I haue reseyued (Right deere and welbelouid) frome you this weeke a letter, though short, yet verye sweete, whiche gaue me a lyuelye tast of those sweete and comfortable wordes, whiche alwayes when you be present withe me, are wonte to flowe most aboundantlye from youre louinge hart, wherbye I perseyue that whether you be present with me, ore absent from me, you are euer one towardes me, and your hart remayneth allwayes with me. Wherfore layinge vp this perswasion of you in my brest, I will most assuredlye, the lorde assistynge me by his grace, beare alwayes the lyke louing hart vnto you agayne, vntyll suche tyme as I may more fully enioye your louing presence: but in the meane tyme I will remayne as one hauing a greate inheritaunce, ore riche treasure, and it beinge by force kept from him, ore hee beinge in a strange contry, and cannot enioye it longethe contynuallye after it, sithinge and sorrowinge that hee is so long berefte of it, yet reioyseth that hee hathe so greatt tresure pertayninge to him, and hoppethe that one daye the tyme will com that hee shalle inioye it, and haue the wholle benyfytt of it, so I hauing a goode hoope of the tyme to com, doe more pacientlye beare the tyme present, and I praye send me word if you be in hellthe and what sucsese you haue with your letters. I sent to Cokynes for the capones and they are not yet fate, as soon as they be redye I wyll send them. I send you this weke by my fathers man a shyrte and fyve payer of hoses. I pray sell all thes, if ye wold any for your owne weryng I haue mor a knyttynge. I pray send me a pound of starche by my fathers man. You may uery well send my byble if it be redye. Thus with my verye hartye commendacions I byd you farewell Committinge you to almyghtye god to whome I commend you in my daylye prayers as I am sure you doe me, the lord kep vs now and euer amen. your louing wife