A Character of the Province of Maryland / Described in four distinct parts; also a small Treatise on the Wild and Naked Indians (or Susquehanokes) of Maryland, their customs, manners, absurdities, and religion; together with a collection of historical letters.

by George Alsop

Discover what thy greater Coines will be;

This Embryo thus well polisht doth presage,

The manly Atchievements of its future age.

Auspicious winds blow gently on this spark,

Untill its flames discover what’s yet dark;

Mean while this short Abridgement we embrace,

Expecting that thy busy soul will trace

Some Mines at last which may enrich the World,

And all that poverty may be in oblivion hurl’d.

Zoilus is dumb, for thou the mark hast hit,