A glass for the people of New-England
Subtitle: in which they may see themselves and spirits, and if not too late, repent and turn away from their abominable ways and cursed contrivances that so the Lord God may turn away his wrath, which he will bring upon them (if they repent not) for their blasphemies against himself, and for all the murders and cruelties done to his tender people, ever since they usurped authority to banish, hang, whip, and cut off ears, and spoil the goods of dissenters from them in religious matters, while themselves disown infallibility in those things
By: by S.G.
Contributors: Fox, George, 1624-1691; Tyso, John, -1700
Publisher: s.n.]
Published: 1676
Place of publication: [London?
Language: eng
Number of pages: 43
Subjects: Society of Friends
Notes: "A secretly-printed Quaker tract, on the cruel action taken by the General Court of Massachusetts in 1643 against the Quakers, and Anne Hutchinson."--Preface to the 1929 edition.

Author's name from ESTC.

Two states noted. The first state has the words "The end" at the foot of p. 43. The second state has a rule and a two line errata statement at the foot of p. 43.

Signatures: A℗ø B-F́þ.

Errors in paging: p. 39-41 misnumbered 29, 7, 43.

"And now may I set down some tenents, which I found written in a book called, The elders tenents in the Bay. So if they be your tenents, ye elders of New-England, consider of them (for some of them appear very unsound) if they be not, then disown them ... or if you will own part, then let's know which part ... they are numbered from one to forty six: those of them which I am most dissatisfied in are thus noted [fist] on the margin."--Page 24-28.

"Queries by another hand for New-England priests and elders to answer."--Page 29-33. Signed: G.F. [i.e. George Fox].

"The copy of a letter which was delivered into the hands of R. Bellingham, late governour of Boston in New-England, for him to read and consider, with his assistants, & the inhabitants of the town of Boston, with the rest of their brethren where this may come [and other writings]."--Page 34-43. Signed: John Tyso.

English short title catalogue, entry R10937

Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time, entry 28926

Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (2nd ed.), entry G2065

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Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy halfbound in red, morocco-grained leather and shell marbled papers. The bookplate of the BPL Charlestown Branch/Harris Fund, dated April 12, 1898 is present on the front pastedown. A dealer's description is laid onto the verso of the front free endpaper. "W/71" is inscribed, in an early hand, in the upper right corner of the title page.