My Love Remembered vnto you Sir allso vnto Mistres Winthrop with all your children wishing your wellfar ass myn owne. Sir these few Lines I haue mad bold to writ vnto you too sertifie you of some pasages her the tymes ar very troublesome and the parlament is Broken vp and some of the aldermean wear imprisoned and towe of the birges of the Lower hows butt shortly deleverid her hath ben great stir the prentises did Rise and wold have puled downe the bishop of Canterburis hows and did begin and allso pulled down one or two prisones and leat the Prisoners all loss, and forced one alderman to Depart the prison or eallc they swore they wold pluke downe that prison allso: so the alderman cam forth to quiet them and returned to Prison again and the next day he was relesed Itt wass alderman Atkines Burges for norwich the Lower hows of parlament stod very strongly for the Priviledg of the Subect and for Reaestablishing of Religon the King is much displeased noe monie will be granted the wares for Scotland goes one butt with a very ill will from the subect what will insue I know not the lord in mercy Look downe vpon vss and Sir if ever ther wear ned of prayers and teares for a poor Kingdome, now is the tyme and therfor Sir remember our poor nation I know Sir you ar not wanting in that Behalfe who knowes but the lord may turn in mercy vnto vss again the papists increas in abundance, and ther is great fear in the citty and a strong watch keept every wher and great search mad: Sir I hop to se your worship next yeer. I stay this yeer att home to order my buisnes, for I fear I must come away att last Sir I haue vndertaken for the transporting of the pasengers and goods in our ship only John Tinker hath a sixtht part now Sir when wee came to grauesend 249the pasengers puting me of to pay ther fraight ther att the very pinch they had no monie so that I could haue noe monie and being loth to turne them ashore, seing theay wear poor people allthoughe I am sur theay gaue me iust Caus soe to doe, wass forced hauing noe other remidy to tak severall bills for my monie the which I ame out of to pay me ther for the which theay haue ingaged ther goods. Sir I wold desire your Worships Assitanc allso for mr. Eattones Bill Itt is vnpaid and I haue seant the protest over with the Bill I hope Sir your Worship will see that I may haue a proportion acording to my dept for I wass loth to cary the monie out of the Cuntry and therfor wass willing to leaue itt but I had litle thought that mr. Eatton had ben such a man. Sir allso her is a frind of myn the Bearer herof one of our owners sonnes mr. Tho. Dutchfeld his father is one of the Captaynes of the Cyti of London he cam out of the Est indies having ben out 7 yeeres and desiring to trauell again I covnseled him to come too new England and he hath some 1000 pownds worth of goods with him, and Desired me to adviz him what to doe when he cam ther. I haue advized him to be att mr. Leverits hows But when god sends him Sir I desir your worship to adviz him for the beast his father will be very thankfull vnto you: for he is a very honest godly man and desires the wellfar of him Sir I pray excus my boldness I ame much ingaged vnto you for all your Kindness, desiring to requit you if it Lyes in me. Sir I have ordered my man to stay ther to look vnto my buisnes I desir your worships love in advizing him in douptfull things when he shall adres himselfe vnto you. I haue given him a leatter of Atturney to recover my Depts in and to order my buisenes: I hop next yeer Sir to see you; your frinds her ar all in health, ass far as I can her. Sir I commit you with all your family vnto the good guidanc of the lord and rest yours to command to my power