Footnotes(a)By the Cape is meant theCapes of Virginea[sic.], the first Land on the Coast ofVirginiaandMary-Land.(b)ToCoveis to lie at Anchor safe in Harbour.(c)The Bay ofPiscato-way, the usual place where our Ships come to an Anchor inMary-Land.(d)The Planters generally wearBlue Linnen.(e)ACanoois anIndianBoat, cut out of the body of a Popular-Tree [sic., Poplar-Tree].(f)Wolves are very numerous inMary-Land.(g)'Tis supposed by the Planters that all unknown Persons run away from some Master.(h)Syder-pap is a sort of Food made of Syder and small Homine, like our Oatmeal.(i)Pon is Bread made ofIndian-Corn.(k)Mush is a sort of hasty-pudding made with water andIndianFlower.(l)Homine is a dish that is made of boiledIndianWheat, eaten with Molossus, or Bacon-Fat.(m)'Tis the Custom for Servants to be obliged for four Years to very servile work; after which time they have their Freedom.(n)These are the general Excuses made byEnglishWomen, which are sold, or sell themselves toMary-Land.(o)Beds stand in the Chimney-corner in this Country.(p)Frogs are calledVirginiaBells and make (both in that country andMary-Land) during the Night, a very hoarse ungrateful Noise.(q)Kekicknitopis anIndianExpression, and signifies no more than this,How do you do?(r)TheseIndiansworship the Devil, and pray to him as we do to God Almighty. 'Tis suppos'd, thatAmericawas peopled fromScythiaorTartaria, which Borders onChina, by reason theTartariansandAmericans, very much agree in their Manners, Arms and Government. Other persons are of Opinion, that theChinesefirst peopled theWest-Indies; imaginingChinaand the Southern part ofAmericato be contiguous. Others believe that the Phœnicians who were very skilful Mariners, first planted a Colony in the Isles ofAmerica, and supply'd the Persons left to inhabit there with Women and all other Necessaries; till either the Death or Shipwreck of the first Discoverers, or some other Misfortune, occasioned the loss of the Discovery, which had been purchased by the Peril of the first Adventurers.(s)Pizarro was the Person that conquer'd Peru; a Man of a most bloody Disposition, base, treacherous, covetous and revengeful.(t)SpanishShoar.(u)There is a very bad Custom in some Colledges, of giving the StudentsA Groat ad purgandas Rhenes, which is usually employ'd to the use of theDonor.(v)Bears are said to live by sucking of theirPaws, according to the Notion of some Learned Authors.(w)ThePhœnicianswere the best and boldest Saylors of Antiquity, and indeed the only Persons, in former Ages, who durst venture themselves on the Main Sea.(x)ThePriestsargue, That our Senses in point ofTransubstantiationought not to be believed, for tho' the Consecrated Bread has all the accidents of Bread, yet they affirm, 'tis the Body of Christ, and not of Bread but Flesh and Bones.(y)In the County-Court of Mary-Land, very few of the Justices of the Peace can write or read.(z)'Tis the Custom of the Planters to throw their own, or any other Person's Hat, Wig, Shooes or Stockings in the Fire.(aa)Planters are usually call'd by the Name ofOronooko, from their PlantingOronooko-Tobacco.(bb)Cockerouse, is a Man of Quality.(cc)Musmilleon Vines are what we call Musk milleon Plants.(dd)Æthonis one of the Poetical Horses of the Sun.(ee)Chincesare a sort of Vermin like ourBugsinEngland.(ff)Wild Turkies are very good Meat, and prodigiously large inMary-Land.(gg)Succahana is Water.(hh)A Goud grows upon anIndianVine, resembling a Bottle, when ripe it is hollow; this the Planters make use of to drink water out of.(ii)This Fellow was an Apothecary, and turned an Attorney at Law.(kk)TheYawsis thePox.(ll)The chief ofMary-Landcontaining about twenty-fourHouses.(mm)There is a Law in this Country, the Plaintiff may pay his Debt in Country pay, which consists in the produce of his Plantation.(nn)The home ward bound fleet meets here.(oo)The Author does not intend by this any of theEnglishGentlemen resident there.
