wher as our late petition2 exhibited vnto your worship with the Rest of the worshipfull Genrall Court last houlden at Boston, which petition not hauing clere suckses3 one owar behalues against william Howard by Reson that those Comissionars amed at peace Rathar then the Exact Examination of our case wherby the particulars ware not Required nor admited to be proued by oath yet for as much as diuars of the said frends of william Howard doe profes how much thay desiar peace and we knowinge our owne harts doe allso profes the like we thought good to petition to your worship that in case the said Will. Howard shall quitt him selfe and prosede no further in the busnes we likewise for peace sake shall doe the same beinge content Rathar to sufar then make aney further stir to the troble of the peace of this godly gouerment but in case he shall further moue the honred Court in owar absents we do humbly intreat and besech your worships faiuior to signifie to the honred Court that we are willing to proue our said petition before the wisdom of the land in cace your worship will admit vs Judicitor prosecings thearin or if we may finde so much 460faiuior as to haue our cace Referd vnto the worshipfull the Deputie Gournor mr. Belingham and mr. Bradstret with full Comition In Regard of the pouartie of your worships petitionars and we your worships petitionars shall not sease to pray for your worships hapines and Rest your worships pour petitionars.4 We in the behalfe of all the rest dooe set our handes

Haueinge an opertunity I could doe noe lesse than present my humble respects to you and yours desireinge to acquainte your worship with our Condicion which is the worse by reason wee want sufficient strength to carry on our plantacion for present the Indians would haue made peace, and some of them haue but wee dare not trust to them but haue laboured to serue the prouidence of god in A watchfull way and care feareinge the worst for lacke of which Mr. Fowrdams plantacion hath too lately suffered haueinge too much trusted those vnfaithfull heathen. three men haue bene cutt of at their worke and one of goodman Carmans children almost Masachred and An other carryed away and yet to him they pretended greatest friendship. Sir the short of it is that their plott is to cutt of all the christians (as wee call them) in these parts of Ammerica both Dutch English and french, as lately fell out of the backe side of New England betweene the Indians by the Fort Vrania and the french they haueinge now a french man amonge them whome they haue excersised vnheard of Creweltyes vpon to make him tell where the frenches strength did ly. Sir I haue not forgottne the last words your worship pleased to vtter to mee as that wee left god and Runne away from ordenances. To which I answer in shorte wee neither doe nor neuer did dispise any ordenance of Jesus christ that did Appeare soe to be, by vertue of any 461Rule of his, but shall desire to seale the truth of euery ordenance of his with our bloude as wee doe not know how soone wee may. And this Sir humbly I would speake that our Temptacions our sorrows our hardshipps and hazzards and losse of our liues (I feare) the hostility of New England will one day answer for. might wee haue had our consciences yoake free, wee had not stirred vnto this day. I say litle your worship is more wise to consider than I to write, the lord guide you and yours in his way I shall desire to heare from you my deere torn and seruice to Mrs. Winthrop. Yours in Christ