Editors’ Preface vii Cups of Common Calamity: Puritan Captivity Narratives as Literature and History i I. Mary Rowlandson, “The Sovereignty and Goodness of God” 29 2. “Quentin Stockwell’s Relation of His Captivity and Redemption,” Reported by Increase Mather 77 3. John Gyles, “Memoirs of Odd Adventures, Strange Deliverances, etc.” 91 4. Cotton Mather, “New Assaults from the Indians” and “The Condition of the Captives” 133 5. “A Narrative of Hannah Swarton Containing Wonderful Passages Relating to Her Captivity and Deliverance,” Related by Cotton Mather 145 6. Cotton Mather, “A Narrative of Hannah Dustan’s Notable Deliverance from Captivity” 159 7. John Williams, “The Redeemed Captive Returning to Zion” 165 8. Elizabeth Hanson, “God’s Mercy Surmounting Man’s Cruelty” 227 Bibliography 247 -Indian Captivity: Narratives and Analyses 247 -New England and Canadian Contexts of Puritan Captivities 250 -Early Northeastern Ethnohistory 257 Index 269