THE ENGLISH, LITERATURES OF AMERICA, op

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1 THE ENGLISH, LITERATURES OF AMERICA, op i EDITED BY JEHLEN AND MICHAEL WARNER Routledge New York and Lei'

2 Contents GENERAL INTRODUCTION xvii ONE: THE GLOBE AT 1500 Chapter 1. The Expansion of Europe 3 1. Marco Polo from The Travels of Marco Polo, c Sir John Mandeville from The Travels of Sir John Mandeville, Niccolo Machiavelli from History of Florence, Christopher Columbus letter to the King and Queen of Castile (first voyage), Amerigo Vespucci letter to Pier Soderini, King Manuel I of Portugal letter to the King and Queen of Castile, Nahuatl accounts of the conquest of Mexico, 1528 and after 30 Two: THE SIXTEENTH AND SEVENTEENTH CENTURIES Chapter 2. Learning to Say "America" in English from The Great Chronicle of London, the first printed account of America in English, Sir Thomas More from Utopia, John Rastell from A New Interlude and a Merry of the Nature of the Four Elements, Richard Eden from translation of Peter Martyr, John Sparke from The Voyage Made by Master John Hawkins, c Lopez Vaz an account of Francis Drake, before George Best from A True Discourse,

3 vi Table of Contents 9. four views on plantation Richard Hakluyt the elder, 1578 Christopher Carleill, 1583 Edward Hayes, 1583 Sir George Peckham, William Lightfoot from The Complaint of England, Thomas Hariot A Briefe and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia, Richard Hakluyt the younger a 1536 case of English cannibalism, Sir Walter Ralegh from The Discovery of the Large, Rich and Bewtiful Empire of Guiana, Michel de Montaigne from "Of the Caniballes," Michel de Montaigne from "Of Coaches" (1580) 16. Francis Bacon "Of Plantations," Definition of "colony," from The Planter's Plea, 1630 Chapter 3. The English Diaspora 1. William Strachey from A True Reportory of the Wrack and Redemption of Sir Thomas Gates, Knight, John Smith et al. from A Map of Virginia, John Smith from A Description of New England, fiveletters from America John Pory, 1619 Richard Frethorne, 1623 John Baldwin, 1623 George Calvert, 1629 Anonymous, Edward Waterhouse A Declaration of the State of the Colony in Virginia, John Smith from The Generall Historie of Virginia, The Tragical Relation of the Virginia Assembly, Francis Higginson journal of a voyage to New England, 1629 Table of Contents vii 9. John Winthrop 58 from "A Modell of Christian Charity," John Cotton 60 from Gods Promise to His Plantations, Sir Henry Colt journal of a voyage to the West Indies, William Wood from New England's Prospect, Thomas Morton from New English Canaan, William Bradford another version of the maypole episode William Bradford 91 from Of Plymouth Plantation, from Mourt's Relation, Thomas Shepard a Nauset prophecy, George Fox an Indian prophecy, Chapter 4. Seventeenth-Century Anglo-America: Virginia and the Indies James I from A Counter-Blaste to Tobacco, John Smith on tobacco, from the Generall Historie, Richard Ligon 104 from A True and Exact History of the Island of Barbados, Richard Pinder 108 from A Loving Invitation to Repentance and Amendment of Life, Anonymous Great News from the Barbadoes, two accounts of Bacon's Rebellion 123 Nathaniel Bacon, Manifesto, Robert Beverley, from History and Present State of 111 Virginia, Aphra Behn The Widow Ranter; or the History of Bacon in Virginia, John Esquemeling from The Buccaneers of America, William Byrd I 149 letter to Daniel Horsmanden, Ned (Edward) Ward 150 from A Trip to Jamaica,

