I receiued your letters by Sir Neuton and doe thanke you for your good counsell and for your kinde token, and delivered your token to my chamberfellow Archisden, whoe with thanks retournes his servis: I had sent to you a fortnight agoe, but that my Tutor beinge at London I hoped he had spoken with you, consearninge our quarttridge. I spoke with him about it, who saieth he sent you a bill of both our expenses, he tould me that we weare behinde with him 3 li. 13 s., and now an other month is come in since, which maketh it vp 4 li. If you will send vs mony for him you may safly deliuer it to Hobson the Cambridge Carrier2 by whome I send vp now markinge the letter for a mony letter:

My tutor remembreth his loue to you whoe said he had thought to haue come to Groton this whitsontide but his inexpected journy to London staid the other: My mother and grandmother are in helth from whome I heard 349latly. Sir Harcoote senior3 (for the iunior is in the contry) thanketh you for your kind remembrance of him, and remembreth his service to you: Thus with my duty remembred to you, and my loue to all my freindes in generall, allwais desiringe your blessinge, and praiers for a blessinge on my studies, I humbly leaue you and your affaieres to the blessinge of the Allmighty, and rest your obedient sonne

the last weeke I was from home, and soe could not answer your louing letter, now I am to lett you know, that my wife2 is not purposde to take anie phisick, and if by illnesse she be compelde to vse som, she will haue the aduice of a phisician neere here, whoe may be present, and see the working of his phisicke, that soe he may the better temper it, for her bodie. My coming to London being vncertayne, and my Cosin Gibson being exceding desierous of mony, I haue sent you my Aunts will, and a letter of Attorny with a blanke in it for his name, that shall put it of, for vs. My wife remembers her harty loue to you, and soe doeth he that wisheth you much happinesse, and now leaus you to the protection of the almightie, and rests Your assured louing brother

hauinge sich an occasion as the cominge doune of Tho: Archisdem my Chamber fellow and Sir Caly I thought good though 350in some hast to wright to you by reson of the sooddane iourny of these 2: I hope you are all in health as I am here (blessed be god allmighty) whome I humbly beecech to assist me most graciously by his holy sperrit, to run the waies of godlynesse and to shun the venomus and contagious vices of these outragious times, wherein I once was intangled, but hope by the good sperrit of god to fly them more and more, although by my selfe I am vtterly vnable, yet I will not ceasse to put vp my humble petitions and praiers to him that is the Keeper of Israell, and doe likewise desire your praiers for the same: My Tutor sent doune a letter to you a while scins by one Devurux2 whoe receiued it of Tho: Arkisden I not knowinge of it, now scinse this Devurux sent a note to Tho: Archisden that he had forgot the letter, and his oune letter, for belike he sent one to you: I would desire you to send word whether you haue receiued them or noe: for that Deuurux as I heare say doeth vse to take in hand the cariage of letters and opens them and not delivereth them: I suppose you haue heard of the news of our Colledge businesse about the alteringe of a statute of the library3 also that the Duke is about to make for the Vniversity,4 if not, these 2 Sir Caly and Tho: Ark: can certyfy you of them:

Thus with my humble duty remembred to yourselfe and my mother, and loue to the rest of my frends, allwaies desireing your praiers and blessinge in hast I rest: your dutifull and obedient sonne