It much troubled mee I came away so hastilie and unhappilie finding no so great cause at home my wife yet holding up. I much desired to see mr. Peirce and you aboard but the will of the lord bee done as it is. I pray 50you remember mee in the most respective manner to your good mother, your wife and Sister. I hope I shall in no lesse tender manner remember you to god, then I desire to bee remembred by you. I beeseech you rowle your selves and your burthens and cares on him. the more you trust him and impose in an humble faithfulnes upon him the more you glorifie him and the greater glorie shall you receaue from him. I wish and hope you will have aboundant experience of the inlargment of his grace in you and to you, in which I shall have as much matter of thankefulnes as now of request on your behalfe. I must cast my selfe and mine in an especial manner under him upon your selfe for directing and disposing of my servants and estate assuring my selfe of the reciprocation of that kind respect which in the most unfeigned manner I beare and owe vnto you. I pray you let it not bee burthensome or greiuous to you to doe for him as for your selfe who will bee readie to præfer you in anie thing within his power before himselfe. I must contract my selfe now unto you, desiring so much the more to inlarge myselfe vnto the god of all grace for you in whome with my most kind respects and love vnto you I rest Your trulie assured and loving

Yours at your departure from the waterside I receiued and sent lettres supposing they might haue overtaken you there, but coming short they were safe retorned to me againe. of the hundreth and thirty li you left with me I paid my Awnt Branch 10li for hir last quarteridge; 5li for my Cosen Dudlye to my lord Sayes kinsman of whom he borowed yt to beare his chardges hither, and 15li more I haue laid out for him in Clothes and some other necessaries. what other chardge I shalbe at to furnishe him I yet know not. I wilbee as frugall as I can therein, and soe I perceive himselfe wilbe My brother and sister Paynter were at my howse since your departure. they tell me they are in hope to gett the 100li of the lady Moodam.2 I perceive they 51hope you will stay till yt be recouered there, otherwise you must write earnestly to them.

I pray lett me know what I am growne in debt there that I may cleare reckonings with my brother thus in hast with my love to your selfe and your wife my Cosens Elizabeth and Mary Winthrop I rest your louing vnckle

this morning about 5 a Clock the Queene was delivered of girle which was presently after Baptised because yt cam before the tyme and was verie sick.

the king of Sweaden Mustered his army after he had retorned from the pursuite of his victorie to vnderstand what men he had lost and found his army to be 25000 men, soe he found 7000 more then when he begann the battle; he hath 3 other armyes ioyned to him whereof 20000 are sent to subdew Bavaria, and 20000 into Sileatia and the rest for the setling of the Palsgrave in his Countrye, and himselfe with his 25000 men are gone to Frankford vpon the Meyne which if he takes he is to be king of the Romanes, by the Emperiall law; he was within 5 myles when this newes cam from him, and the generall opinion is that the Citty dares not refuse his first Somons.