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k vii k FiguRes anD maps FiguRes Figure 1 Sample of Roger Williams’ shorthand 2 Figure 2 Portrait of Roger Williams 4 Figure 3 External view of An Essay Towards the Reconciling of Differences Among Christians 5 Figure 4 Title page of An Essay Towards the Reconciling of Differences Among Christians 6 Figure 5 Shorthand vowel example 8 Figure 6 Improvised shorthand example 9 Figure 7 Longhand flag example 9 Figure 8 Shorthand alphabet 12 Figure 9 Shorthand vowel system 12 Figure 10 Williams’ shorthand sample transcribed from Heylyn’s Cosmographie 13 Figure 11 Translation sample #1 14 Figure 12 Translation sample #2 14 Figure 13 Translation sample #3 15 Figure 14 Translation sample #4 15 Figure 15 Translation sample #5 16 Figure 16 Translation sample #6 16 Figure 17 Corresponding printed text in Heylyn’s Cosmographie 17 Figure 18 Mamusse Wunneetupanatamwe Up-Biblium God title page 41 Figures 19–40 Pages from Williams, “A Brief Reply to a Small Book Written by John Eliot” 89–111 viii k Figures and maps FiguRes (cont.) Figure 41 John Norcott, Baptism Discovered Plainly and Faithfully, According to the Word of God title page 116 Figure 42 John Eliot, A Brief Answer to a Small Book Written by John Norcot Against Infant-Baptisme title page 156 maps Map 1 Southern New England in 1650 18 Map 2 Southern New England in 1680 40 ...

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