Can a ship passe from our porte and you expect not letters by it, or shall you receiue letters from others and none from me; farre be it from me at any tyme to frustrate your expectations; it being the dutie of loue, to be alwayes operatinge towards the beloued; I neede not name you the North Starre towards which the compasse of myne endevours constantly inclynes, for you partlie knowe it, and the sequell of my life (God sparing vs both life) shall confirme the truth. Although I was ample in my last lettre; giue me leaue to vent the aboundance of myne affection in this defectiue character of expression; True it is, I about a fortnight since writt a letter for you, but some malignant spirit, knowinge thereof hath stolne it from me as I conceiue it being not endorsed to see to whome it was and what was in it, and now is ashamed to restore it. therein was nothinge but common newes, and therefore I lesse care for the losse. The shipp beinge thus sudainely departed vpon the end of This Trinity Terme I could not relate the particulars of my other letter; in breife my father and mother and sisters remember them to you and I would request the fauour of you to present my humble seruice to your honored father and mother, and my respectiue loue and due respects to you and your best beloued, and to Mr. Dudley and his beloued, and to my Quondam frind Mris. E., desiring for shortnes of tyme to haue leaue to be remembred alsoe in particular to my louinge frind John Samford and his true loue and to the rest of my frinds I rest and remaine Yours as you knowe