnly renewed the Ingagement | of 
 themselves to God, and | one to another. | — | By Samvel 
 Willard, Teacher of a Church in | Boston in New- 
 England. I — I [Three lines from Deut. xxix. 1 ; three 
 lines from 2 Chron. xv. 15.] | — | [Centre piece, two 
 lines of border pieces, eight in the first, and six in the 
 second.] | — || Boston, Printed by John Foster. 1680. 
 4to. pp. (1), 13. Signatures, A, B in fours. Size, 5I by y| 
 inches. 
 
 Titlepage, surrounded by a border line, verso blank ; 
 1-13, " The Duty of a People that have | Renewed their Cov- 
 enant. I — [ Josh. 24. 22, 23. . . . [Four lines from the Bible]," 
 headpiece two lines of border pieces, the lower one inverted, 
 running headlines ; " Finis " at foot of the page between two 
 rules ; 1 p. blank. 
 
 Copies : Boston Public Library, Congregational Library, 
 Lenox Library, Massachusetts Historical Society, and William 
 Green Shillaber. 
 
 In Increase Mather's preface to his sermon, " Re- 
 turning unto God," preached before the Second Church 
 in Boston on the same day, he says : — 
 
 And now (my Brethren, and the Lords people) the 
 greatest work is yet to do, viz. sincere endeavours to keep 
 Covenant. To help and further you wherein, there is printed 
 a faithful word, preached by that Worthy Person, who spake 
 unto you in the Name of the Lord, on the day wherein you had 
 so solemnly Renewed your choice of the Lord to be your God. 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL LIST 115 
 
 A I Platform | of | Church-Discipline | Gathered out of | the 
 Word of God ; | And Agreed upon by the | Elders and 
 Messengers | of the Churches Assembled in the | Synod. | 
 At Cambridge in N. E. | To be presented to the Churches 
 & General Court | for their Consideration and Acceptance 
 in I the Lord, the 8th. Moneth, Anno. 1649. I — I [Two 
 lines from Psalms lxxxiv. 1 ; two from xxvi. 8 ; and five 
 from xxvii. 4.] | — || Boston : Printed by John Foster. 
 1680. 8vo. (1), (21), 64, (3). Signatures, last three leaves 
 of E, F to K in eights, and L in four. Size, 3! by 5! 
 inches. 
 
 Titlepage, surrounded by a line of border pieces, verso blank ; 
 21 pp. "The Preface," headpiece a line of border pieces, with 
 a raised query mark after the eighth and ninth pieces, and a 
 long rule, headlines, catchword at end below a rule in middle 
 of page, " Chap." ; 1 p. blank ; 1-64, text, " Chap. I. [to 
 XVII.]," parts separated by a rule, headpiece a line of border 
 pieces like the first, with an Italic colon after the seventh piece, 
 various headlines, marginal Bible references ; " Finis " in middle 
 of the page between two rules ; 3 pp. " A Table of the Con- 
 tents of the Chap- | ters in the Confession of Faith," headpiece 
 a line of border pieces, followed on the 2d page by " The Con- 
 tents of the Chapters in the | Platform of Church-Discipline," 
 " The End " at foot of the third page, headlines ; 1 p. blank ; 
 1 leaf blank. Signature letters of " A Platform " continued from 
 those of "A Confession of Faith," Boston, 1680, with which 
 it was printed. 
 
 Copies : American Antiquarian Society, Boston Public ' 
 Library, Congregational Library, Connecticut Historical Society, 
 and Massachusetts Historical Society. 
 
 Returning unto God the great concernment | of a Covenant 
 People. I — I Or I A Sermon | Preached to the second 
 Church in Boston in | New-England, March 17. 16S when 
 
n6 
 
 JOHN FOSTER 
 
 | that Church did solemnly and explicitly | Renew their 
 Covenant with | God, and one with another. | — | By In- 
 crease Mather Teacher of that Church. | — | [Two lines 
 from 2 Sam. vii. 24; two lines from 2 Chron. xxix. 10; 
 two lines from Ezra x. 12 ; four lines from Jer. xviii. 7, 8.] 
 I — I [Centre piece, two lines of border pieces, eight in the 
 first and six in the second.] | — 1| Boston, Printed by John 
 Foster. 1680. 4to. pp. (1), (4), 19, (2). Signatures, A 
 to C in fours, and two leaves. Size, 5! by 7I inches. 
 Titlepage, surrounded by a border line, verso blank ; 4 pp. 
 " To the second Church of Christ in | Boston in New-England," 
 signed "Increase Mather," and dated "April 19, 1680/' head- 
 piece of line of border pieces and one of similar pieces inverted, 
 running headlines, catchword on last page "Return-" between 
 two lines of border pieces, the lower one inverted; 1-19, "Re- 
 turning unto God the great Con- | cernment of a Covenant 
 People. I Hos. 14. 1. [Two lines from the Bible]," large ornamen- 
 tal headpiece, running headlines; " Tibi Domine " at foot of page 
 19 below a rule; 2 pp. "The Covenant which was unanimously 
 con- I sented unto, is as followeth " ; "Finis" below middle of 
 page between two rules ; 1 p. blank ; sermon has marginal notes. 
 
 Copies : American Antiquarian Society, Boston Public 
 Library, British Museum, Congregational Library, Library of 
 the late Sumner Hollingsworth, John Carter Brown Library, 
 and Massachusetts Historical Society. 
 
 In the preface Mather speaks of the "first constitu- 
 tion " of the Church: — 
 
 It was upon the fifth day of the fourth Moneth, 1650. That 
 the Foundation of this Temple was laid. . . . That awfull Dis- 
 pensation of Divine Providence which befel us above three years 
 agoe, when the house of God, (for so doth the Scripture call those 
 places which are set apart for his worship, Psal. 74, 8. & 83. 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL LIST 117 
 
 12) was burnt with fire, and above forty dwellings near adjoyning 
 all consumed in one fatal morning, I need not acquaint you, for 
 you have not forgotten it, and the marks and Remembrances 
 of those Desoltions are still dayly to be seen. 
 
 In the preface, also, he mentions the death of " a 
 Luke, a beloved Physitian, whom many (and for ought 
 I know, all) of you had your thoughts upon, for im- 
 provement as a Ruling Elder in this Church " ; and in 
 the text (p. 10) he speaks of the death of Captain Lake "a 
 most desireable and useful man, that dyed by the Sword 
 of the Heathen," and the death of Dr. Samuel Bracken- 
 bury " & several other hopefull and desirable Persons" 
 by " the late mortal Contagion." The allusion here is 
 to an epidemic of small-pox. According to Hull's Diary 
 Dr. Brackenbury died on January n, 1677-78. 
 
 On the last page of the copy in the Library of the 
 American Antiquarian Society, in the handwriting of 
 Thomas Prince, are the words: "I have ye I st rough 
 Draught of this Covenant drawn by Mr Increase Mather 
 in his own Handwriting. T. Prince." 
 
 "Sion in Distress " [By] B. Keach. Boston. [8vo. pp. 128.] 
 
