my respectiue loue remembred: being glad to heere of your safe ariuale: and of your comfortable hopes of a good proceedinge: my desyer is to see you but because I desyer to hasten back I shall not now find tyme to see you I thinke: But I will hasten to setle myself there as soone as I can and then I shall see all the plantations: It pleased god by his prouidence to bring home the Blessinge before Mr. Allerton could be ready for vs, and so we haue agreed with your Father Mr. Gibbons for the fraight of 16 Tunns of Goods at 35s to the riuer mouth: and also It is further agreed that if ther a faier wind will giue way we must haue our goods deliuered at New Towne2 or Water Towne3 at such further prise as shall be iudged by the medle prise of carrienge goods vp the riuer: and I doe earnestely intreate you to be a meanes to hasten them vpp, if by any meanes the wind will serue: for it will greately helpe to promote our worke hauing so few hands to helpe vs and so once more I pray further vs what you can: I haue but 4 peeces of cloth loose being 4 speciall good peeces at 8s heere but fraight and venture will be 6d in a yard more: so if you please you may haue them: or at least I pray lay them vpp safe for me: also the Contentes and cullers of the cloth are

If you accept of them, send me word by my seruant, because else I may sell them to some of New Towne or Dorcester.4

Also if you haue any further Councill or aduise to giue me about plantation or the like write me 2 or 3 words: also you shall doe well to inquier and take careful informations about the Indians killing 2 of our men that a course of iustice may be taken so as may be cleere to all that the course is iust: and so if our goods be landed with you doe vs all the kindnesse you can with howse­255roome: and so Jehouah blesse you in layeing a good foundation in all your vndertakinge for the publike. Your euer assured faithfull Freind