My respectiue loue remembred vnto you and your wife and to your son John Wintrop and his wife: I received a letter lately from you by Nippumsint and another to mr. Haines which I sent him: I blesse god to heere of your good health and I praise god we are all in good health and in peace in our plantation and the Lord hath added some 3 or 4 yonge men out of the Riuer that are godly to us lately: and the Lord has greately blessed mr. Moxons ministry to the conversion of many soules that are lately added to our Church: and hetherto the Lord hath preserued vs in peace from enimies: much talk was of the great actes that the Mowhoaks would do at the begining of winter but the latest reports are that they will not help Sowaquassim and yet they kep his wampum. I doe not certainely heere whether they will aid the Naricanset Sachim but as far as I can vnderstand they reiect him also: But wheras you writ that you thought the Naricanset Sachim would be content to sit still: my intelligence from the Indians of the Riuer is otherwise: and they haue lately killd a munhegan woman: I conceiue you vse your best endeuors to hould of the Naricanset, and I suppose they in the Riuer do also hould of Woncas and in so doinge you doe well: and my advise is that neather you nor the riuer should do any thing else, but vse delatory meanes for I perceiue the nature of the Indians is vppon eury litle occasion 444to be much prouoked with the desyer of reuenge, but if meanes of delay be vsed but a while the edge of their reuengefull desyer will soone be cooled: I perceiue they are carefull of this not to begin first with the English, but they make account if the English begin first with them to doe great matters: and I veryly beleeue they may soone make lamentable hauock: But I hope the English will neuer put it to the tryall, till they be more then a little prouoked to it:

I had not the news of England, in any large measure till I had first written to mr. Haines, but then he spedily sent me such bookes of records as he had 7 or 8 wherin I blesse god to se that strict and godly couenant betweene England and Scotland: It is the high way of god for their deliuerance. I hope it is now the day of Antichrists great ouerthrow at Armageddon: I greately long to here whether the Scotts be yet come into the aid of the parliment: I hope you will haue newes by the fishing shipps err longe: and so the god of peace be our foregaurd and Reareward all our dayes Amen. Your euer loueinge Frind in the Lord

I was preuented by my cosen dean by wayting for the issue of his farwell with the deputy the morning he went home but he continued his resolution to persist noe further in the busines and his ground of surseas beinge as he tould me apon hir manifestation that she could not set her affections opon him, I did eye it as a thing from prouidence and theerfore durst not be more sollisitus. this I haue obserued and in speciall in mariges it is scarce2 to be found the approbations of all though godly: but for my owne part in this busines I was principally swayed by the iugdment of some whome I honer much, and doe beleeu it is the senceer disire of theer harts to doe you the best offices they can, and all yours, and not the least discurtisie. But I see it is more acseptable to some others, whome I dare say little less of then of the former, that the busines is at an end, but if it be of the lord he will ease difficulltyes and clear doupts. theerfore I desir aright to commend it to him. some thinge I haue desired longe to speake to you about my poor cosen Feakes. I haue not had opertunity to writ to her since she leeft the bay, nor haue I heard of her but by others, and that only wich was not like to be for her good, or our com­445fort. and now I hear Patricke is cut of wich makes me hope that by the vse of some good means theer might be more hopes to reduce her.3 I beceech you to neglect noe opertunity in your power. I speake only in respect of the difficulty of distance she is in, and the multiplicity of busines you are burthened with, yet euery one is not hir mothers childe, theerfore I am thus far bould, and as far as I can hear hir case is very daungerous in respect she liues whear all good meanes is wanting. somwhat allso I am troubled concerning my sonne georg. I perceiue he is strongly inclined to trauill. Eng. is I fear vnpeacable and other countryes perilous in poynt of religion and maners. besides wee haue not whearwith to acommodate him for such an ocasion: and to goe a seruant I think might not be very fit for him neither, in diuers respects. religious masters or fellowes are not frequent in trauills, nor is he anny scribe. I pray sir be pleased to consider of it, and to giue him your best aduise, for I fear it maye be some present preiudice to him hear, and the liklyest I can perceiue to be his motiue is his littell expectacion, and fears of supplye hear. The good Lord direct him to his owne glory. I pray present all my seruis and euer command yours