 This title is in Prince's manuscript catalogue, where 
 the entry describes it as "db" (deficient at the begin- 
 ning). A second edition of this tract, 168 1 , in the 
 British Museum has the additional words, "or, the 
 Groans of the Protestant Church/' and the Catalogue 
 says it is in verse. 
 
n8 
 
 JOHN FOSTER 
 
 A Song of | Deliverance | for the | Lasting Remembrance | Of 
 Gods wonderful works | never to be forgotten. | Contain- 
 ing in it the wonderful defeat of the Spanish- | Armado, 
 Anno, 1588. the woful Plague, Anno, 1603. | soon upon 
 the Entrance of King James of famous memo- | ry, unto 
 the Crown of England. | With a discovery of the Powder 
 Plot, Anno, 1605. | and downfall of Black Fryers, when an 
 hellish I Crew of Papists met to hear Drury a Popish Priest, 
 An 1623. I Also the Grievous Plague, Anno, 1625, with 
 Poems both Latin | and English, and the Verses of that 
 Learned Theodore Beza. | — | By that Reverend, and emi- 
 nent man of God, Mr. John Wilson, | formerly Christs 
 faithful Shepherd in Sudbury, in Suffolk in | great Brittain, 
 where these heavenly Poems, and spiritual | Songs were 
 Compiled, and at London printed, Anno, | 1626. since 
 Pastor to the first Church of Christ in | Boston in New- 
 England. I — I For the sake of several who have much 
 desired to see and | read this work, it is reprinted. | — | 
 [Three lines from Psal. cvii. 8.] | — || Boston, Printed in 
 the Year, 1680. 8vo. pp. (1), (2), (4), 44. Signatures, [A] 
 to C in eights, D in four, last leaf blank. Size, 4 by 5! 
 inches. 
 
 Titlepage, surrounded by a border line, verso blank ; 2 pp. 
 " Christian Reader," signed " Yours to serve in Christ Jesus | 
 John Wilson," at the left " Imprimatur. | James Allin," headline 
 on the second page, headpiece a line of border pieces ; 4 pp. 
 " The Introduction from out of the xxxi. of | Deuteronomy, 
 where God chargeth Moses to | make his Song," in verse, head- 
 piece a line of border pieces, catchword " A " at foot of the 
 fourth page between two rules; 1-44, "A Song of Thanks- 
 giving I for the lasting Remem- | brance of Gods wonder- | ful 
 work, never to be forgotten," headpiece a line of border pieces, 
 running headlines ; " Finis " on last page. 
 
 Copies : Lenox Library and New York Historical Society. 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL LIST u 9 
 
 The Sting of Death | and | Death Vnstvng | delivered in two | 
 Sermons | In which is shewed | The Misery of the Death 
 of those that dye in their Sins, & out | of Christ, and the 
 Blessedness of theirs that Dye in the Lord. | Preached on 
 the occasion of the Death of the truely noble and virtuous 
 | The Lady Mildmay. | — | By Leonard Hoar, M. D. | 
 Sometime Preacher of Gods Word in Wanstead. | — | 
 [Three lines from Psalms xlix. 14; two lines from Eccles. 
 viii. 13, 14; four lines from verse 14; two lines from Isa. 
 iii. 10, 11 ; two lines from verse 11 ; two lines from Psalms 
 xlviii. 14; four lines from Rev. ii. 10.] | — 1| Boston, Printed 
 by John Foster. 1680. 4to. (1), (6), 24. Signatures, A to 
 D in fours. Size, 5I by 6| inches. 
 Titlepage, surrounded by a wide border line, verso blank ; 
 6 pp. " To Mris Bridget Usher my | ever honoured Aunt," 
 signed " Josiah Flint," and dated at " Dorchester, from my 
 Study, I 7th. of 5th. 1680," headpiece a line of border pieces 
 and a line of similar pieces inverted, headlines ; 1-24, " Death 
 Disarmed, | being a | Funeral Sermon | Upon 1 Cor. 15. 55, 
 [and one line from the Bible]," headpiece similar to that at the 
 beginning of the Preface ; " Finis " at foot of the page followed 
 by a rule. 
 
 Copies : Boston Public Library, Harvard College Library, 
 and Massachusetts Historical Society. 
 
 In the upper margin, at the beginning of the preface, 
 of the Historical Society's copy, is written " Samuel Check- 
 ley His Booke." In the upper right-hand corner is also 
 written " N. Clap. 26. 12. [ ] Boug[ht] at M[r.] Brun- 
 n[ing]. The name " N. Clap," referred to by Mr. Up- 
 ham in his note on page 432 of the Proceedings (second 
 series, IX.) of the Historical Society, for February, 1895, 
 is written in the same hand. Joseph Brunning was a book- 
 
120 
 
 JOHN FOSTER 
 
 seller who came to Boston from Amsterdam in the year 
 
 MDCLXXXI. | — | An | Almanack | of | Ccelestial Motions 
 for the Year of the | Christian Epocha, | 1 68 1 . | Being in 
 our Account second after Leap-year : | And from the Crea- 
 tion, | 5630. I — I The Vulgar Notes. | 
 
 I — I Calculated for the Meridian of Boston in New- | 
 England, where the Artick Pole is elevated | 42 Degrees & 
 30 Minutes. | — | By John Foster, Astrophil. | — | [One 
 line from Eph. v. 16.] | — 1| Boston; Printed by J. F. 
 1 68 1. i2mo. pp. (24). Signature in twelve. Size, 3 8 
 by 6 inches. 
 
 Titlepage surrounded by a line of border pieces, verso blank ; 
 1 p. "Eclipses in 1681," headpiece a line of border pieces, catch- 
 word " The " ; 1 p. " Directions for the Use of the following | 
 Ephemeris"; 12 pp. March to February; 3 pp. "Of Comets, 
 I Their Motion, Distance & Magnitude," headpiece a line of 
 border pieces and a rule, running headlines ; 3 pp. " Observa- 
 tions of a Comet seen this last | Winter 1680. and how it ap- 
 peared at Boston | in N-E. whose Long. 315. gr. and | Latitude. 
 42 gr. 30 min. N.," headpiece like the preceding one, headlines, 
 catchword at foot of third page, below a rule, " Spring-Tides." ; 
 1 p. "Spring-tides in the Year 1681," followed by a notice, in 
 five lines, correcting the latitude of Boston to "42. gr. 24. m." 
 below which is a rule and " Erratvm," in three lines ; 1 p. " The 
 Copernican System," with a wood-cut representing the sun by a 
 face in the centre, and six concentric circles showing the orbits of 
 
 1683, and died in the spring of 1691. His name is often 
 written Browning. 
 
 1681. 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL LIST 
 
 121 
 
 FIT* 
 
 A N *** 
 
 1 ALMANACK 
 
 Ccete&al Motions for the Year of the 
 CbriftUn Epccb^ 
 
 tiSl. jg* 
 
 Bei'os iff our Account fecond aftjc Lesp-year : 
 
 •And From the Creation, Jg^ 
 
 s «J * g> 
 
 <1 The Vulgar Notes. f| 
 
 ^ Golden Narofr. 10 ) ( Epa& 20. 
 
 <gj Cydeof the Sui/10 £5 Rom. India. "4* S|L 
 
 ^ ,Domiaic.tet* 8* S / Nam. Dire#. 13. ScX 
 
 ^ . 1± w 
 
 <M CaJcufaed for the Meridian c/Bofton m New- Jgf 1 
 
 *2)§5 CaJcubted for the Meridian c/Bofton w» New 
 ^ England, t& Artkk Pole it ekvmd 
 idhi 4* Degrees & 50 Minutes. 
 
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 4^ jg£ 
 
 <i§ Eph.5.16 3*4a»f tfctiTncbecwfetbt i&pM&cJtJ&f' 
 
122 
 
 JOHN FOSTER 
 
 the planets, and stars in the corners of the square, twelve lines of 
 poetry with " T. S," at the right-hand side, end of the last line ; 
 <c Finis " at foot of the page. 
 
 Copies : American Antiquarian Society and Massachusetts 
 Historical Society. 
 
