Aug: 1628. It pleased God to preserve my sonne Adam in a very great danger, his broth: Step: and Ben: Gostlin2 beinge neere the danger also: for they standinge togither closse to the stable doore, their broth: Forth shootinge at a marke a great waye from them, his arrowe came full amonge the children, so as, to my thinkinge, it must needs strike into Adams side; but it pleased God, it missed him a very little, and struck into the wall by him.

Soone after, my sonne Deane fell backward from a high stoole and pitched upon his head, so as we feared his necke had been broke; but, through Gods mercye, he had no harme.