Evans 497
Signatures: A-K⁸ L⁴ (L4 blank).
"Translation: The-sincere convert [literally: Man who stands turned-about.] Making-known they-are-few sincerely who-believe, having-been written in Englishman's language by that very-excellent servant-of Christ who is-named Thomas Shepard is-turned into Indian language by that honoured servant-of Christ who is-named John Eliot. And some in places a-little amended by Grindal Rawson ... In the Massachusetts Indian language. This was the last of John Eliot's translations printed in his lifetime, although its preparation was nearly completed twenty-five years before." -- Evans, v. 1, no. 497.
"A fragment of the Apostle Eliot's translation into Indian ... it was found in one of the Indian cottages among the Marshpees, at Sandwich, by the missionary Fish."-- Note in manuscript.
LC copy imperfect: all before p. 29, p. 33-60 and 77-92 wanting.