It hath pleased God further to crowne our poore endeavours with success graciously, as you shall largely and punctually understand by Capt. Patrick, to whome I leave the relation wholly, seeing a lively voyce will do it: and therefore I entreat your favour for this omission; specially because it is late in the night and a faire wind attends us. Surely there have been so many singular providences as are worthy of due observance and eternall prayse. And allbeit we have not the whole of our desires, yet O that 479we could extoll him for what we have and waite for more. Much is done, but not all, and if aught be well done, I desire we be not weary thereof, but proceed as God shall minister new occasions. Capt. Patrick can informe you of our intentions for the future: both for Block Island, Long Island, Indians beyond Puillipioak etc. Allso if it shall appear usefull and pleasing to you we will some of us come march through Neepenet: I earnestly desire the work may be thoroughly done, and see we and our friends will suffer much by scattered wretches, if they be not closely followed. But I shall write more fully suddenly, and do desire to understand your pleasures: For we will prefer your minds before ours: But ‘tis clear some must reside here or hereabouts. It is beyond my abilities for the present to resolve you which is best in all things, or particularly about planting Pecot. For tho’ the place be subsistable, and an excellent harbour, and abundance of corne, and the same ground ready for English grayne forthwith, which is a great help to planters, yet the providence of God guided us to so excellent a country at Quaillipioak river, and so all along the coast as we travelled, as I am confident we have not the like in English possession as yet, and probable ‘tis the Dutch will seaze it if the English do not. It is conceived generally far more worthy than Pequid notwithstanding the former considerations. It is too good for any but friends; Capt. Patrick can informe you the full.

I heartely thank you for your loving care of us about necessaries and do acknowledge your kind acceptance of our poore imperfect indeavours, craving your prayers for more grace that we may so increase in loyal faithfullness and fruitfullness, such as may be God’s honor and the fullfilling of your and our joy through Jesus Christ our Lord; and so, with my due respect to yourself with the councell and majestrates I take leave, Yours as in duty I am bound