I vnderstand your marriage is2 paste, and I with my wife doe wish you much comforte togeather in the Lord. I thanke you for your kinde profer of accompanying my daughter Vrsula vnto London, hopinge that my 16letter and my messenger will finde you boath there. My brother Lance and my brother Harris of Cornewall being my worthy friends and now in London proferred me this courtisye to take the care of her safe conducte, and accompany her home and therefore I haue sente but this one messenger. Glad should we be, and our desire is (pardon the vnreasonablenes of your true hearted friends affection) to see your selfe here alsoe, the rather because your voyage is deferred. My wife is alsoe not without hope that my daughter may get and bring downe a good seruant for her: If it be soe, the Exeter carryer lying at the starre in Bread streete may be spoken vnto as soone as he commeth to London for her riding downe which will be better cheape then the sending of a horse of purpose from hence for a doubtefull vse.

Your horse is now solde for six pounds and six shillings: we coulde neuer bring the price soe high till now, though many haue seene him to buy him and haue offered mony for him.

I pray you directe and help my daughter Vrsula what you may. Remember my heartiest salutations to my good brother and sister Downinge. I desire to heare how long you shall stay in London and whither (if you cannot come vnto us) I shall directe my next letters vnto you.

If you returne shortely home commende our deare affection to your worthy mother and our loving daughters, in which I alsoe rest Your louing father ready to doe you any kindenes in my power.

I cannot write the any long narration of our iorny but in breif both on Wednesday and Thursday we came to our iourneys end as wet as drounded rats but came safe and in good health God be praised Me thinks I want thy company much already which maketh me much greiued to thinke of a month or six weeks My Aund Downing expected to haue seene the and chid me because I did not bring the up She thinketh long to see the I prethe write to her when thou hast leisure and to my cosen Mary is uery sory thou carnest not up I send doune some orenges and lemons for 17the and my mother I wil wright her word I send them her Thus with my tru lov remembred I commit the to the God of heauen.2

All our freinds heare salute the. heere is none yet come for my sister Vrsula but last weeke there was one mr. Harris asked for her two or thre tymes and he had promised them to goe downe with her. So I rest with my love to all our freinds my sister winthrop sister mary (whose things I will shortly send downe) vncle and aunt Gostlin mr. Lee and the rest of our frends Thy loving Husband