my husband beinge att nellms, I must answere for vs bothe: for the bookes I hope ere this you haue receiued them by your man as I take it they were sent by him but afterwards wee heard he went not down with the caryer: but resolued to goe the mundaye affter: heer is nowe littell newes the kinge is gone to portsmouth and they saye there is moste sumtious robes gone for his coronation in Scotland: you haue heard ere this I thinke Wheston is tresurer and sir edward barret chanceller of the exchekour, my lord of dorcet chamberlaine to the queen and my lord goeringe vice cha: and ther is a new master of the sincports and another of the hors: but I forget ther names:3 this fleet they saye will not be readye of thre weekes yet: and nowe my dear brother what shall I saye for this vnvalluable jewell your so louinge a letter and that large loue that moued you to it. I have slipt my apointed time with goodman kedbye 405therfore least you should not hear of vs att all I must be breef yet as thankfull as all the words in the world can exspres and as hartilie sory that I can neuer deserue it: yet I knowe there is affection enough in the author to aprehend what I cannot expres by words or acsions the lord in mercy continwe your wellfares: as I prays him we are att this present I pray remember my duty and loves so pardon me I rest your truly louinge sister

Aug: 1628. It pleased God to preserve my sonne Adam in a very great danger, his broth: Step: and Ben: Gostlin2 beinge neere the danger also: for they standinge togither closse to the stable doore, their broth: Forth shootinge at a marke a great waye from them, his arrowe came full amonge the children, so as, to my thinkinge, it must needs strike into Adams side; but it pleased God, it missed him a very little, and struck into the wall by him.

Soone after, my sonne Deane fell backward from a high stoole and pitched upon his head, so as we feared his necke had been broke; but, through Gods mercye, he had no harme.

It is thought fittinge by all of vs that are assembled that these here nominated as captaine William Deane mr. John Swane mr. Richard Leonard mr. James Fuller mr. Samuell Richardson mr. Robert Rose mr. George Daues mr. Edmund Middleton mr. John Foster mr. John Stockes mr. Henry Winthroppe and mr. Christopher Parkins to be asistance vnto Captaine Charles Wolferstone Gouer: for the executinge of right and Justice vnto all men that shall demand it of them and that it shalbe lawfull for any one of them to end all triuiall controuersies betwene neigh­406bour and neighbour and furder it shalbe lawfull for any to or moe of them to execute and punish all such offenders as shall presume any way to breake his Maiesties peace and tacke securitie for the safetie of his Maiesties subiects and execute all such office and offices as may appertaine to A Justice of peace