Question

Directions: Paraphrase the following important lines from “John Rolfe to Sir Thomas Dale”, a letter meant to persuade a royal official of the necessity of marrying into an Indigenous Peoples.

(6) “...I have ended my private controversie with this: surely these are wicked instigations, hatched by him who seeketh and delighteth in mans destruction; and so with fervant praiers to be ever preserved from such diabolical assaults (as I tooke those to be) I have taken some rest.”

Answer 1

I have resolved my personal conflict with this matter by recognizing that these suggestions are evil influences, created by someone who seeks to harm and destroy humanity. With heartfelt prayers, I hope to always be protected from such malicious attacks, which I initially believed those suggestions to be, and I have now found some peace.