I received your longe expected and very welcome letters (dated the 2 July) about the last of August. I am glad to heare of your safe ariuall, your health, and good likeinge of the Contrie. I wrote you per mr. Peirce who departed this Coast in July last by whom I shipped to you 2 drifats of goods to the value of 110li or therabout as per those letters will appear. it was partable between my brother Downeinge, your selfe and my selfe most of it was shoes and Course Cloth to trucke, such as my brother Downeinge had aduise for. I hope you haue receiued them ere this time. we expect mr. Alerton shortly by whome we hope to hear of mr. Peirce his ariuall with you.

I haue shipped in this ship Caled the William mr. Tryvore beinge master and mr. Hatherly cheef marchant, 2 square Cases of deale with the glasses accordinge to your direction, together with 2 hogsheads and 1 barell of your fathers with such goods as your father wrote for as per my brother Downeings letters to him will appear. the glasses with Cases Cost in all 1li 16s 11d the freight will make them dear to you. if the freight be paid hear it shall all be put together vpon your fathers account and you may allow it vnto him. I doubt not but you will agree vpon the diuision of it. for the Catalogue of bookes from Frankfort I haue sent you that of Autumnall mart 1631. the next is not to be had the third not yet come by reason of Contrary wind but I shall send it god willinge by the next ship, and so likewise herafter. for your mony of Ed: Howes I haue receiued part and the rest he saith he will pay to mee shortly. I hear not any thinge of that from mr. Goslin yet. I should be glad to heare that these glasses came whole and safe to your hands. I haue written glasses on the outside of the Cases that they in the ship may be the more Careful of them sed quales sunt nemini dixi. I pray let mee receiue a 99letter from you by euery ship, although it be but 2 lines it will be very acceptable.

harty salutations etc: These may let you vnderstand that I haue shipped in the William of London per Mr. Hatherly 5 peeces of goods that is to say 2 hogsheads and 1 barrell with goods of your fathers as per my brother Downeings letters will appeare and 2 short Cases of deall boords accordinge to your direction with glasses, of which I haue also written you more at large in another letter per this same ship. We desire to heare of Mr. Peirce his ariuall with you per whom I also shipped to you 2 great drifats of goods to the value of 100li and vpwards. I haue receiued yours only of the 2 July. I haue little newes to write, only of a great battell fought between the Kinge of Sweden and the imperialists neer Leipswich, greater then that there about 12 months since, for diuers haue written that were slayne of the im­100perialists about 40000 and of the Kings about 20000, but some write that the kinge is slayne in the battell, others that he is sore wounded and that Walestein is fled and Papenham slayne. When I knowe more certainly I will write you per the first oportunity in the meane time let vs hope the best:

To your good father, mother, your second selfe, sisters, brothers, and to my Cosen James Downeinge salutem meis verbis dic. Thus with my harty praiers to almighty god for the Continuance of his fauors to you all I rest tuus dum suus