Thus, at Roxbury, 1678, Hanna Hopkins was censured in the church for fornication with her husband before marriage and for fleeing from justice into Rhode Island.

Rich. And ſay, what ſtore of parting tears were ſhed? Aum. Faith none for me: except the Northeaſt wind Which then grew bitterly againſt our face, Awak’d the ſleepie rhewme, and ſo by chance Did grace our hollow parting with a teare.

She always said that preschoolers danced adorably, so it was no wonder that she opened a dance school for them.

For I did hem a tregetry, But thereof yeve I a little tale