Your loueinge letter dated Nouemb. 10, 1635 I receiued whereof I wrott you an answere and sent yt by the shipp wherein Mr. Roger of Asington went, but we haue not hard of the safe arriuall of yt at N: E: I know that you haue hard of the great losse at Dedham, by the death of that paynefull labourer Mr. Roger. One Mr. Newcomen sone of hym at St. Peter in Colchester succeedeth hym etc. Your old freinds of the society are all aliue blessed be the Lord although we are all out of worke.

Old Mr. Harison gaue ouer, and desired the Bishop to giue him leave so to do by reason of his age.

Mr. Penching preaching att Stoake Clare was desired by the parisheoners to sitt styll leste they shoud haue byne in trouble for hym being soare threatened etc.

Mr. Morgan was inhibited preaching and after that was taken with the num palsy whereof he is not yet perfectely recouered yett had agayne some liberty to preach for a whyle if he had ability of minde and body.

Mr. Lea of Groton is suspended for refusing to reade the Kings toleration on the Sabboth but I lately hard that ther was some hope of his liberty.

Mr. Mott of Stoake and Nayland standeth suspended ab officio et beneficio for refusing the new conformitie as they call yt.

My selfe was depriued of my parsonage July 18, 1636 by our Bishop for refusing the old conformity. Many in Suffolk left ther places for feare, and many stand excominicated and many suspended, but none was depriued but my selfe I desyre your prayers to know what is the Lord will therein as for other newes, I leave to the passengers to relate to your worship. This bearer John Stansby is the nerest kinsman I haue except one being my eldest brothers second sone. I hope that the Lord haue wrought in hym a great change, outwardly yt seameth so, tyme (especially in N: E:) will tell us more, oh how ioyfull shall I be to hear yt to be in truth.

Good Sir if ther be cause putt hym into some employment: he is both willing and able to work in husbandry although he have byne lately a clothyer. I would desyre that he might haue a convenient lott of ground which he, or his frends, comeing after hym might in tyme build on. I would not haue hym any way to be chargabl to you, or yours, for I heare and do believe yt of your liberality to many, and so will not haue my kinsman to be burdensome to you and he haue brought some provision with hym and of a minde to worke for his liueing My wife and I haue our health and haue a cherfull heart I prayse God, and notwithstanding our loss. I do liue with my sonne in law at Mendlesham. We both do hartely salute you and your wife and whol family in the Lord and rest desiring your prayers Your loueing freinde in the Lord

these are to certyfie you how the lord hath beene pleased to deale with vs this winter, it hath pleased him of his goodnes and mercy to give vs rest from the Indians all this winter butt one the 22th of the last moneth I with tenn men more with me went aboue our neck of land to fire some small bushes and marshes whear we thought the enimie might have lien in ambush and aboute halfe a mile from home we started 3 Indians and havinge posibility to have cutt them short we runinge to meett them and to fire the marsh but whylest our men was setting it one fire there 382rushed out of the woods 2 severall wayes a great Company of Indians which though we gaue fire vppon them yett they run one to the very mussells of our peices and soe the shott 3 men downe in the place and 3 more men shott that escaped of which one died the same night and if the lord had not putt it into my mind to make the men draw ther swords the had taken vs all aliue soe that sometime shouttinge and sometime retraightinge keepinge them of with our swords we recovered a bayre place of the ground which this winter I had cleard for the same vse and they durst not follow vs any further because yt is vnder Command of our great guns of which I hope the have had some experience as we heare by the relation of other Indians, and your freind Sacious and Nebott are the cheife actors of the treachery and villainy agaynst vs.2 as concerninge my sheep which you writt to me of I tooke order with Mr. Gibbins about them but If he be not yett come Home I would intreat you that the may be kept with yours vntill you heare from him. thus Hopeinge that you will be a meanes to stirr vp our freinds in the bay out of there dead sleep of securytie to think that your Condicon may be as ours is vnles some speedy Course be taken which must not be done by a few but by a great Company for all the Indian haue ther eyes fixed vppon vs and this yeare the will all joyne with vs agaynst the Pequtt and it is to be feared that the next year the will be agaynst vs we have vsed 2 sheets of your lead which was in square