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Quotation from Good Newes from New England by Edward Winslow
“it was thought meet, being a good and warrantable action, that as we had ever professed friendship, so we should now maintain the same, by observing this their laudable custom”
Good Newes from New England, March 1623, before the visit (Young 1841 / Gutenberg 66332)
Winslow presents the visit as a duty of professed friendship, and he calls the Native custom of visiting the sick a laudable one.
Citation: "it was thought meet, being a good and warrantable action, that as we had ever professed friendship, so we should now maintain the same, by observing this their laudable custom" — Edward Winslow, Good Newes from New England, March 1623, before the visit (Young 1841 / Gutenberg 66332). (id good-newes-from-new-england-q2)
