I am tolde by my mother and she shewed mee a letter, which you haue very kindly written to my father, that you will repaye certayne mony that was taken up in London, by reason of my troubles occasioned by gods prouiedence in that my so much Desired match with your Deerest brother,2 which the lord othewise ordarred, and broght his estate into your hands, the lord prospar it unto you and yours. I shall truly praye for you and Desire your prayers may be before the lord for mee who am lefte to passe through the miseryes of a trublesome pilgramage. I thanke you for the continuanc of your loue. my father and mother ar uery kinde unto me and will not be wanting I know in thare loue, but though the lord should greatly Increase your estate by the losse of my Deerest frieand and the lessening of my poore porsion and laying other Hindrances apon mee, yeeat shall I neuer think my loue ill settled upon one that loued me So Deearly, though he could leue me nothing but his prayers for me and the Intrust I haue in your loue, whoes kindness is so clearly manifested like the kindnesse of ruth to the leuing and to the dead. the 30 pound you writt of was taken up of my unkle talley, besides which the 10 pound my fathers man brought with him and the 5 pound of mr. Brinscely and 8 pound from my unkle Downing goeth out of that som of 50 pound in his hands which my father Paynter was willing my mother should add to my porsion which was but 2 hundred and 50 pound before for your brother. and now that is all spente exeptting uery littell, but 40in this I do submitte my selue patiently to the will of god, and take it as the least part of that great affliction. I do not mention anye of this to presse you good Brother, nether ar you bownd but as the consideration of gods Dealing, boeath with you and your brother, and mee, shall moue you. your promiseses ware your kindnes I could not disuurue deserve them, forlorne and Dessolate as I wase. yeeat thay ware comfortable in that case, and I still thank you and pray the lord to reward you. the mare I confesse I should Desire to gett Downe if it might stand with your good liking. I hope to ridde to Sutton upon her shortly. mr. Brinscely knowes how to send har downe by the carryer. I am ashamed to put all thes thing in letters which your well knowen loue and redy kindnes would preuente me in if I could but see you, nay hath preuented. my father and mother desires to see you all if it be possable, though they haue let-tell hope by resoan of my fathers Imployments. praye remembar my unfayned loue to my worthy sister your wife and my sister Elizabeth Winthrop praye scertifie her that I reseaued har louing letter and excuse me to har that I haue not now written to har. I should be uery thankefull, if you would be please to lett me here from you the mesingar of your wellfare being allwayes wellcom and much reoiysing the hart of mee your euer louing sister

I haue desired a good while to haue spoke with you, but could not neither at home nor at London: The busines about which was this. Whereas there was not a Cow deliuered in New England to my Vncle John Gosse, he doth desire in his letter that my mother would send him so much as it commeth to: either in cloth, in money, or butter and cheese. Now I haue sent vp halfe a red cloth to my brothers Chamber, desiring that it may be sent among your clothes, and that you wold be pleased to cause it to be safelie 41delivered to him: my mother had thought to haue bought 4 or 5li worth of butter and cheese and sent him but that your goods are sent away more suddenly than we are aware of: So as if we can not conueniently send it, if you please to let him haue either 5li in money or in such necessaries as he stands in need of, my mother and my selfe shall acknowledge ourselus much bound vnto you. And for the other fiue pound if you thinke so fit, if you please to deliuer it to my brothers Chambar before you goe (if I do not see you my selfe which I hope I shall this next weeke or the weeke after) my mother dothe resolue to bestow it on him, and it may be it may do him more good another yeere: either in money or some such commodities as he shall write for; Thus wishing you all health and happines in the Lord and a prosperous voyage and a comfortable meeting with your father in N. E. I commit and commend you and all your affayres to the safe tuition of our good God and most loving father, who neuer fayleth his and desire to approue my selfe to be Your Faithfull and intire Friend in all well wishing of the best good