 This copy has the autograph signature of Judge Sewall 
 written at the top of the titlepage, with notes in his hand 
 on several pages. Just below the notice relative to the 
 Boston latitude, Sewall wrote, — " The | Author Dyed 
 Sept. 9. 168 1."; also just above the cut "vide Caryl Job 
 9. 6. p. 183/' ; and at the left of the verses, — "taken 
 out of a Printed Booke bound up w th others/' The cut 
 on the last page was made perhaps by Foster himself. 
 
 MDCLXXXI. I — I An I Almanack | [title continues the same 
 as the preceding one]. . . . | — || Boston : Printed by J. F. for 
 Samuel Phillips | in the west end of the Exchange. 1681. 
 i6mo. pp. (24). First two and last two leaves, a signature 
 in four ; the remaining leaves a signature in eight, both sig- 
 natures making one fold. Size, 4 by 6^ inches, untrimmed. 
 Collation same as in the first issue ; but in the verses on 
 the last page the spacing in the last line is reduced and the ini- 
 tials " T. S." are changed to cc T. Street." Another correction is 
 the centring of the heading <f The Copernican System." 
 Copy : Massachusetts Historical Society. 
 
 This issue of the almanac is interleaved with a sheet 
 of the same kind of paper as that of the almanac itself. 
 Six leaves in one fold, with an extra leaf, three pages of 
 which contain shorthand notes ; and two leaves in one 
 fold are sewed in at the middle of the pamphlet. A few 
 shorthand notes appear in the margins of the printed pages. 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL LIST 123 
 
 Heavens Alarm to the World. | Or | A Sermon | wherein is 
 shewed, | That fearful Sights and Signs in Heaven | are the 
 Presages of great Ca- | lamities at hand. | — | By Increase 
 Mather; Teacher of a Church | in Boston in New-England. 
 I — I [Two lines from Jer. vi. 17 ; four lines from Joel ii. 
 30, 31 ; three lines from Rev. viii. 10; two lines from Rev. 
 xi. 14.] I — || Boston; Printed by John Foster. 168 1 . 
 4to. pp. (1), (3), 17. Signatures, A to C in fours. Size, 
 5l by 7I inches. 
 
 Titlepage, surrounded by a border line, verso blank ; 3 pp. 
 <c To the Reader," signed by " Increase Mather," and dated at 
 "Boston N-E. 12. Moneth, | Vulgo Febr. 16. | 1680. | (1," 
 headlines, marginal notes ; 1 p. blank ; 1— 17, " Heavens Alarm 
 to the World. | — | Luk. 21. 11. . . . [Two lines from the Bi- 
 ble]," headpiece a line of border pieces, two rules, and a line of 
 similar border pieces inverted, headlines, marginal notes ; " Tibi 
 Domine " in middle of the page, followed by a rule ; 1 p. blank. 
 
 Copies : American Antiquarian Society, Boston Public Library, 
 Harvard College Library, and Massachusetts Historical Society. 
 
 In the " Observations of a Comet seen this last Winter 
 
 1680, " which appears near the end of his almanac for 
 
 168 1, Foster says, under date of January 24, 1680-81, that 
 
 after this it was seen (though but obscurely) till the 10. of this 
 Instant February, but is now so far exiled that it is beyond the 
 view of a naked eye, but by the help of a good Telescope may be 
 for some time yet discerned. 
 
 At the end of the "Observations" he says: — 
 
 But of these things we have lately heard in Publick by a Rever- 
 end Divine among us, in a Sermon occasioned by this Ominous 
 Appearance, shewing That prodigious Sights and Signs in heaven 
 are many times Presages of great Calamityes coming upon the 
 
I2 4 
 
 JOHN FOSTER 
 
 World ; which at the desire of many is forthwith to be made pub- 
 lick, to which we may refer our selves for the knowledge of what con- 
 cerns us being under such heavenly Warnings. 
 
 The " Observations " were written on February 10, or 
 soon afterward, while the preface of " Heaven's Alarm " 
 referred to in the preceding extract was written on the 
 1 6th of the same month. Foster was undoubtedly printing 
 " Heavens Alarm " soon after the almanac went to press, 
 and may have already begun to print. The title, pref- 
 ace, and the first leaf of the text form signature A. This 
 work was probably the last of Foster's issues. 
 
 In a letter from Simon Bradstreet to Increase Mather, 
 dated at " N : London, April 20^ 81," printed in the Col- 
 lections (fourth series, VIII. 477) of the Historical Society, 
 he says : — 
 
 S r , I have read your sermon, occasioned by the dreadfull 
 Comet, and now according to my wonted manner send to begge 
 one, (that I saw being only vpon loan) haveing not hetherto 
 mett with any repulse, which is no small encouragement to beg- 
 gars. Whatever you print, I ever promis myself an Interest in. 
 
TITLES PROBABLY PRINTED BY 
 
 FOSTER 
 
 I give here also a list of titles that were printed with- 
 out doubt by Foster, but they do not bear his name. In 
 some instances I have stated my reasons for referring them 
 to his work, and in others I have judged partly from the 
 use of particular fonts of type, and partly from the border 
 pieces. 
 
 1675- 
 
 [Divine Examples of Gods Severe Judgments upon Sabbath 
 Breakers, in their Unlawful Sports, Collected out of several 
 Divine Subjects, Viz. Mr. H. B. Mr. Beard, and the Practice 
 of Piety : a fit Monument for our present Times, etc.] 
 Broadside. Folio. 
 
 This heading of a supposed Foster imprint is made up 
 from that of the Boston edition, " Re-Printed and sold in 
 Newbury Street " sometime after May 3, 1708, an account 
 of which is given on pages 13-15. It is placed under 
 the year 1675, but may have been printed as late as 
 1680. 
 
 1676. 
 
 A I Funeral Elegy | Vpon the Death of that Excellent and most 
 worthy Gentleman | John Winthrop Esq. | Late Governour 
 
126 JOHN FOSTER 
 
 of his Majestyes Colony of Conecticot: | Who deceased April, 
 1676. I Anagr. SftSEfwKiii: Broadside. Folio. Size, about 
 10 by 11 inches. 
 Two columns in verse, surrounded by a heavy black border in 
 four parts, the one at the top rounded but of slightly different 
 shape from that in the first broadside ; begins as follows : — 
 
 LEt woe be printed nigh unto our Land, 
 Since that Jehovahs formidable hand 
 Hath been bereaving us this fatal year, 
 Of such a Star within our Hemisphere. 
 
 And ends in the second column ; followed by " Accrosticon," in 
 twelve lines, of which the two last are : — 
 
 Oh may this dismal loss ne'r be forgot, 
 Per Plimouth, Boston, and Conecticot 
 
 followed by the word " Epitaph," and four lines given below : — 
 
 HEre lyes a None-such for all virtuous things. 
 Fittest to be discoursed of by Kings. 
 
 Mors omnibus communis 
 Finis. 
 
 Copy : once in possession of the late Robert C. Winthrop, Jr. 
 
 The sheet bears the following indorsement : " For 
 Major Fitz J no Winthrop, his much Honord friend from 
 yo r humble serv* Steph : Chester Wethersfield, July prim 
 1680." Perhaps Mr. Chester was the author of the Elegy. 
 See Collections (sixth series, V. 7, 8) of the Massachusetts 
 Historical Society, for two letters from him, dated respec- 
 tively, April 7 and 17, 1677, at Weathersfield, Connecticut, 
 which have probable allusions to these lines. 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL LIST 127 
 
 A I Funeral Tribute | To the Honourable Dust of that Most 
 Charitable Christian, Vnbiassed Politician, | And unimitable 
 Pyrotechnist | John Winthrope esq : | A Member of the 
 Royal Society, & Governour of Conecticut Colony in | 
 New-England. | Who expired in his Countreys Service, April. 
 6th. 1676. Broadside. Folio. Size, about 10 by 12 inches. 
 Two columns in verse, separated by a double rule, the whole 
 
 surrounded by a heavy black border in four parts, the one at the 
 
 top heavier and arched on the lower side, a rule below the title ; 
 
 signed " B. Thompson." 
 
