Upon the death of that aged, pious, sincere-hearted Christian, John Alden Esq: late magistrate of New-Plimouth colony, who dyed Sept 12th. 1687. Being about eighty nine years of age.

Abstract

Verse of eighty-eight lines; first line: The staffe of bread, and water eke the stay. Followed by: John Alden. Anagram end al on hi'. Signed at end: J.C. Attributed to John Cotton (1640-1699) by Evans. Dated [1687?] by Evans. This seems, however, to have been printed in 1714, as the copy held by the Boston Anthenaeum is found bound in a volume of the Boston news-letter, 1711-1715, after the issue of Dec. 6 1714. Other broadsides bound in the volume are positioned according to date of publication. See MHS Proceedings 41 (1908): 208. Text in two columns; surrounded by a mourning border.