my humble and due seruise remembered to your selfe and your deare yoakfellow together with my constant requests to the lord of wisedome and grace to perfect his worke in you and by you to the prayse of his owne grace: I made bould som months since to present your worshipp with a few lines touching the Cattell that mr. Skelton left with mee: and since that time I haue Received a letter from your selfe: and by direction of our beloued mr. Endicott from your self haue taken a true coppy of those writings which mr. Endecott presented to you soe neere as possible can bee desiring rather to charge my selfe than to doe the least wrong in any kind; which Coppy I haue here sent: as allso mr. Skeltons Will: desireng to lay all things naked before you as the lye: now I beeseech you worthy Sir: though I haue the Cattell in a compleate number: yet the charge of the keeping hath beene much to mee: as allso diuers debts of mr. Skeltons wherof som are payd and some are not: now this I know that since mr. Skeltons death I am out of purse of my owne money laiyd for the cattell and the keeping of the house (as som freinds are able to Relate) the some of 25li and better almost 26li besides all that I haue made of the milke: which I hope was put to the best advantadge: and as I haue intimated the losse of the cattell in the accompt soe allso there remayneth since mr. Skeltons death but onely one Bull calf: and for the Cowes there are but two that haue taken the season of breed: and one of them will not com till the latter end of the sommer many cattell were brought into the towne this yeare and our bulls fayled much: And whereas you were pleased to expresse that you saw not your selues ingaged for the keeping of the children: there is noe ingagments by mee: your selfe knoweth how the Couenant Runneth: if mr. Skeltons will bee disanuld which is the ground of my ingagement: I beeseech you then consider vpon whom shall it ly: now since I haue seene the lords hand calling mee to this busines I haue had triall euery way both of vnderstanding and care how to order things for the best: thus knowing your care and indeauour to please the lord 187in all things I Rest leauing these to your godly and wise consideration Yours vnfeinedly to command in the lord

I shall request you, when you are freed from the distractions which a werisom jorney may perhapps afford; to consider of these particulers.

Fyrst whatt cowrse you and your good freinds together can propose for the transmission of yonge children, vppon tearmes of aprentishipp on the conditions I have spoken to your selfe off, or any other way, as the Lord shall dyrect.

2 To prouide for your seruant, when you speak with your Yorksheire freinds, for the sending of twoe mares very good to your country of Goshan:

3 To bestow a word on your frind thats your skinner for a beauer coate; itt must bee made very large; and to the length of the calfe of the leg:

4: I request a bever hatt of the best sort:

Either Mr. Francis Allen Jeweller who dwelles over against St. Dunstons Church, or Mr. Burnett who dwells att the Golden Fleece in Lumbert Streete will geiue you notice of som Irish merchants that may be bound for Dublin; by these be plesd to dyrect your Lettres etc. to Mr. Lake merchant in Dublin in the Castle Streete. I remaine your affectionate frind and seruant

Hast to bee at my charge wes the reason why I come away so abruptly th’other day. I could have been glad to have had more tyme, and so to have been more refreshed with yowr company, But I hope the tyme may come when wee may see one another in that land where a great part of my heart is already. I have made bold to send some letters that yow 188may cause bee delyvered as you go along. To three I have writen somwhat concerning yow, To Johne Stewart in Air to Mr. David Dicksone in Irvin, and to James Murray in Edinborough, To whom if yow bee pleased yow may showe yowr self and give some information how maters goes beyond Seas They are men religious and wyse, with whom yow may be free and who (I dare promise) will communicate what yow impart to them only to such and so much as yow shal think fitting. The lord whom yow serve is with yow, wilbee with yow and guyd yow the way that yow are going which shalbee the prayers of him who is Yowrs in the trewest respects