 Copy : once in possession of the late Robert C. Winthrop, Jr. 
 
 This elegy, mentioned on the titlepage of " New Eng- 
 lands Tears for her Present Miseries" (London, 1676), was 
 written soon after Winthrop's death, and printed also at the 
 end of the work. There it has seventy-two lines, not 
 counting the heading; but in the broadside there are 
 eighty-eight, arranged in two columns. 
 
 According to "A New and Further Narrative of the 
 State of New-England . . . from March till August, 
 1676," in the John Carter Brown Library, being a letter 
 written from Boston by N. S., this sheet was printed here 
 before July 22. Without doubt it was issued from the 
 press of John Foster, as at that period he was the only 
 printer in Boston. From the fact that both Foster and 
 Tompson were graduates of Harvard College within five 
 years of each other, and on that account presumably more 
 or less intimate, and from its general appearance, I am 
 inclined to think that it came from the Boston press. 
 See Proceedings (second series, X. 270, 271) of the 
 Historical Society. 
 
128 JOHN FOSTER 
 
 A 
 
 FUNERAL TRIBUTE 
 
 To the Honourable Dust of the most Charitable Christian, Vnbiased Politician, 
 
 And unimitable Pyrotechnist 
 
 John Winthrope esq: 
 
 A Member of the Royal Society, Governour of Conecticut Colony in 
 
 NE JV-ENGLAND. 
 
 who expired in his Countreys Service, April. 6th. 1676. 
 
 ANother Black Parenthesis of woe 
 The Printer wills that all the World should know 
 Sage Winthrop prest with publick sorrow Dies 
 As the Sum total of our Miseries : 
 
 His labours cease for ever, but the fruit 
 He reaps at Fountain head without dispute. 
 
 Lamentations | Vpon the never enough bewailed Death of the 
 Reverend | Mr. John Reiner, | Pastor of the Church of 
 Christ at Dover who was gathered to his Fathers | December, 
 21.1676. Broadside. Folio. Size, 9! by n| inches. 
 Heading followed by the text in verse, printed in two col- 
 umns, separated by a wide rule, with a wide border rule at the 
 sides of the sheet and a wider one at the top turning down at the 
 ends, curved on the inside, to meet the side rules ; the lower part of 
 the sheet torn off, leaving in the first column forty-four lines of 
 verse and one mutilated, and in the second, forty-four and two 
 mutilated. 
 
 Copy : Boston Athenaeum. 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL LIST 
 
 Judge Sewall in his Diary, 1 676, says : — 
 
 Dec. 21, being Thorsday, Worthy Mr. Reyner fell asleep: 
 was taken with a violent vomiting the Friday before, Lightheaded 
 by Saturday, Lay speechless 24 hours, and then died on Thorsday 
 even. We heard not that he was sick till Friday about 9 at 
 night : on the Sabbath morn, comes William Furber and brings 
 the newes of Death. After last exercise Father dispatches Tim to 
 Braintry. . . . Note. None of us saw Mr. Reyner Oct. 21, for 
 he posted to Braintrey in the night, and he went back when I was 
 at Sandwich. . . . (i. 31.) 
 
 Dec. 28. Mr. Willard preaches. N. B. I got but just to 
 hear the text. This day pleasant and smiling were it not the day 
 of Mr. Reyner' s Funeral. . . . (i. 32.) 
 
 Jan. 30 [1676-77]. Sent a letter to Cousin Quinsey, which 
 enclosed a piece of Gold that cost me 23 s . Gave the Letter to Mr. 
 Jesson. . . . Sent him a copy of verses made on Mr. Reyner. 
 (i- 34-) 
 
 John Hull, in his Diary (Archaeologia Americana, III. 
 242) for December, 1676, says: — 
 
 21st. Mr. John Reynor, minister of Dover died of a cold and 
 fever that he took in the field among the soldiers. 
 
 [New Englands Crisis. Boston, 1676.] i6mo. pp. 31. 
 
 Titlepage wanting, also first leaf, 4 pp. in all ; 4 pp. and p. 9, 
 " New Englands Crisis | — | The Prologue : ", headpiece, four 
 lines of border pieces, and a rule in the middle, the two lower ones 
 inverted, and the two inner lines of smaller pieces ; 10-21, " New- 
 Englands Crisis"; 22, "A Supplement"; 22-26, " Marlburyes 
 Fate " ; 26, 27, " The Town called Providence | Its Fate " ; 27, 28, 
 " Seaconk Plain Engagement"; 28, 29, " Seaconk or Rehoboths 
 Fate"; 29, " Chelmsfords Fate," signed, " B. Tompson," 30, 31, 
 c On A Fortification | At Boston begun by Women. | Dux 
 
 9 
 
i 3 o JOHN FOSTER 
 
 Foemina Facti " ; " Finis," between two rules ; headlines, " New- 
 Englands Crisis " ; verso of page 31 blank; closely trimmed. 
 Copy : Boston Athenaeum. 
 
 The " Supplement " to this poem by Benjamin Tomp- 
 son, appeared as a London edition with the title " New 
 Englands Tears for her Present Miseries/ ' with the " Fu- 
 neral Tribute " to John Winthrop added. For the same 
 reason as given under the Winthrop "Tribute" mentioned 
 above, "New Englands Crisis" was probably printed by 
 Foster. For a further account of the poem see Proceed- 
 ings (second series, X. 269-273) of the Massachusetts His- 
 torical Society. 
 
 1677. 
 
 Innocency's Complaint | against | Tyrannical Court Faction in 
 Newengland. Broadside. Folio. Size, iol by 13I inches. 
 
 Heading, followed by two columns of poetry, separated by a 
 perpendicular line of fine border pieces, signed at the end of the 
 second column, "George Joy, Mariner. 1677." 
 
 Copy : Massachusetts Historical Society. 
 
 This perhaps was one of Foster's prints. It relates to 
 the persecution of the Quakers in New England, and much 
 of it is quoted in John Whiting's " Truth and Innocency 
 Defended," which appears in the Appendix of George 
 Bishop's " New-England Judged " (London, 1703). 
 
 1678. 
 
 [" An Invitation unto Thirsty Sinners to come unto their Saviour.'' 
 By Rev. Thomas Allen.] [Cambridge or Boston.] i2mo. 
 pp. (2 ?), 5-104. Signatures, A to I in sixes. Size, 2% by 4 
 inches. 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL LIST 131 
 
 Titlepage wanting, except two ends of the border line in the 
 lower left-hand corner, verso blank ? ; 5-8, " To the Reader," 
 headpiece two rules, headlines, signed at foot of page "John Hig- 
 ginson," and dated July 20. | 1678., catchword on the last page 
 "Thirsty"; 9-104, "Thirsty Sinners | Invited to | Christ | — | 
 Joh. VII. xxxvii. [and four lines from the Bible]," headpiece two 
 rules, running headlines ; pages at end wanting. 
 
 Copy : Massachusetts Historical Society. 
 
 Thomas Allen, Minister of Charlestown from 1639 to 
 1 65 1, when he returned to Norwich, England, to continue 
 preaching there. He died on September 21, 1673, a g e( ^ 
 65 years. Cotton Mather (Magnalia, Book III. 215) says 
 of him : — 
 
 Though he staid not very long in this country, yet this coun- 
 try lays claim especially to two of his composures, which have been 
 serviceable unto the world. The former of these was printed here; 
 namely, " An invitation unto Thirsty Sinners to come unto their 
 Saviour ; " prefaced and assisted into the light by our worthy 
 Higginson. But the latter was printed beyond the sea; and 
 entituled, "A Chain of Scripture Chronology." 
 
