if this Missive safely arryve att Winthropin itt wyll fall vpon a fortune thatt I wyll nott envye; and yett shall I have an happinesse, thatt I much desire; for then wyll ytt faithfully present yow and your selfe with myne harty Salutations. some happy occurrences have acquainted mee with your well-being, and I should rejoyce to bee certayne of your safe-being: for my feares conclude the Salvages dilligent to sute an opportunytye to their Natures. I am as sorry to heare many reportes blemyshe the hopes of your plantation, as I am pleased to bee wytnesse of severall desires to place yow att Grotton; and had I the casting vote, yow should bee there againe, without being sea-sicke; did I suppose yow would ether bee served here, or would bee served by mee, yow should have a warrant Dormant, vnder myne hand and seale to commaund mee, butt in regard thatt the first stand out of all probabyllytye, ceremonious offers shall nott crowd into this manuscript. I doubt nott, but thatt yow sing the Songes of Syon in a strange land, and thatt yow have brought forth thatt Peace yow travaild with, which I wyshe multyplyed to yow, to the height of all comforte; lett our mutuall prayers meete att the throne of grace; and so in confidence that no Gulphe shall parte vs, when wee must departe, I wyll rest, tyll my long Rest Sir Your truly loving frend