these are to entreate your favour for and in the behalfe of your poore Clyent Warner2 in forma pauperis that you will deliuer these Interrogacions inclosed into the Court vppon which one William Stones is to be examined accordinge to an order of the Court made 21° November last past.3 And yf you have any interest in the Examiner let me request you to entreate him not to slight him over but to holde him to the Interrogacions and then to take what Answer soeuer he will make. And yf my Lord Staffordes4 Sollicitor doe retorne the Comission in Court let me request you to further the publicacion of the bookes and yf he be slack therein let me request you to vrge it forwardes for the poore man and to give him day to shewe cause etc. The poore man of himselfe is not able to travell in respect of the weakenes of his body and purse And therfore I desier you to commiserate his case and I doubt not but the iustnes of his cause will one day incite him to remember your loue and paynes therin. Stones day of apparance is xve hillarie. Thus hopinge to see you very shortly I commit you to the proteccion of the Almighty. Sodbury in Com. Glouc. this 20th of January 1628–29. Yours euer to commaunde

I receiued thy most louinge and wellcome Lettre, and doe heartyly reioyce and blesse our heauenly father, acknowledging his most gratious prouidence, and great Loue towards vs, as in all other thinges, so in this mercy, in bringinge thee home in saftye, and preseruinge all our family in peace to thy comminge: we see how faithfull and true he is in all his promises, o that we could make vse of all our experience to relye more vpon him, and cast our owne cares vpon him, caringe onely to please and serue him: I am sorrye for Amye her sicknesse,2 but praysed be God, who hath disposed so well of it, that the trouble is fallen in our owne howse, for it would haue been far more burdensome and inconuenient if it had fallen 65heer: I doubt not of thy care of her, that she may want neither meanes nor attendance, and I trust the Lord will restore her againe in due tyme.

I prayse the Lord, I am now growne indifferent well,3 and doe gather strength daylye, and doe hope (through his mercy) we shall haue a happy meetinge ere longe, for which, and for the continuance of all other blessinges (especially those which concerne the good of our soules) let vs be constant in prayer, and in a carefull endeauor to walke in all well pleasinge before him. remember my duty to my good mother, my blessinge to all our children, and kinde salutacions to all our freinds particularly at Groton hall and to mr. Leigh,4 thanke him for his kind and Christian Lettre: our freindes heer are all in health and desire to be remembered to you all. for newes I referre you to my neighbour Newton: we haue receiued all the thinges you sent, my sister and my self thanke thee for them. I will followe thy counsell, and rest in thy Loue for as kinde acceptance of these, as thy pretye sweet short Lettre had with me, so I kisse my sweet wife and rest, commend thee and all ours to our most mercifull Lord and heauenly father in Christ, so I kisse my sweet wife and rest Thy faithfull husband