 Mr. Higginson himself, in the preface, says : — 
 
 Being importuned by a Friend to write a short Epistle before 
 this ensuing Sermon, (he himself being much Affected with it, 
 desired the Printing of it, for the use of his Friends:) I could not 
 refuse the motion ; conceiving the Subject Matter of it may be 
 very Acceptable, Seasonable, and Profitable to many Souls, into 
 whose hands by the Providence of God it may come. 
 
 The Author of it, Mr. 'Thomas Allen> was sometimes Teacher 
 of the Church at Charlstown ; He was much Beloved, and his 
 Ministry highly Prized by the People there ; from thence he 
 
i 3 2 JOHN FOSTER 
 
 removed to the city of Norwich in Old England, where he fulfilled 
 his Ministry for many Years. After his Decease, divers of his 
 Sermons were Printed, amongst which this was one; which was 
 not intended nor prepared for the Press by himself, but taken in 
 short Hand from the Mouth of the Preacher; . . . 
 
 Thomas Prince, in his manuscript catalogue, gives a 
 title, " T. Allen Call of X to Thirsty Sinners . . . Camb 
 78 [pp.] 31," which was without doubt another edition 
 of the same work. 
 
 1679. 
 
 Something in Answer to a | Law | Lately made at the first Sessions 
 of the I General Court held at Boston in | New-England | 
 May the 28th, 1679. I And published by their Order, Edw, 
 Rawson Secretary | — | The Title of the Law, viz. | Meet- 
 ing-Houses not to be Erected with- | out License, &c. 4to. 
 pp. 20. Signatures, A, B in fours, C in two. Size, about 5I 
 by 7 inches. 
 
 Heading, as given above, followed by text, 1-18, signed, 
 
 M™e?M 679^ ?th } G * F "" ; I9 ' 2 °' " Postscri P t '" head P iece 
 a rule ; " The End " at the foot of page 20. 
 
 Copies : British Museum and John Carter Brown Library. 
 
 A reference to this tract appears in the Appendix 
 to George Bishop's "New-England Judged" (London, 
 1703, page 102), John Whiting's "Truth and Innocency 
 Defended" (London, 1702). The title is entered in 
 Sabin's Dictionary under George Fox. It may have been 
 printed in Boston. 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL LIST 
 
 1680. 
 
 June, 29. 1680. I The Church Renewed | Covenant, | as fol- 
 loweth. 8vo. pp. (6). Signature A in four. Size, 3! by 
 5I inches. 
 
 Heading, as given above, followed by text, 6 pp., headline two 
 lines of fine border pieces, the lower one inverted, with a rule 
 between, headlines " The Covenant "; " Soli Deo Gloria " at foot 
 of last page between two rules ; last leaf blank. 
 
 Copy : Lenox Library. 
 
 This is a covenant of the Third Church known 
 commonly as the Old South. 
 
 1681. 
 
 [Brief Animadversions on the Narrative of the New England 
 Anabaptists. By Increase Mather. Boston, 1681.] 
 
 This title is taken from Haven's List, and from Sabin's 
 Dictionary. A reference to the work appears in a letter 
 from Simon Bradstreet to Increase Mather, dated " N : 
 London, April 20* 81," and printed in the Collections 
 (fourth series, VIII. 477) of the Historical Society : — 
 
 I think I never sent you my thankes for your last Letter, & 
 your book against Anabaptists, if not, it is time now to doe it. 
 
 Mather's " Divine Right of Infant-Baptisme Asserted/' 
 which contained reflections on the Baptists, was published 
 early in 1680. The society of Baptists in Boston was 
 defended by the Narrative of John Russell, dated, accord- 
 ing to Isaac Backus's History of the Baptists (I. 490), 
 
134 JOHN FOSTER 
 
 at " Boston, the 20th of this month, with the consent 
 of the whole church, and sent to London " to be printed. 
 Presumably the " Brief Animadversions " by Mather fol- 
 lowed early in 1681, although it is not mentioned by 
 Backus. In the fall of 1681 Samuel Willard published his 
 " Ne sutor ultra crepidam : or brief animadversions upon 
 the New-England anabaptists late fallacious narrative. ,> 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL LIST 135 
 
 BOOK ONCE BELONGING TO THE 
 FOSTER FAMILY 
 
 I give below the collation of an early Cambridge 
 book, which was printed without doubt by Samuel Green 
 or Marmaduke Johnson or perhaps by both. While the 
 copy had no connection with John Foster's work, it is 
 mentioned here because it was once in the possession of his 
 family. I give also fac-simile reproductions of the title, 
 and the next two pages. The second cut shows the signa- 
 ture probably of Mary Foster, a sister of the printer, and 
 of Comfort Foster, a brother. See page 50 for the 
 several members of the family. The signature cf Mary 
 Foster, perhaps the mother, in the third cut may have 
 been written by the son, as the resemblance between this 
 and his own writing as shown on page 5 1 is very close. 
 Near the top of the first cut is the name of James Foster, 
 almost illegible, who was another brother. The Red 
 Lion tavern stood near the North Square, at the corner 
 of North and Richmond Streets, as now known. 
 
 Christs I Famous Titles, | And A | Believers | Golden-Chain; 
 Handled in divers Sermons. | Together with his Cabinet of | 
 Jewels, or a Glimpse of Sions | Glory. | — | By William 
 Dyer, | Preacher of the Gospel. | — | Ephes. 3. 8. | [and 
 four lines from Bible] | — 1| Printed at Cambridge : | Sold 
 
136 
 
 JOHN FOSTER 
 
 by John Farnham near the Red Lyon | in Boston. 1669. 
 8vo. pp. (1), (4), (4), 244. Signatures A to Q in eights, 
 last leaf of signature Q missing. Size, 3I by 5I inches. 
 Titlepage surrounded by a border line, verso blank ; 4 pp. 
 " To all my loving Friends, | into whose hands these | shall come, 
 Greeting/' signed by " William Dyer," headpiece nine urn-shaped 
 border pieces and a brace at the end, running headlines on second 
 and third pages, headline on fourth page, catchword " To " at foot 
 of page ; 4 pp. " To | the Christian | Reader. | — | signed by 
 " William Dyer," same arrangement of headlines as in first part, 
 catchword " The " near foot of page between two rules, headpiece two 
 lines of border pieces the lower one inverted; 1-17, "The Desire 
 of all Nations. | — | Canticles 5. the last Verse. J He is altogether 
 lovely," headpiece a line of border pieces, headlines; 17-72, "The 
 King of Kings. | Canticles. 5. 16. | He is altogether lovely. | The 
 Doctrine, That Jesus Christ is Infinitely | and Superlatively lovely," 
 separated from the first part by a rule, headlines ; 72-92, " Mighty 
 God. I Canticles 5. 16. | He is altogether lovely. | Doct. That Jesus 
 Christ is infinitely and | superlatively lovely," separated from the 
 second part by a rule, headlines, catchword " The " at foot of 
 page 92; 93-106, " The Everlasting Father. | Canticles 5. 16. | 
 He is altogether lovely. | Doct. That Jesus Christ is infinitely and 
 Superlatively lovely," headlines, catchword " Prince " at foot of the 
 last page; 107-124, "Prince of Peace. | [continues same as pre- 
 ceding heading]," catchword " The " at foot of last page, headlines ; 
 125-154, "The Elect Precious | [continues same as before]," head- 
 lines, catchword "Won-" at foot of last page; 1 55-1 81, "Won- 
 derfvl [continues same as before]," headlines, catchwords at foot 
 of page 181, "A Believers"; 182-244, "A [ Believers | Golden 
 Chain," running headlines; "Finis." at foot of the page. 
 Copy : Grant B. Schley, Jr. 
 
