My duty remembred to your selfe with my mother and Grandmother, with my love to my brothers and sister and the rest of our good freindes, may you please to vnderstand that I am yesterday safely arrived in this Citty of Amsterdam. God be ever praysed for his mercies, that he hath geven vs a prosperous and safe passage, In this tyme of much danger. I feare you may be doubtfull of my safty being now foure monthes since my last letters, weere written from Venice, having beene so long from thence in the way most at sea, saving that we touched at Zant and staied there a while for the company of 2 other ships. I hoped we should have touched in some place in England and so have found meanes to come home, but too favorable 104windes Crossed my desires: I am heere without acquaintance and our long passage hath eaten out all the mony that I receyved at Venice, wherof by the foresaid letters you have vnderstood, If they came to your handes, therfore I pray you to send me a letter of credit from some merchant to some man in Flushing, or Middleborough, which because I thinke you may be in the Country, and so cannot so readily doe, I have written to my Vncle Downing to desire him to doe it because the longer I stay heere the more I shall runn in debt therfore I would as soone as I cann receive answere from you or my vncle returne with all speed home, I have not since my departure out of England heard from you neyther by letter nor other wise, therfore I long much to heare of your welfare, and of the rest of my good freindes. If you write to me, I pray conscribe it to be delivered in Flushing at the house of mr. Henry Kerker, for I purpose god willing to goe shortly thither, where I shalbe neere to take my passage vpon all occations: for newes I vnderstand little since my Comming, the Shertogenbos2 that the prince hath beleegered, it is hoped will shortly be taken in they having noe pouder in the Citty: the Enimy is on the other side close by this place, that they feare he hath some designe for some place in holland, thus with my duty againe remembred, desiring your praiers and blessinge I Commend you to Gods tuition and rest Your obedient Sonne

I receiued your Letters from amsterdam: dated Juli 28: and am moste hartily and vnexspresabli glad to hear of your wellfare: as I am sure the rest of your friends will be; but so it is that your father and vncle are bothe in Linkornshire and haue bine this fortnight and I am vncertaine of ther return: but in there absence I haue taken the best care I can to get you a bill of exchange, wich I hope you shall receiue with this: 105and nowe good nephew you haue bine such a stranger to vs as I knowe not what is newes to you or what is not: sume ill newes I can impart to you, wich I am sory to be the messinger of: but the will of our god must be effected: your granmother and vncle fones are in heauen. there deaths were bothe in one weeke in the month of aprill: and in the same monthe your brother henrie was maried to my neece bes fones: the maner of this would be too tedious to relate in this: I hope the Lord will send vs a hapy meetinge till when I refer all circumstances: yeur father ernestlie desiers to see you: your brother hary is yet att groton but they saye he intends the barbethes this next monthe: and forde Forth for newe ingland in the springe: the rest of vs I praise god for it are in good health: and you haue a cosen robert downinge:3 and your godsonne I hope will be ready to goe to sea with you next yeare: so wishinge you hear and much hapines whereuer: I rest Your louing ant