If The Musick That We Heare Could Give Us Recreation, We Wanted Not Any
Lamentable Musick Nor Sad Spectacle.
In the morning the husband looks uppon
his wife, the Brother his sister, the cozen the cozen, the Oncle the nevew,
that weare for the most part found deade.
They languish with cryes &
hideous noise that it was able to make the haire starre on the heads that
have any apprehension. Good God, have mercy on so many poore innocent
people, and of us that acknowledge thee, that having offended thee punishes
us. But wee are not free of that cruell Executioner. Those that have any
life seeketh out for roots, which could not be done without great
difficultie, the earth being frozen 2 or 3 foote deepe, and the snow 5 or 6
above it. The greatest susibstance that we can have is of rind tree which
growes like ivie about the trees; but to swallow it, we cutt the stick some
2 foot long, tying it in faggott, and boyle it, and when it boyles one
houre or two the rind or skinne comes off with ease, which we take and drie
it in the smoake and then reduce it into powder betwixt two graine-stoans,
and putting the kettle with the same watter uppon the fire, we make it a
kind of broath, which nourished us, but becam thirstier and drier then the
woode we eate.
The 2 first weeke we did eate our doggs. As we went backe uppon our stepps
for to gett any thing to fill our bellyes, we weare glad to gett the boans
and carcasses of the beasts that we killed.
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