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Excerpt from A Literal Reprint of the Bay Psalm Book: Being the Earliest New England Version of the Psalms and the First Book Printed in America The two hundred and ninety-five pages which follow this brief introductory notice comprise a literal reprint of the whole of that curious little metrical volume known to antiquaries as the Bay Psalm Book, and to bibliographical writers and scholars as the New England Version of the Psalms, and which was very early in use by our New England forefathers as the New England Psalm Book. In the reproduction of this quaint volume every word, every letter, and indeed every point has been sedulously collated with a perfect impression of the original work struck at Cambridge in the year 1640. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.