Decennium luctuosum. An history of remarkable occurrences, in the long war, which New-England hath had with the Indian savages, from the year,... (English Edition) [Kindle-editie] beoordelingen het boek quotes

"Every Reasonable man will readily allow that it is a Duty to God, and a Service to the World, for to preserve the Memory of such matters, as have been the more Memorable Occurrences in the War, that ha's for Ten Years together, been multiplying Changes and Sorrows upon us. And the Author, in whose Historical Writings, the most Inquisive Envy, ha's never to this Hour detected, so much as one Voluntary and Material Mistake, or one arting paid unto the Readers in the Co of Candia, ha's now chosen to preserve the Memory of ese matters, while they are Fresh & New, and one hath not Fifty years, which is the Channel of the River of Oblivion, to pass over unto them. This Expedition is used in the publication of our