4 viii Table of Contents Table of Contents ix Chapter 5. Seventeenth-Century Anglo-America: New England and Canada John Winthrop from the journal, John Josselyn from the journal of a voyage to New England, [Thomas Shepard] a visit to John Eliot's Indian mission, John Eliot Indians and imps, Michael Wigglesworth from the diary, Anne Bradstreet "To My Dear Children," 1660s Pierre-Esprit Radisson The Relation of my Voyage, being in Bondage in the Lands of the Irokoits, Mary Rowlandson The Soveraignty and Goodness of God, Samuel Sewall from the diary, Richard Chamberlain Lithobolia; Or the Stone-Throwing Devil, Ned Ward from A Trip to New England, John Rogers, Jr. The Declaration and Confession of Esther Rodgers, Nicholas Noyes "An Essay Against Periwigs," c Sarah Knight Journal, Chapter 6. Seventeenth-Century Anglo-America: The Trials of Puritanism the Antinomian controversy Ann Hutchinson, from The Examination of Mrs. Ann Hutchinson at the Court at Newtown, John Winthrop, from A Short Story of the Rise, Reigne, and Ruine of the Antinomians, Familists and Libertines, the Keayne controversy John Winthrop from his journal, Robert Keayne from his will (Apologia), William Hooke from New-Englands Tears for Old-Englands Fears, John Winthrop speech to the General Court, Nathaniel Ward from The Simple Cobler of Aggawam in America, Richard Saltonstall letter to the Boston church, John Cotton reply to Saltonstall 8. Samuel Danforth A Brief Recognition of New-Englands Errand into the Wilderness, Deodat Lawson A Brief and True Narrative, Robert Calef from More Wonders of the Invisible World, 1700 Chapter 7. Science in America: The Seventeenth Century l.johnwilkins from A Voyage of Discovery to the Moon, Roger Williams from A Key into the Language of America, John Josselyn from Two Voyages to New England, 167A 4. Increase Mather from Essay for the Recording of Remarkable Providences, Robert Boyle from Heads for the Natural History of a Country, three selections about smallpox Thomas Thacher, A Brief Rule, 1678 Cotton Mather, letter to Hans Sloane, 1722 Benjamin Franklin, from the Autobiography, Part III, 1788 Chapter 8. Poetry: The Seventeenth Century 1. Edmund Spenser from The Faerie Queene, Book II, Robert Hayman verses on Newfoundland, Anonymous "A West Country Man's Voyage to New England," c George Herbert from "The Church Militant," Anonymous "A Friendly Invitation to a New Plantation" ["The Zealous Puritan"],

5 x Table of Contents Table of Contents xi 6. Anonymous "New England's Annoyances," c from The Whole Booke ofpsalmes Faithfully Translated into English Metre, Anonymous "Ah! Old Must Dye," Andrew Marvell "Bermudas," George Alsop "The Author to his Book," 1666 "Trafique is Earth's great Atlas," Anne Bradstreet "Prologue," 1650 "The Author to her Book" " Contemplations " "Upon the burning of our House" "Before the Birth of one of her Children" "To my Dear and loving Husband" "A Letter to her Husband" 12. Michael Wigglesworth "God's Controversy with New-England," 1662 "A Song of Emptiness" 13. John Milton from Paradise Lost, Edward Taylor Sacramental Meditations, First Series: "Meditation One" "The Reflexion" "Meditation Eight" "Meditation Thirty-Nine" "Meditation Forty-Nine" Sacramental Meditations, Second Series: "Meditation Seventy-Six" "Upon a Spider Catching a Fly" "Huswifery" "The Ebb and Flow" 15. Henry Kelsey "Now Reader Read for I am well assur'd," 1693 THREE: THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY Chapter 9. Religion in the Enlightenment 1. Jonathan Edwards [Of Being], Jonathan Edwards "Personal Narrative," c Jonathan Edwards "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God," Jonathan Edwards "Concerning the Nature of the Will," from Freedom of the Will, Jonathan Edwards "Of Self-Love," from The Nature of True Virtue, David Brainerd from the journal, Samson Occom A Sermon Preached by Samson Occom, Elizabeth Ashbridge from Some Account of the Fore-Part of the Life of Elizabeth Ashbridge, 177A 9. Benjamin Franklin two revisions of Job from the Pennsylvania Gazette, 1734 "The Levee," Benjamin Franklin letter to Ezra Stiles, Thomas Paine from The Age of Reason, 1794 Chapter 10. Histories 1. Joseph Addison The Spectator, No. 69, Daniel Defoe from Robinson Crusoe, Charles Brockden Brown "Robinson Crusoe," from The Literary Magazine, Jonathan Swift from Gulliver's Travels, William Byrd II from the History of the Dividing Line Betwixt Virginia and North Carolina and the Secret History, Dr. Alexander Hamilton from Itinerarium, 17'44 7. Daniel Horsmanden from Journal of the Proceedings Against the Conspirators, at New York in 1741, Nathaniel Ames II "A Thought Upon the Past, Present, and Future of British America," newspaper advertisements for runaway slaves

