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Biography.
and furniture that was left to his eldest son after his decease ; , made him King aIld Governor of the rest ; and delivered to him the history of these Transactions , written with his own hand , commanding ^ him to keep it ; and if any strangers should come hither by any accident to let them see it , and take a copy of it also if they pleased , that the name of this people might not be lost from off the earth , that in the 1667 Cornelius Van SloettenCaptain
It happened year , , of a Dutch ship called the Amsterdam , was . driven by foul weather to this island ; where he found the posterity of Mr . Pine , speaking oood English , and amounting , as it was supposed , to ten or twelve Thousand persons , The / narrative , from which this account is taken , was given by Mr . Pine ' s grandson to the Dutch Captain . Printed in London , being licensed June 27 , 1668 .
Poetry.
POETRY .
FOR THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE . THE APOLOGY .
BY T . P . — .= > a ; yy **»—JnPIS true , my room is very small , - . JL And only boasts a white-wash'd wall ; Each chair with rushen seat is seen , My table is of deal , but clean .
Of plate , alas ! how small my store ! -- ' - No figur'd carpet hides the floor ; No china from a corner station Stands marshal'd out by ostentation ; And , what does most of all astound , 'Tis altogether under ground . 'Tis truesome say I might as wall
, Exist within a Newgate cell : And e'en my best lov'd friends confess The value of appearances . Yet when at eve , my labour o ' er , My fire bright , and shut the door , I scan , untouch't ! with party rage , The merit of th' historic page ; Or mount on Fancy ' s wing sublime
With some high-favour'd son of rhyme ; Or all the bright and boundless store Of fair Philosophy explore ; 11 3
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Biography.
and furniture that was left to his eldest son after his decease ; , made him King aIld Governor of the rest ; and delivered to him the history of these Transactions , written with his own hand , commanding ^ him to keep it ; and if any strangers should come hither by any accident to let them see it , and take a copy of it also if they pleased , that the name of this people might not be lost from off the earth , that in the 1667 Cornelius Van SloettenCaptain
It happened year , , of a Dutch ship called the Amsterdam , was . driven by foul weather to this island ; where he found the posterity of Mr . Pine , speaking oood English , and amounting , as it was supposed , to ten or twelve Thousand persons , The / narrative , from which this account is taken , was given by Mr . Pine ' s grandson to the Dutch Captain . Printed in London , being licensed June 27 , 1668 .
Poetry.
POETRY .
FOR THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE . THE APOLOGY .
BY T . P . — .= > a ; yy **»—JnPIS true , my room is very small , - . JL And only boasts a white-wash'd wall ; Each chair with rushen seat is seen , My table is of deal , but clean .
Of plate , alas ! how small my store ! -- ' - No figur'd carpet hides the floor ; No china from a corner station Stands marshal'd out by ostentation ; And , what does most of all astound , 'Tis altogether under ground . 'Tis truesome say I might as wall
, Exist within a Newgate cell : And e'en my best lov'd friends confess The value of appearances . Yet when at eve , my labour o ' er , My fire bright , and shut the door , I scan , untouch't ! with party rage , The merit of th' historic page ; Or mount on Fancy ' s wing sublime
With some high-favour'd son of rhyme ; Or all the bright and boundless store Of fair Philosophy explore ; 11 3