Your letters writ in the begeneng of march wear verry welcoum to me, but I asseuer you I was muche taken with sorrow for your great losse thearin expressed, but that is not enoff, except we doo extend boueles of compacyon to a destressed frend for which I am verry redy to joyen with any in so christyan a deuty. Sir Nathaniele Barnston and I haue had often speche about it. we are bothe willing ayther to geu or to lend a greatter soum, only we would be glad to haue soum frend hear to vndertacke for the repayment at a year or 2 year if yow so desyer it. I haue had speche about this with your scearuant Tinker he put vs in hope that your brother Tindall will doo it for you, the which if he will I shall wellingly lend 100li. now Sir Nathaniel would willingly vnderstand which wear the best for yow, to lend or to geue. we cannot thinck to hear from yow so sone, as your necessyte may requyer soum more spedy cors, thearfore, I resolue thus I will now deliuer to your scearuant 10li for him to employ to your ewes till I hear further whot is your desyer if you desyer by way of geft rather then to lend I shall be welling to returne you 10li more bothe of geft or to lend yow a 100li hauing sceceuryte to repay it at a year or for longer tyem. We are hear in verry hard condicyon in regard our parlament is desolued, but let me tele you it comforteth the hartes of the honest men of bothe housen that thay yelded not to geue a pene to help the King in his intended ware agenst the Skottes, nor the cortyers of the hous durst not moue to conscyder whether to haue ware or peas, but the King fyending the hous was bent for peas as not sceing any caus of war, he desolued the hous. The King scent erly in the morning to speacke with the speker. when he was coum to him he tocke him into his barg and carryed him in to the vpper hous to macke sceuer he should not goo into the nether hous to preuent the howes from protestyeng aganst the ware, ship mony, and conduct mony, which greu burdensoum all the kingdoum ouer. on teuesday the 5 of this the parlament was dissolued. the next morning on of the Scecretaris cam to the Lord Brockes hous thear by the Lord Say and scearched bothe thear stodyes and lickewis others went and scearched Mr. Jhon Hamden Mr. Pem and Sir Walter Earles closet Sir Water was abrod when thay cam. thay tocke away a trunc from 244Mr. Pim, thinkeng thear had ben that thay sent for but it proved aparrele.

I doo not hear thay haue gayned thear payens. on weddensday in the eueninng a messenger cam with a Scecrataris leter to Miles Corbetes chambur warneng him with sped to repayer to him and to bring all papurs that he had resayued. Miles was called to the chayer, for matter conserning religyon, and thear cam many biles agenst Bishop Wren. he apered, and cam well off. yow shall hear of wors doinges, and so I pray God to kep vs in pes. Good Sir pray for vs hear in ould england. I pray commend me to your selff and wiff. I rest your louing frend