Tears of repentance: or, A further narrative of the progress of the Gospel amongst the Indians in New-England: : setting forth, not only their present state and condition, but sundry confessions of sin by diverse of the said Indians, wrought upon by the saving power of the Gospel; together with the manifestation of their faith and hope in Jesus Christ, and the work of grace upon their hearts.
This 1653 London book, printed by Peter Cole and written by missionary John Eliot, reports to English readers on Christian conversion among Native people in New England. The three pictures are printed typographic ornaments: two horizontal borders of stylised flowers, scrolls and rosettes in black on cream, and a large decorated initial letter with interlaced foliage and curling stems. A designer could draw on these for dense, repeating border bands and for a carved, inked display capital.
