By these you may vnderstand that I haue receiued your letters and am glad our busines goes on, though I am very tender of your personall aduenture in the busines, in which I pray be very carefull by all meanes. You know many have an interest in you. for my part I neuer meant lesse then to goe with you, but Gods hand hath bin and is vpon mee more and more in the weaknes of my body, which declynes dayly. for the nayles at Salem there are diuers very much rusted, and so are the clinchers. for the things in the Barke I pray bee carefull of, these are they I thought you should not haue carryed with you, because I feare that our frends will alter their purposes when they 232come. I am sorry for the short prouisions in the bay, it is so all ouer. Helpe Lord! and I hope hee will helpe Salute honest Mr. Garddner and the rest my hart is with you and your iourney, and my prayers shall follow you.

For those things which concerne the Generall, I shall communicate to Mr. Humfry who is home for this Court. I doe not know how too send these nayles you write. there is also 20 or 30 barres of iron left and some meale. to carry too many things thither as guns etc. may not be so advantagious for ought I see. The Lord doe you good abundantly. I am yours euer frend and father

Mee thought I broke from you too abruptly last day. My hart is with you: I can say no more but this streighten your accounts and in them bee curious, leaue your mind for mee about your Ipswich busines in writing; and if you will send 20li to Mr. Endecot you may seale it vp and send it by this bearer I am buying goates. Salute all yours. tell your wife I will not bee long from her. The blessing of heauen bee vpon you and him who is Yours whilst any thing

I haue received 3 letters from you, the first of the 9th of 9ber thother 2 of the 12 and 15 of Jannar. Thanks be to God for your safe arivall after soe tedious a passadge.

I hartilye thank you for the kynde offerr of your howse, but because I can­233not yet resolve of my coming this yeare, I pray dispose of yt to your best advantadge. I am advised not to make choyse of any place for my selfe vntill I come there.

I haue sent you butter, suett and other things by this shipp, for the particulars thereof I referr you to my wives lettres. Sir Arthur Hesilrigg refuseth to deall for Capten Endicotts howse, because as he sayth, the merchants telleth him, the howse is theirs, and built with theire monie etc. as I wrote vnto himselfe; Your mother Peters hath paid me 40li, which I haue laid out for you and almost as much more: shee entends to pay you the rest soe soone as shee can possiblie, which I feare wilbe nere Christide ’ere shee can performe yt. I perceive shee stands verie well affected to you, but as yet cannot doe as shee would for you.

I hartyly thank you for the manie good directions in your letters to me, And for my brother Gostlyn if possiblye I can I will helpe him over, and the rather because his goeing may cause my wife more willinglie to listen therevnto. shee feareth much hardshipp there, and that wee shall spend all, ere wee be setled in a Course to subsist even for foode and rayment. I pray in your next write hir some encouradgement to goe hence vnto you.

Tom Goade sent his letters out of Spayne which I haue received and delivered, but himselfe is gone with that shipp into the Streights, soe I hope he will prove a Sea man. Ben Gostlyn is like to prove a propper Sea man, he is retorned out of the streights and gone to Sea againe. his master vseth him like a sonne, and the youth would not change his Course of life for any other. so soone as he shalbe out of his tyme, he entends to see New England.

having written more at lardge to my brother Winthrop whereto I referr you, with my love to your selfe and second selfe leaving you and your occasions to the blessing of our good God I rest Yours assured