>nmrs 
 
 FAMOUS TITLES 
 
 ' . And A * ' 
 
 BE.LIEVERS 
 
 tioIdsn-Chain;- f$ 
 Handled in divers Sermom. ■ | 
 
 Together with \\vs> j£*binet of 
 fewels, or a Glimpfe;$%S IONS 
 
 G L O R r. L 
 
 By WILLIA M DYE R. 
 Preacher of the Gofpef. , 
 
 . EPHES. j. 8. 
 
 S^«ftJ «ff ?r/;tf pi^hfs then the leaf? df; 
 i S 'tnts, is this grace given, that I fcop.ld 
 f) c ich amon^ the Ger.tiles the unftarchablc 
 
 R : chu of Chrifl. 
 
 Printed at Cambridge 
 Sold by f ohn Farnham near the Red I U» 
 in ytoft'on. i 6 6 9* 
 
*To all my loving Friends^ 
 into "ivhpfe hands theje 
 (hall come greeting. 
 
 My dear eft Friends^ ' 
 
 Horn I Love dearly; 
 Remember daily { 
 Long for greatly* 
 Pray for earneftlyj 
 and praife God hear- 
 ftty, to whom I could write with my pu- 
 re ft blood % and do fend thefe lines from 
 my very inward bowels. 
 
 Though I cannot fay Iamfotranf- 
 ported with tiffe&ion and zeal, as Paid, to 
 !h my felf accurfed from Chrift for 
 cyeir lakes $ yet I am pc'rfwacfed* I 
 could be contented with foMs^ to be caft; 
 into the Sea, for the pacifying of Gods 
 wrath f 6r you. That I' may be free from* 
 Ai 
 
ENGRAVINGS BY FOSTER 
 
 Scheme for the Indian A. B. C. 
 
 For an account of this, see pages 6-8. 
 
 Wood-cut of Richard Mather. 
 
 Impressions of this, made at several times, are in 
 existence. See pages 9-1 1. 
 
 Wood-cut of the seal of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. 
 
 Two distinct cuts of this are known. See pages 11, 12. 
 
 Wood-cuts in " Divine Examples." 
 See page 14. 
 
 Hubbard's Map of New England. 
 
 This map appeared in two editions, known as "The 
 Wine Hills " map and "The White Hills" map. See 
 pages 12, 15-19. 
 
 View of Boston and Charlestown taken from Noddles Island 
 (East Boston). 
 
 An account of this appears on page 13. 
 
LIST OF SHORTENED TITLES 
 PRINTED BY FOSTER 
 
 For general convenience and ready reference, the fol- 
 lowing List of Shortened Titles, with the names of the 
 authors and the year of publication, is here given : — 
 
 Adams, William. The Necessity of the pouring out of 
 
 the Spirit 1679 
 
 Advertisement [about lands in the Narragansett and Nian- 
 
 tick Countries] 1678 
 
 Allen, James. New Englands choicest Blessing . . . 1679 
 
 Serious Advice to delivered Ones from Sickness . . 1679 
 
 Bradstreet, Mrs. Anne. Several Poems 1678 
 
 Bridge, William. Word to the Aged l &19 
 
 Confession of Faith 1680 
 
 Eliot, John. A Brief Answer To. . . John Norcot . . 1679 
 
 The Harmony of the Gospels 1678 
 
 Fitch, James. The first Principles of the Doctrine of 
 
 Christ 1679 
 
 Foster, John. An Almanac 1675, 1676, 1678, 1679, 1680, 1681 
 
 Hardy, Samuel. A Guide to Heaven by y e Word . . . 1679 
 
 Hoar, Leonard. The Sting of Death 1680 
 
 Hubbard, William. Happiness of a People 1676 
 
 A Narrative of the Troubles with the Indians . . . 1677 
 
 Keach, Benjamin. The Grand Imposter Discovered . . 1678 
 
 Sion in Distress . . . 1680 
 
 Mather, Eleazer. A Serious Exhortation 1678 
 
140 
 
 JOHN FOSTER 
 
 Mather, Increase. A Brief History of the War with the 
 
 Indians 1676 
 
 A Call from Heaven 1679 
 
 A Discourse Concerning . . . Apostasy 1679 
 
 The Divine Right of Infant-Baptisme 1680 
 
 An Earnest Exhortation 1676 
 
 Eccles. XII. 1. Remember now thy Creator . . . 1679 
 
 Heavens Alarm to the World 168 1 
 
 An Historical Discourse Concerning . . . Prayer . . 1677 
 
 The Necessity of Reformation 1679 
 
 Pray for the Rising Generation 1679 
 
 A Relation Of the Troubles 1677 
 
 Renewal of Covenant the great Duty 1677 
 
 Returning unto God 1680 
 
 The Times of Men 1675 
 
 The Wicked Man's Portion 1675 
 
 Nowell, Samuel. Abraham in Arms 1678 
 
 Noyes, James. Short Catechism 1676 
 
 Platform of Church Discipline 1680 
 
 Report of the Trustees on Indian Captives 1678 
 
 Salem. A Copy of the Church-Covenants 1680 
 
 Thacher, Thomas. A Brief Rule ... in the Small Pocks, 
 
 or Measels 1677 
 
 A Fast of God's chusing 1678 
 
 Willard, Samuel. The Duty of a People 1680 
 
 A Sermon preached upon Ezek. 22. 30, 31 . . . . 1679 
 Williams, Roger. An Answer to a Letter sent from Mr. 
 
 Coddington 1677 
 
 George Fox Digg'd out of his Burrowes 1676 
 
 Wilson, John. A Song of Deliverance 1680 
 
TITLES PROBABLY PRINTED BY 
 FOSTER 
 
 Allen, Thomas. An Invitation unto Thirsty Sinners . . 1678 
 Boston, June 29, 1680. The [Old South] Church Renewed 
 
 Covenant 1680 
 
 Divine Examples 1 675 
 
 Fox, George. Something in Answer to a Law .... 1679 
 
 Funeral Elegy Vpon . . . John Winthrop 1676 
 
 Joy, George. Innocency's Complaint 1 677 
 
 Lamentations Vpon . . . John Reiner 1676 
 
 Mather, Increase. Brief Animadversions on . . . Ana- 
 baptists 1681 
 
 Tompson, Benjamin. A Funeral Tribute To . . . John 
 
 Winthrop (Jr.) 1676 
 
 New Englands Crisis 1676 
 
 BOOK ONCE OWNED BY THE FOSTER 
 
 FAMILY 
 
 Dyer, William. Christs Famous Titles 1669 
 
INDEX 
 
INDEX 
 
 A. B. C, Indian, scheme by Foster, 1671, 
 6-8 
 
 Adams, Eliphalet, 10 
 
 Adams, William, signature, 10, 87 
 
 Addington, Isaac, 51, 53 
 
 Allen, James, imprimatur, 118; licenser 
 
 of the press, 89 
 Allen, Joseph, 19, 20 
 Almanac-makers, 45, 46 
 American Antiquarian Society, portrait 
 
 of R. Mather, 133, 134 
 Amsterdam, 13 
 
 Anabaptists, "Brief Animadversions," by 
 
 I. Mather, 133, 134 
 Andover, Mass., 76 
 Andrews, John, 100 
 Apostasy, sermon on, by I. Mather, 98 
 Arnold, Samuel Greene, 83 
 Avery, William, 103 
 
