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experience that I have had! I have been in the midst of those roaring lions and savage bears that feared neither God nor man nor the devil, by night and day, alone and in company, sleeping all sorts to- gether, and yet not one of them ever offered me the least abuse of unchastity to me in word or action . Though some are ready to say I speak it for my own credit, I speak it in the presence of God and to His glory. God 's power is as great now and as sufficient to save as when He preserved Daniel in the lion's den or the three children in the fiery furnace . I may well say as his Psal. 107:12, "Oh, give thanks unto the Lord for He is good, for His mercy endureth forever. " Let the redeemed ofthe Lord say so whom He hath redeemed from the hand ofthe enemy, es- pecially that I should come away in the m idst of so many hundreds of enemies quietly and peaceably and not a dog moving his tongue ....

Now I see the Lord had His time to scourge and chasten me. The portion of some is to have their af- flictions by drops, now one drop and then another, but the dregs of the cup, the wine of astonishment, like a sweeping rain that leaveth no food, did the Lord prepare to be my portion . Affliction I wanted and af- fliction I had, full measure (I thought) pressed down and running over. Yet I see when God calls a person to anything and through never so many difficulties, yet He is fully able to carry them through and make them see and say they have been gainers thereby. And I hope I can say in some measure, as David did, "It is good for me that I have been afflicted ."1 2

QUESTIONS

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Image 2.4 From Mary Rowlandson's captivit)' narrative (16Sl)

How do you explain the wide and enduring appeal of Rowlandson's captivity narrative? What does the cover here reveal about Rowlandson's intent in writing it, and the document's co ntempora ry us e among readers1 Source: Courtesy Unive『sity of Penn sylva nia SpeciJI Collections Librari·.

1. Compare th e motivations for establishing Virginia and Massachusetts Bay. Do the outcomes reflect these differences?

2· Compare the descriptions ofNative Americans in the writings ofRowlandson, Columbus, Las Casas, Barlowe, and Percy. How do you explain the similarities and the differences?

3· Do the rules instituted at Jamestown in 1611 resemble the kind oforder that Winth rop hoped to establish in Massachusetts Bay?

4. Were Jamestown and Massachusetts Ba Y successful colonies? Explain your answer. 5. Both Keane and Hutch · mson were singled out for their deviant behavior in Massachusetts Bay.

Why were they understood to pose such a threat to the viability of the colony?