6 xii Table of Contents Table of Contents xiii 10. Ukawsaw Gronniosaw (James Albert) from A Narrative of The Most Remarkable Particulars in the Life of James Albert Ukawsaw Gronniosaw, an African Prince, Benjamin Franklin Autobiography, Part 1, from Part II, "The Art of Virtue," Peter Oliver from Origin and Progress of the American Rebellion, Edward Gibbon : from Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, William Robertson from The History of America, John Filson The Adventures of Daniel Boon, Olaudah Equiano (Gustavus Vassa) from The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, 1789 ' Noah Webster "The Story of Columbus," from The Little Reader's Assistant, William Baylies the legend of Moiship, or Maushop, Stephen Burroughs from Memoirs of the Notorious Stephen Burroughs, Chapter 11. The Literature of Politics 1. Samuel Sewall The Selling of Joseph, John Saffin A Brief and Candid Answer, John Trenchard and Thomas Gordon Cato's Letters, no. 106, "Of plantations and colonies," William Livingston "Liberty of the Press," Thomas Pownall from The Administration of the Colonies of America, two popular broadsides "To the printur of the Penselvaney Kronical," 1772 "The Sentiments of an American Woman," Benjamin Franklin "An Edict by the King of Prussia," Samuel Johnson from Taxation no Tyranny, Edmund Burke from Speech of Edmund Burke, Esq. on Moving His Resolutions for Conciliation with the Colonies, Abigail Adams letter to John Adams, Adam Smith from The Wealth of Nations, Thomas Jefferson A Declaration by the Representatives of the United States of America, Thomas Jefferson Notes on the State of Virginia, Query 19, Thomas Paine "An Occasional Letter on the Female Sex," Thomas Paine The American Crisis, #1, Judith Sargent Murray "On the Equality of the Sexes," Ottobah Cugoano (John Stuart) from Thoughts and Sentiments on the Evil and Wicked Traffic of the Slavery and Commerce of the Human Species, George Mason and James Madison from the Virginia ratification debate, James Madison The Federalist, #10, Benjamin Franklin "Sidi Mehemet Ibrahim on the Slave Trade," William Manning from The Key of Liberty, Chapter 12. Science in America: The Eighteenth Century Cotton Mather from The Christian Philosopher, Jonathan Edwards letter on spiders, 1723, Jared Eliot from Essays Upon Field Husbandry in New England, Benjamin Franklin "Of Lightning," Thomas Jefferson from Notes on the State of Virginia, Query 6, William Bartram from Travels, Chapter 13. Belles Lettres William Byrd II from the diaries, Richard Steele The Spectator, No. 11,

7 xiv Table of Contents Table of Contents xv. Dr. Alexander Hamilton from The History of the Ancient and Honorable Tuesday Club, Benjamin Franklin "Speech of Miss Polly Baker," Benjamin Franklin " Father Abraham's Speech," Benjamin Franklin "The Ephemera," Thomas Jefferson Notes on the State of Virginia, Query 4, J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur from Letters from an American Farmer, Benjamin Franklin "Remarks Concerning the Savages of North-America," "Alphonzo" from the American Magazine, Charles Brockden Brown and Thomas Jefferson two views of the novel question, Susannah Haswell Rowson from Charlotte Temple, Hannah Webster Foster from The Coquette, Charles Brockden Brown "A Receipt for a Modern Romance," Charles Brockden Brown "Remarks on Reading," Fisher Ames "American Literature," 1803 Chapter 14. Poetry: The Eighteenth Century 1. Ebenezer Cooke The Sot-Weed Factor, Benjamin Tompson "A Neighbour's Tears Sprinkled on the Dust of the Amiable Virgin, Mrs. Rebekah Sewall," Alexander Pope from "Windsor Forest," Benjamin Franklin Silence Dogood No. 7, three versions of Psalm 137 Jane Colman Turell, 1725 Lemuel Hopkins, 1785 Timothy Dwight, Richard Lewis "Food for Criticks," Anonymous "The Cameleon Lover," Anonymous "The Cameleon's Defence," Joseph Green "The Poet's Lamentation for the Loss of his Cat, which he used to call his Muse," Anonymous "The Lady's Complaint," Lucy Terry "Bars Fight," c Charles Hansford from "My Country's Worth," George Berkeley, Bishop of Cloyne "On the Prospect of Planting Arts and Learning in America," John Dyer from The Fleece, James Grainger from The Sugar-Cane, Henry Timberlake "A Translation of the War-Song," from Memoirs of Lieutenant Henry Timberlake, Milcah Martha Moore "The Female Patriots. Addressed to the Daughters of Liberty in America," Mary Nelson "Forty Shillings Reward," Phillis Wheatley "To the University of Cambridge, in New England," 1767 "On Being Brought from Africa to America," 1768 "On Recollection," 1771 "To the Right Honorable William, Earl of Dartmouth," Ned Botwood "Hot Stuff," Anonymous "On the Snake Depicted at the Head of Some American Newspapers," Hannah Griffitts "On Reading Some Paragraphs in 'The Crisis,' April '77" 23. Timothy Dwight "Columbia,"

8 xvi Table of Contents 24. Anonymous from Jamaica, a Poem in Three Parts, The Rector of St. John's, Nevis "The Field Negroe; or the Effect of Civilization," Joseph Stansbury "To Cordelia," c Joel Barlow from The Vision of Columbus, Annis Boudinot Stockton "Elegy on the Destruction of the Trees by the Icicles, Sunday and Monday of February the 17th and 18th, 1788" Elizabeth Graeme Fergusson "On the Mind's Being Engrossed by One Subject," Sarah Wentworth Morton "Sonnet to the Full Summer Moon" ' 1101 "The African Chief," Philip Freneau "On the Emigration to America and Peopling the Western Country," "The Wild Honey Suckle," "The Indian Burying Ground," "Epistle to a Student of Dead Languages," "The Drunkard's Apology," "The Indian Convert," "To the Americans of the United States," INDEX 1113