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Narrative of Phineas Pratt
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"THE NARRATIVE OF PHINEAS
PRATT
In 1662, Pratt
presented to the General Court of Massachusetts a narrative entitled “A
declaration of the affairs of the English people that first inhabited New
England” to support his request for financial assistance. The
extraordinary document is Phineas Pratt’s own account of the Wessagusset
settlement and its downfall. Following
is the text of Pratt’s narrative, taken from the pages of the
Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society, 4 th
series, Volume 4, 1858, with regularized spelling and punctuation [there
are missing pieces, indicated by … ]:
A
DECLARATION OF THE AFFAIRS OF THE ENGLISH PEOPLE
THAT FIRST INHABITED NEW ENGLAND
In
the time of spiritual darkness, when the state [ecclesiasti…] Rome ruled
and over ruled most of the nations of Europe, it
[plea…] to give wisdom to many, kings and people, in breaking
that spiritual [yo…]; yet, not withstanding, there arose great strife
among such people that are known by the name of Protestants, in many cases
concerning the worship of God; but the greatest & strongest number of
men commonly prevailed against the smaller and lesser number. At this time the honored Estates of Holland gave more liberty
in cases of religion that could be enjoyed in some other places.
Upon which divers good Christians removed [the…] dwellings into
the Low Countries.
Then one company that dwelt in the city of Leiden, being no well able
outwardly to subsist, took counsel & agreed to remove into America,
into some port northward of Virginia.
The Dutch people offered them divers conditions to supply them with
things necessary if they would live under the government of their s"
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