I am much satisfied to hear of your safe ariuall and my neeces in N: E: and doe hartilie thank you for our kinde inuitation thither: and your care of our acommodations: but I confesse neither when you weer heer: not yet am I conuinct, that wee are like to see new E: this year: nor doe I wish to abuse your so precious affections with procestinated hopes: concerninge your commands: i. Your mother peters desires my neeces clothes maye staye till she goes ouer to you, because she hath some to send her, both from hence, and from holland. allso she hears my neec is with childe and therfore she cannot be well fited att present: for many younge weomen grow much of ther first child for the other things you shall receiue acordinge to your directions, and this inclosed note: You shall allso receiue a large box with linine and pewter wich I desire you to conceall the donor therof if you chance by the marks, or such like, to discouer whence they come: and that for 2 resons: first the partye would auoide ielozie of another that hath none sent him att this time: 2 theer are more to come to you from the same place: and she would not have thes wich are noe part of them to preuent the other: allso I pray impart not any thinge of them to your mayd that went ouer with you: whoe came out of hollan: not that theer is any wronge done heerby, be confident of that: as you shall fullie vnderstand very shortlie: but I pray obserue thes directions to preuent iniuries:

I should much maruill your seruant goad and you wear so sudinlie parted, but that I knowe your man richards base qualities, and that he hath exstreamlie abused both you and himselfe in his words and carigd hear: as mrs. peters, myselfe, and diuers other frinds of yours can witnes, apon my owne knowlegde, and my brother gostlin and my brother hill. he tould my brother hill he had as good send thorn goad to the gallows as with you: and villified and sleighted your seruis to my sister and him: and profest him selfe would not be perswaded to goe backe with you apon noe intreatie: it would be very prolix to perticuler things in this kind to you but be conuinct this far, that if you would not harbour a man guiltie of this foornamed vice of detraction to you, swearinge, drunkenes in a frequent manor, and so much whoredome as steallinge into a womans bed vnknown to her, allthoughe she denyes it: then I pray reiect all trust in him, for apon my creditt thes things are true of him. the woman her selfe came to me to complaine of him, whom he frighted in this manor: and his doged speaches of you makes many of your frinds fear you 237maye be liklie to haue a mischiue by him, att one time or other, if you haue to doe with him and a man that went ouer with you in the abigall, and from thence into Spaine with thom goad and is now in London tells my sister hill that richard did cosen thomas goad of all such things as my sister furnisht him with for his iournie: and I perceiue my sister takes it somwhat vnkindlie you afforded her not a word why you parted with him: I thank you for your dayntie token, and all those moste affectionat respects wich I shall euer highlie vallue, allthough meanlie requite. I pray present my best respects to my neec, prayinge her prosperitie, and all our good frinds with you, my Dutch cosen msr. humphries msr. cotten and all our kindred and frinds att your commands. the polsgraue and his brother the sight of them takes me sudainlie of.