my humanity commands mee to apologize in the entrance of my letter. Your promptitude to assist mee with your letters in my honest attempt obligeth mee to all gratefull displayes, as in all deserued christian seruices, soe especially in this to present you with a relation of my proceeding in the suit2 I motioned your testimoniall for; but because time hath yet not matured any thing worth the informing, and my occasions verge 229homeward I humbly craue your pretervition of my silence, and want of attendance, assuring your worship that I shall be ready to tender my seruice in that or any other action vnto you whom I finde soe reall. thus with my humble respects vnto your worthy selfe, and indeered friend Mrs. Winthrop, with my thankes vnto you and prayers for you I rest Your obliged in all Christian seruice

among the rest of my aflickchons jusli imposed by my sinnfull lif and backsliding prodigalliti in my whole corce this is on that doth and will agrefate my grefe that I am deprife of that chrischan liberti I once had; boght by the preschous blud of the Lord Jusous. but I hafe made the blod and deth of Christ of non efeckt therfore I am justli depriued of liberti to visset you, nor dare I aproch youer presenc tel the lord mofe you there vnto: to here the rumers and fliing reportes gon out agaynst me ar not so much admirabel to me becase it is Sathans time now or nefer to wage ware agaynst my soule, and prefent my reconsilement with his pepel by his falce alarmse: which sound ale the contri ofer: sir be plesd to here mee in the matters of excetor and douer and let not mallics and fare words take place in the bosem of the wise. I know it doth not yet with youer slfe. I am trobeld that chuch hard reportes should gooe out agaynst me and my slfe not thorroli vnderstand mense displesure tel this morning: I came simpli to satisfi the Chorch, not thincking to haf herd cuch hard reportes agaynst me, thogh som smale Ingling I had before: and therfore was aduised to bring with me that which will both satisfi youer slfe and the Chorch in those late rumers: I expeckt the mind of God at youer lesure in this matter I request of you and rest Youers to comand