Chapter XV: Of a great monster supposed to be at Ma-re Mount 110
Chapter XVI: How the nine worthies put mine host of ma-re mount into the enchanted castle 113
Anne Bradstreet (1612?-1672) 115
The prologue 119
An epitaph on my dear and ever-honored mother 120
Contemplations 121
The flesh and the spirit 127
The author to her book 130
Before the birth of one of her children 130
To my dear and loving husband 131
A letter to her husband 132
Another 132
In reference to her children, 23 June, 1659 133
In memory of my dear grandchild Elizabeth Bradstreet 135
Here follows some verses upon the burning of our house 136
As Weary Pilgrim 137
Michael Wigglesworth (1631-1705) 138
from The day of doom 140
Edward Taylor (1642? - 1729) 148
from God's determinations: 152
The preface 152
The joy of Church fellowship rightly attended 153
from Preparatory meditations: 154
The reflexion 154
Meditation 8 (First series) 155
Meditation 39 (First series) 156
Meditation 7 (Second series) 158
Meditation 150 (second series) 159
Upon a spider catching a fly 160
Upon a wasp chilled with cold 161
Huswifery 162
Upon wedlock, and death of children 163
The ebb and flow 163
Upon the sweeping flood, Aug. 13-14, 1683 165
A fig for thee Oh! Death 165
Mary Rowlandson (1637?-1711?) 167
from The narrative of the captivity and restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson: 169
The first remove 171
The second remove 172
The third remove 173
The fourth remove 176
The twentieth remove 177