Papers of the Winthrop Family, Volume 3
1631-04-05
My afections toward thee is so great as that I can let slip no ocasion of manifesting the same intreating thee to bee perswaded of my loue to thee notwithstanding my pasions and weaknes which formerly haue caused thee to thinke the contrary I haue sent up thy box this weeke and because it was not full I let Bes Web put in her goune for next weeke shee cometh up Thus with my loue
diliuer this to my aunt downing
W. Au. 58. With the exception of the superscription, the date, and the postscript, this letter is in cipher.