 B. , H. (Henry Burton), 13, 15, 125 
 
 B., C, verses, in "Several Poems," by 
 
 Anne Bradstreet, 92 
 Backus, Isaac, 133, 134. 
 Baily, John, autograph, 60, 87, 89, 104, 
 
 106 
 
 Baker, Silence, 51 
 
 Baker, Thankfull (Foster), 47, 50, 51 
 Baptism, "Brief Answer," by J. Eliot, 
 
 96, 97 ; "Divine Right of," 112 
 Baptists, Boston, 133 
 Barnes, Nathaniel, signature, 82 
 Bates, James, 4 
 Bates, Mary, 4 
 Baxter, Richard, 68 
 Baxter, Thompson, 35 
 Bayly, Lewis, "Practice of Piety," 15 
 
 Beard, Thomas, 13, 15, 125 
 Belknap, Jeremy, 23 
 Bible, Indian, and Marmaduke John- 
 son, 24 
 Blake, James, 11 
 
 Boston, First Church, 28; imprints, 
 1675-1681, 57-134; imprint, 1708 or 
 later, 13-15 ; Newbury Street, 14, 125; 
 Old South, covenant, 133; press of M. 
 Johnson in, 1674, 23, 24; press of John 
 Foster, printer, 1 675-1 681, 6, 23-29; 
 press of Foster's successor burned, 
 Sept. 16, 1690, 53; Second Church, 
 114, 115, 116; townhouse, 81; vessel 
 blown up in Boston Harbor, May 4, 
 1675, 2 6> 60; view of, and Charles- 
 town, taken by Foster, 13 
 
 Brackenbury, Dr. Samuel, death, 117 
 
 Bradstreet, Anne, 94 
 
 Bradstreet, Elizabeth, 94 
 
 Bradstreet, Mrs. Mercy, 94 
 
 Bradstreet, Simon, 70, 73,82, 83,94, 124, 
 133 
 
 Brattle, William, 34 
 
 Brigham, Clarence Saunders, on R. 
 
 Williams's "Answer," 71 
 Brookfield, Mass., 76 
 Brown, Thankfull, 51 
 Brunning, Joseph, bookseller, 62, 119 
 Budd, Edward, carver, in Boston, 1671, 
 
 8 
 
 Burnet (Burniat), John, 67, 68 
 Burrough, Edward, 67 
 Burton, Henry, 13, 15 
 Burying-grounds, by E. D. Harris, 53, 
 54 
 
 Byles, Mather, autograph, 82 
 
146 
 
 INDEX 
 
 C.,T.,i 5 
 
 Cambridge imprint, 10, 11, 34, 58; press, 
 
 Capen, Joseph, 51; elegy on J. Foster, 
 34-37 
 
 Catechism, 28; by J. Noyes, 70 
 Charlestown, Mass., 131; view from 
 
 Noddles Island, taken by Foster, 13 
 Checkley, Samuel, signature, 119 
 Chelmsford, Mass., 76, 129 
 ^phester, Stephen, 126 
 Chirurgeons, 46, 47 
 Chiswell, Richard, printer, London, 63 
 Church Covenants, m 
 Church Discipline, Platform, 1680, 115 
 Clap, N., signature, 119 
 Coddington, William, 70, 71 
 Columbia, American yacht, 29 
 Comets, Foster on, in Almanac of 168 1, 
 45, 46 
 
 Comet, Observations on, 123, 124 
 
 Confession of Faith, by I. Mather, 108 
 
 Cotton, John, 28 
 
 Cotton, Seaborn, 28 
 
 Covenant, Renewal of, by I. Mather, 80 
 
 Cranston, 71 
 
 Curwen, Jonathan, 112 
 
 Curwen, Samuel, signature 112 
 
 Danforth, John, 51, 52 
 
 Day, Matthew, Cambridge press, 23 
 
 Daye, Stephen, 1638, Cambridge press, 23 
 
 Deerfield, Mass., 76 
 
 Denison, Daniel, 73 
 
 Dexter, Franklin Bowditch, 5 
 
 Diman, Jeremiah Lewis, 69 
 
 "Divine Examples," 13-15 
 
 Dorchester, Mass., 4, 8, 11 
 
 Dorchester, Burying-ground, 48; Church 
 
 of Christ, 81 
 Dover, N. H., 128 
 
 Driver, Robert, hanged in Boston, 1674, 
 
 26, 60, 62 
 Dudley, Mrs. Dorothy, 94 
 Dudley, Joseph, 73 
 Dudley, Thomas, 93, 94 
 Dyer, Benjamin, signature, 104 
 
 Eames, Thomas, 76 
 
 Eames, Wilberforce,on Hubbard's Narra- 
 tive, 1677, 75-78 
 
 Edmundson, William, 67, 68 
 
 Elegies on J. Foster, 33-42 
 
 Eliot, John, 50; Foster engraving for, 
 1671, 6-8; Indian A. B. C, 6-8; 
 Indian Bible, 95; Indian Dialogues, 
 1671, 6, 7 
 
 Eliot, Joseph, 88 
 
 Engraving, 3, 6-20 
 
 Exchange, Boston, 108, 109, 122 
 
 Eye-glasses, 1671, 9 
 
 Farnham, John, 136 
 
 Fast, 65, 81, 103, 112 
 
 Feaver, Nicholas, hanged in Boston, 1674, 
 26, 60, 62 
 
 Fitch, Jabez, 100 
 
 Flint, Josiah, 103, 119 
 
 Foster, Comfort, 41, 50, 135 
 
 Foster, Elisha, 41, 50, 51 
 
 Foster, Hopestill, 4, 11, 41, 50 
 
 Foster, James, 41, 50, 135 
 
 Foster, John, as an engraver, 3-20; as a 
 printer, 6, 23-29; attainments, 45-54; 
 buys Johnson's press, 24; death, 11, 
 48, 122; elegies on, 33-42; epitaph, 
 49; Samuel Green's estimate of his 
 skill as a printer, 24, 25; imprints in 
 1675, 25; inventory, 52, 53; Latin 
 couplet to I. Mather, 48, 49; press 
 to be sold by executrix, 50; will, 50, 
 51; works, bibliographical list, 57-134 
 
 Foster, Mary (Mrs. Sale), 41, 50, 51, 
 135 
 
 Foster, Mary (Bates), 4, 3 8 > 5°, 5 1 , J 35 
 
 Foster, Patience, 41, 50 
 
 Foster, Standfast, 41, 50, 51 
 
 Foster, Thankfull (Mrs. Baker), 41, 50, 
 
 5i 
 
 Fosters, T., 71 
 
 Fox, George, 67, 69, 71, 132 
 
 Franklin, Benjamin, 35 
 
 Funeral service, verses placed or pinned 
 
 on the coffin, 33, 34 
 Furber, William, 129 
 
INDEX 
 
 147 
 
 Goffe, William, 64, 67 
 Goodspeed, Charles Eliot, 13, 15 
 Gravestones, by E. D. Harris, 53, 54 
 Green, Bartholomew, press, Boston, 14 
 Green, Samuel, 12, 23, 34, 5 8 > J 35; on 
 
 J. Foster, 24, 25 
 Griffin, John, 107 
 Griggs, William, autograph, 82 
 
 Hadley, Mass., 76 
 
 Hardy, Samuel, 100 
 
 Harris, Benjamin, 88 
 
 Harris, Edward Doubleday, gravestones 
 
 and burying-grounds of New England, 
 
 53, 54 
 
 Harvard College, 3-5, 9, 10, 33, 34, 79; 
 graduates before second degree called 
 "Sir," 7; rank according to family 
 distinction, 5; rudiments of medicine 
 taught at, 47 
 
 Harvard College Library, portrait of 
 R. Mather, 9, 10 
 
 Hassanemesit, 76 
 
 Hatfield, Mass., 76; Indian captives, 90 
 
 Hearse, 33, 34 
 
 Henchman, Daniel, 76 
 
 Higginson, John, 62, 131 
 
 Hollingsworth, Sumner, 79 
 
 Holyoke, Elizur, 76 
 
 Hubbard, William, 42, 74 
 
 Hubbard, William, map of New England, 
 
 12, 15-19, 74, 78, 79 
 Hull, Edward, 13 
 
 Hull, John, 12, 26 n, 103, 1 10, 1 17, 129 
 Humfrey, James, 52 
 Hutchinson, Elisha, 82, 83 
 
 Indian A. B. C, 1671, 6-8 
 Indian captives, 90 
 
 Indian Dialogues, by J. Eliot, 1671, 6, 7 
 Indian words, 18 
 
 Jesson, Jacob, 129 
 
 Johnson, Marmaduke, 7, 23, 24, 135 
 
 Joyliffe, John, 90 
 
 Keach, Benjamin, 88. 
 
