my humble and due seruise remembered to your selfe and your deare yoakfellow together with my constant requests to the lord of wisedome and grace to perfect his worke in you and by you to the prayse of his owne grace: I made bould som months since to present your worshipp with a few lines touching the Cattell that mr. Skelton left with mee: and since that time I haue Received a letter from your selfe: and by direction of our beloued mr. Endicott from your self haue taken a true coppy of those writings which mr. Endecott presented to you soe neere as possible can bee desiring rather to charge my selfe than to doe the least wrong in any kind; which Coppy I haue here sent: as allso mr. Skeltons Will: desireng to lay all things naked before you as the lye: now I beeseech you worthy Sir: though I haue the Cattell in a compleate number: yet the charge of the keeping hath beene much to mee: as allso diuers debts of mr. Skeltons wherof som are payd and some are not: now this I know that since mr. Skeltons death I am out of purse of my owne money laiyd for the cattell and the keeping of the house (as som freinds are able to Relate) the some of 25li and better almost 26li besides all that I haue made of the milke: which I hope was put to the best advantadge: and as I haue intimated the losse of the cattell in the accompt soe allso there remayneth since mr. Skeltons death but onely one Bull calf: and for the Cowes there are but two that haue taken the season of breed: and one of them will not com till the latter end of the sommer many cattell were brought into the towne this yeare and our bulls fayled much: And whereas you were pleased to expresse that you saw not your selues ingaged for the keeping of the children: there is noe ingagments by mee: your selfe knoweth how the Couenant Runneth: if mr. Skeltons will bee disanuld which is the ground of my ingagement: I beeseech you then consider vpon whom shall it ly: now since I haue seene the lords hand calling mee to this busines I haue had triall euery way both of vnderstanding and care how to order things for the best: thus knowing your care and indeauour to please the lord 187in all things I Rest leauing these to your godly and wise consideration Yours vnfeinedly to command in the lord