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(a)By the Cape is meant theCapes of Virginea[sic.], the first Land on the Coast ofVirginiaandMary-Land.
(b)ToCoveis to lie at Anchor safe in Harbour.
(c)The Bay ofPiscato-way, the usual place where our Ships come to an Anchor inMary-Land.
(d)The Planters generally wearBlue Linnen.
(e)ACanoois anIndianBoat, cut out of the body of a Popular-Tree [sic., Poplar-Tree].
(f)Wolves are very numerous inMary-Land.
(g)'Tis supposed by the Planters that all unknown Persons run away from some Master.
(h)Syder-pap is a sort of Food made of Syder and small Homine, like our Oatmeal.
(i)Pon is Bread made ofIndian-Corn.
(k)Mush is a sort of hasty-pudding made with water andIndianFlower.
(l)Homine is a dish that is made of boiledIndianWheat, eaten with Molossus, or Bacon-Fat.
(m)'Tis the Custom for Servants to be obliged for four Years to very servile work; after which time they have their Freedom.
(n)These are the general Excuses made byEnglishWomen, which are sold, or sell themselves toMary-Land.
(o)Beds stand in the Chimney-corner in this Country.
(p)Frogs are calledVirginiaBells and make (both in that country andMary-Land) during the Night, a very hoarse ungrateful Noise.
(q)Kekicknitopis anIndianExpression, and signifies no more than this,How do you do?
(r)TheseIndiansworship the Devil, and pray to him as we do to God Almighty. 'Tis suppos'd, thatAmericawas peopled fromScythiaorTartaria, which Borders onChina, by reason theTartariansandAmericans, very much agree in their Manners, Arms and Government. Other persons are of Opinion, that theChinesefirst peopled theWest-Indies; imaginingChinaand the Southern part ofAmericato be contiguous. Others believe that the Phœnicians who were very skilful Mariners, first planted a Colony in the Isles ofAmerica, and supply'd the Persons left to inhabit there with Women and all other Necessaries; till either the Death or Shipwreck of the first Discoverers, or some other Misfortune, occasioned the loss of the Discovery, which had been purchased by the Peril of the first Adventurers.
(s)Pizarro was the Person that conquer'd Peru; a Man of a most bloody Disposition, base, treacherous, covetous and revengeful.
(t)SpanishShoar.
(u)There is a very bad Custom in some Colledges, of giving the StudentsA Groat ad purgandas Rhenes, which is usually employ'd to the use of theDonor.
(v)Bears are said to live by sucking of theirPaws, according to the Notion of some Learned Authors.
(w)ThePhœnicianswere the best and boldest Saylors of Antiquity, and indeed the only Persons, in former Ages, who durst venture themselves on the Main Sea.
(x)ThePriestsargue, That our Senses in point ofTransubstantiationought not to be believed, for tho' the Consecrated Bread has all the accidents of Bread, yet they affirm, 'tis the Body of Christ, and not of Bread but Flesh and Bones.
(y)In the County-Court of Mary-Land, very few of the Justices of the Peace can write or read.
(z)'Tis the Custom of the Planters to throw their own, or any other Person's Hat, Wig, Shooes or Stockings in the Fire.
(aa)Planters are usually call'd by the Name ofOronooko, from their PlantingOronooko-Tobacco.
(bb)Cockerouse, is a Man of Quality.
(cc)Musmilleon Vines are what we call Musk milleon Plants.
(dd)Æthonis one of the Poetical Horses of the Sun.
(ee)Chincesare a sort of Vermin like ourBugsinEngland.
(ff)Wild Turkies are very good Meat, and prodigiously large inMary-Land.
(gg)Succahana is Water.
(hh)A Goud grows upon anIndianVine, resembling a Bottle, when ripe it is hollow; this the Planters make use of to drink water out of.
(ii)This Fellow was an Apothecary, and turned an Attorney at Law.
(kk)TheYawsis thePox.
(ll)The chief ofMary-Landcontaining about twenty-fourHouses.
(mm)There is a Law in this Country, the Plaintiff may pay his Debt in Country pay, which consists in the produce of his Plantation.
(nn)The home ward bound fleet meets here.
(oo)The Author does not intend by this any of theEnglishGentlemen resident there.
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