 Lake, Thomas, death, 117 
 
 Lecture, 5, 26, 27, 60 
 
 Leet, William, 74 
 
 Leverett, John, 69-71, 73, 107 
 
 Loseby, 79 
 
 Madan, Falconer, 88 
 
 Marlborough, Mass., 76, 129 
 
 Massachusetts Bay Colony, 16, 17, 23; 
 seal cut by Foster, II, 12 
 
 Mather, Cotton, 50, 131 
 
 Mather, Increase, 12, 23, 25-29, 47, 50, 
 61, 65, 86, 89, 91, 100, 103, no; in- 
 terest in Foster, 47; Latin couplet to 
 Foster, 48, 49; licenser of the press, 
 23, 89 
 
 Mather, Nathaniel, letter to Increase, 
 
 1684, 19, 20 
 Mather, Richard, 8, 10; baptized Foster, 
 
 4, 47; death, 9, 10; portrait, 9-1 1 
 Mather, Samuel, 28 
 Mather, Timothy, 28, 52 
 Mayhew, Experience, 7 
 Measles, 72 
 
 Medicine, Foster and practice of, 46, 47 
 Metacomet, 63, 65 
 Miller, William, 15 
 Ministers, as physicians, 46, 47 
 
 Narragansett Country, 82, 83 
 
 New England, Hubbard's map of, 1677, 
 
 cut by Foster, 12, 15-19, 78, 79 
 New England Company, 7 
 Newport, R. I., 67 
 Niantick Country, 82, 83 
 Nicholas, St., 79 
 
 Noddles Island (East Boston), view of 
 Boston and Charlestown from, by 
 Foster, 13 
 
 Norcott, John, 96, 97 
 
 Northampton, Mass., 76, 91 
 
 Norton, John, 95 
 
 Oakes, Urian, 112; licenser of the press, 
 
 89 
 
 Owen, John, 68 
 
INDEX 
 
 Paukamaket, 74 
 Pequot War, 73, 74, 80 
 Philip, 63, 65, 74; articles with, 1671, 
 74 
 
 Philip's War, 63-66, 71, 73, 80, 81 
 Phillips, Henry, 81, 108, 109 
 Phillips, Samuel, 122 
 Physicians, 46, 47 
 
 Pickering, Theophilus, signature, 112 
 Pierce, John, on the seal of the Colony, 
 12 
 
 Pierce, Richard, 62 
 
 Plymouth, Mass., 16, 76 
 
 Plymouth Colony, Old Colony line as 
 
 shown on Hubbard's map, 16, 17 
 Prayer, prevalency of, by I. Mather, 72 
 Prince, Deborah, 62 
 
 Prince, Thomas, autograph, 62, no, 
 117; manuscript catalogue, 57 
 
 Printing press in Boston, set up by Foster, 
 1675, 6, 23-29 
 
 Providence, R. I., 129 
 
 Psalter, for children, 34 
 
 Quakers, 67, 70, 71, 87, 88 
 Quincy, , 129 
 
 Ranger, Edmund, bookseller, 107 
 RatclifF, John, bookbinder, no, in 
 Rawson, Edward, 47, 65, 101, no 
 Red Lion Tavern, Boston, 135, 136 
 Rehoboth, Mass., 76, 129 
 Reiner, John, * 'Lamentations" on, 128, 
 129 
 
 Rhode Island, Island of, purchase by 
 
 W. Coddington, 71 
 Richards, John, 90 
 Rogers, J., 92 
 Russell, James, no 
 Russell, John, 133 
 Russell, Noadiah, signature, no 
 
 S., H., 92 
 
 Sabbath, 13-15 
 
 Saffin, John, 82, 83 
 
 Sale, Mary (Foster), 50, 51 
 
 Salem, Mass., Ill, 113 
 
 Sandy Hook, international yacht race, 
 
 29 
 
 Savage, James, 8 
 
 Seakonk, Mass., 129 
 
 Seal of the Colony, 11, 12 
 
 Sermon, Artillery Election, 81; Election, 
 
 69, 97, 98, 104; Fast, 86 
 Sewall, Samuel, 13, 26«, 33; autograph, 
 
 95, 122 
 
 Sewall, Samuel, notes by, 1676, 62, 63 
 
 Shamrock, British yacht, 29 
 
 Shepard, Jeremiah, 79 
 
 Shepard, Thomas, 33; autograph, 69 
 
 Sherman, John, 74, 79 
 
 Shores, A., 38 
 
 Shorthand, 82, 106 
 
 Sibley, John Langdon, 7, 25, 26, 35, 79 
 Sidney, Sir Philip, 93 
 Sign of the Blew Anchor, Boston, 103 
 Sign of the Dove, Boston, 65, 66 
 Sign of the Gilded Acorn, London, 
 .15 
 
 Simonds, Thomas C, 35 
 "Sir," 6, 7. 
 Small-pox, 72, 117 
 Somerby, Henry, signature, 79 
 Springfield, Mass., 76 
 Stoddard, Anthony, 90 
 Stone, Edwin Martin, 72 
 Stoughton, William, 51 
 Street, T., 122 
 Stubs, John, 67, 68 
 Sudbury, Mass., 76 
 Synod, 1679, 100 
 
 Taylor, Edward, 79 
 
 Thacher, Oxenbridge, signature, 89 
 
 Thacher, Thomas, licenser of the press, 
 
 89 
 
 Thursday lecture, Boston, 5, 27 
 Tileston, Thomas, 34, 35, 38-42 
 Tompson, Benjamin, 18, 74, 127, 129 
 Topsfield, Mass., 34 
 Torrey, Samuel, 103 
 Towns in New England, 74 
 Townsend, Pen, 82 
 
Upham, William Phineas, 119 
 Usher, Mrs. Bridget, 119 
 Usher, John, 34, 84, 85, 108 
 
 Walter, Arthur Maynard, 9 
 Wamesit Indians, 76 
 Ward, N., 92, 95 
 Washacom Ponds, 76 
 White Mountains, 17, 18 
 Whiting, John, 130, 132 
 Willard, Samuel, 129, 134 
 "Winne," or "Winni," 18 
 
 INDEX 
 
 Winnebago, 18 
 Winnepeg, 18 
 Winnepesaukee, Lake, 18 
 Winnisimmet, 18 
 Winslow, Josiah, 71, 73, 74 
 Winthrop, Fitz-John, 126 
 Winthrop, John, 13, 125 
 Winthrop, John, Jr., 24, 125, 128 
 Winthrop, Wait, letter to John, 13 
 Woodbridge, Benjamin, 92 
 Woodbridge, John, 92 
 
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