after the humble remembrance of our loues vnto your selfe your wife and children

Forasmutch as God (who is the cause of our earthly being and hath re­409deamed vs in his sonne the Lord Jeasus Christ vnto a celestial habitation) hath commanded vs to loue on another, hauing this fit oportunity vppon occasion of our louing frind Mr. John Hales pasing for niw Ingland (who for his time is an approued seruant of Gods and frind vnto his people) by him in wrighting in obeadienc vnto God I am bould (in a few lines) to be trublesum in the manifesting of my Christian loue vnto you and yours which was longe since begun betweene our parents Sir John Tindal and his virtious Lady your Wiues Father and Moother and your good Father and my Father Mr. Thomas Louell in his life time a long time minister of Gods word in great Waldingfild, and my selfe, for my selfe and mine and so for you and yours doe desire of the Lord that aboue all things wee may inioye the ritches of his mercies by being in Christ Jesus his only begoten sonne and so mutch of temporals as may be for his glory and our good. Sir I haue within these few years vndergon many grete troubels so as if mine and my wiues desired purpose take efect for Niw Ingland wee shall not be so ritchly prouided for the viadge as many of our bretheren, yet by reason of the opressions that are imposed and greater like to be (for ought wee can see) wee shall content our selues with the portion God bestoweth on vs My imployment hath beene about the space of fiue years in the States of Hollands wars, you know Sir whether in that waye my exsperience may doe you seruice. It would mutch reioyce me to receiue a line or too to certifie me of your wellfars. Thus commending your worship vnto the Holy Lord our God with your virtuous wife (my ould acquaintance whose moother was one of the witnesses at my baptisme) and your children etc: I humbly take my leaue Your Worships in the Lord Jeasus Christ to the vtmost of my power

I wrote you lately per the Hector wherin I sent a runlet marked with your marke contayneinge some things your son did write to me to send him. 410John Wood masters mate did promise mee and James Downeinge that he would be carfull of it and deliver it to you.

These are now to intreat you that you would be assistante to the bearer herof (Thomas Hale my neer kinsman),2 in your councell and aduise to put him in the way how and where to settle himselfe in a hopefull way of sub-sisteinge with his family, he hath brought with him all his estate which he hath heer or can haue dureinge the life of his mother my sister he had almost 200li when he began to make his provision for this voyage I suppose the greatest halfe is expended in his transportion and in such necessaries as will be spent by him and his family in the first vse, the lesser halfe I suppose he hath in mony and vendible goods to provide him a Cottage to dwell in, and a milshe Cow for his Childrens sustenance. I suppose his way will be to hire a house or part of a house for the first year vntill he can looke out and buy or build him a dwellinge, wherin as in other things I shall intreat you to direct him, and the Courtesy that you shall do him therin I shall acknowledge as done to myselfe, and I shall be redy (deo assistante) to endeuour to requite it in any seruice which I can performe for you heer. Thus for this present I commit you all to the protection of the almighty and shall euer rest Your loving frend