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Papers of the Winthrop Family, Volume 3

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Joshua Hoyle to John Winthrop, Jr.1
Hoyle, Joshua Winthrop, John, Jr.

1634-12-26

To his most respected Mr. John Winthrop in England or wheresoeuer these
Gentle Mr. Winthrop,

not to protract or prologize, my maine buisinesse at this time is to correct the crudity of a few vnhatcht verses vpon your sudden departure: and first of all a mis-take of pen vpon meere hast and oblivion in the nineteenth.

Et transmundanis celerem te sospitet oris. Haud aliter volucri transactus verbere longa Sœpiùs argutus percurrit stamina pecten.

So in the five and twentith, for Cumque,

Atque tuis noster Zephyris occurrerit Eurus.

Then to the second part prefix (if you please) this title, with some other addition, or change;

Ad regionem ipsam, et Indos Fœcundi latices Nympharum, alveique salubres Quas Merimacus aquas, quas Mystica flumina torquent In mare prœcipites diris exosa chelydris: Primus et ignota portus Masachusis arena, Celsœ vbi consurgunt aliœ Bostonidos arces; or (Fama est hoc etiam Bostonida litore condi.) Quique facem praefers nautis etc. and after, Pande sinus, gremioque Salem deterge madentem, Ac tandem fessos secura sede recondas. Nulla lues pecori: pestis, rabidique leones Absint; flamma vorax, frugibusque inimica locusta Absit: et Hispanos procul his arceto superbos Litoribus; mare ne exundet: ne naufraga puppis: Tempestivus agros ac rura redintegret imber: Copia, paxque suis certatim dotibus, ornent: Persuade indigenis.

these to stand according to this my last Will and Testament.

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Remember my humble service and deerest respects to your worthy parents vnknowen; and Reverend Mr. Cotton fÌitted out of the world and yet still in Boston whose praiers I much desire to enioy: and to your fellow-traveiller Mr. Wilson, whose friendship I am sory the Kernes have intercepted. Keepe sufficient privacy. The infinite God be with vs all. Amen. Yours euer

Josua Hoyle Ex eadem mensula, Decemb. 26, 1634
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W. 4. 74; 5 Collections , I. 204–205. For Joshua Hoyle, Professor of Divinity at Dublin University, see D.N.B.