I have not seene Captain Best, since I Received your letters, (al­thoughe I have expected hym heere, dayly;) neither doe I suppose to see 351hym, before his voyage, in Regard that I vnderstand the shipps are to depart speedily into Tilburie hope;2 Therefore I have written a letter to hym, which I send yow vnsealed, inclosed in this Letter, when yow have pervsed it, if yow shall please to make vse of it; seale it vpp, and send it by your sonne, otherwise keepe it at your pleasure; If (in any thinge,) I can doe yow any kindnes, I will thinck my selfe happy in doinge it. Thus with my hartie love to yow, and my Cosen Downyng, with all yours, I Rest Your assured faithfull frend