I humbly thanke you, as for your care to answere the necessityes of my neighbours, so for your plaine dealings with my selfe, in expressing how you conceiue concerning my due from you; which is both gentlemanlike and christian; and therby I knowe how to satisfy you.

Now therfore for my bargaine about the Cowes, it was as reall as I coulde make it; and all the mony paide by Mr. Nelson or myselfe, a good time before I was to haue the cowes deliuered. They were to be very good ones and two calues that were to come in Jan. or Febr. My neighbours that then had calues, will not now take 10li a peece for them, and therfore my right and due was to haue as good, and not to be disaduantaged by my long stay and suspense. Neither therfore did I mistake my selfe in the moderate demande of a heifer; and addition of the 4li. I also thinke it requisite that in a worde, I doe lett you knowe that the young Cowes I had were not such as your man intended me; and I persuade myselfe he was then reall, therfore I pardon and pitty him. Besides the goates were bad (diuers of them) in comparison of what we bargained for. And one of the oxen I bought, had some blowe or hurt aboue the vpper iawe, which since groweth in a great wenne, and it is feared, it may kill him, swelling now vp to the ey. These things I was loth to trouble you with before; but now thinke it fitt you should knowe, that I am a looser by him. Yet I am very well satisfyed with the young heifer, and doe most earnestly and dayly begge of God, that you may haue cause to say, It was good for me that I was afflicted.

Sir, there is one thing that is a newe trouble to vs; though the Court doe giue vs but three miles of the eight, that we go into the Country, yet we heare that some woulde take somwhat of from that. It seemeth they thinke vs very vnworthy neighbours. But I made knowne my minde to your selfe; of whose worth I doubt not. And for any other, they shall knowe that in a iust cause, I will not be afraide to pleade the right of my suffering neighbours, God assisting vs. To whom (with my seruice to yourselfe and worthy companion) I committ you and your affaires, and rest Yours in Christ to be commanded

I Reced your loving letter for the which I thanke you and likewise for your good Counsell which I desire of God grace to followe I am hartely gladd to heare of your well being and your hopefull procedings and earnestly desire of god to goe alonge with you and direct you in all your enterprises that you may doe nothing but what may tend to gods glory and the good of the plantation which per gods appoyntement you haue bin Called vnto that when ther shall be a period putt to your dayes you may inioy the happines which is laide vp for gods servants. Remember my kinde love to my Ante Winthrop and to all my Cosens in generall I shold be verry gladd of some good Occation to come to Newe England that I might inioy your sweete sosiety which once I did but then was not Capable of but as yett I am in soe good imployment and in so hopefull a waye that I shold be much blameable if I shold thrust my selfe oute of it I shold be verry glad to Receive a letter from you if you wold doe so much as wright to me and send it per mr. Midleton for I Know he will Conveye it to me onely Direct it to Ben: Gostlin Aborde the shipp Henry Bonadventure at Leghorne or elce where I haue a Jarr or 2 of good Oyle which I doe intende to send per James Brocke which is all that I haue for you at presant yett I wold intreate you to accept as my love I am now bownde for Rushia and from thence to Leghorne I haue bin at home these six months for trading haue bin verry dead and is still I thinke that ther will be but fewe passengers Come ouer this yeare being in hope of soome good vent of this parliament which is now towards which I desire god may not be frustrated but if this shold not take effect to my Knowledg ther will come Abondance the next Spring. Ald 217Some and mr. Craddocke2 are Chosen Burgesses for the City I know not as yett whoe is Chosen for Suffolke but I thinke Sir Nathaniell Bampston3 will be one I haue nothing elce worth trobling you with all I bles god we are all in good helth and thus in hast I Comitt you to the protection of the Almighty desiring you to Remember me in your Prayers your trewe Loving Nephewe