COLLECTIONS, &c. A BRIEF RELATION OF THE DISCOVERY AND PLANTATION OF NEW ENGLAND: And of sundry Accidents therein occurring, from the year of our Lord M.DC. VII. to this present M.DC.XXII. Together with the State thereof as now it standeth; the general form of government intended; and the division of the whole Territory into Counties, Baronies, &c. LONDON, Printed by John Haviland, and are to be sold by William Bladen, M.DC.XXII. SIR, THE EPISTLE DEDICATORY. To the Prince his Highness. As you are the height of our hopes and blessedness, next after your royal father our lord and sovereign: so, next unto his majesty, are we bound to dedicate our best endeavours to your princely service. And for the subject of this relation, as your highness hath been pleased to do it the honour, by giving it the name of New England; and by your highness most favourable encouragement, to continue the same in life and being: so ought we to render an account of our proceedings, from the root thereof unto the present growth it hath; which summarily is here done. If it shall appear naked (as in truth it is) we beseech your highness to receive it so much the rather for the truth's sake, and with your bounty and grace to shelter it from the storms and tempests |