vnderstanding you were resolued to goe by water into the Bay or at least to the shippe, I sent my wife yeasterday with my Cosens, purposing my selfe to haue accompanied you by water to the shippe, but though you haue altered your Course and prevented me and some others, 341yet shall my hart and prayers ever attend you, early and late at Sea and at land, in the Court and in the Countrie vntill you retorne againe vnto vs. remember my service to mr. Weld and mr. Hibbons, whom I had embraced on shipboard had you not thus stollen from vs.

The Bishop caused a Quo Warranto to be sued forth in the kings Bench against our Patentees, thinking to damme our patent, and putt a generall Governour ouer vs, but most of them that apered I did advise to disclayme, which they might safely doe, being not sworne Magistrats to governe according to the patent; and these Magistrats which doe governe among vs being the only partyes to the patent were never Summoned to aper. Therefore if there be a Judgement given against the patent, Its false and erroneous and ought to be reuersed, with a motion in the kings benche without any long suite by writt of Error may set right againe farewell my deare Cosen, soe wishing you a prosperous Jorney and safe retorne I rest yours assured whilest I am

I haue deliuered mr. Russell my accompt And doe hereby intreate yow to sattisfie him and this shalbe your Full dischardge I suppose I Left a Coppy of the accompt with your worshipp. not haueing ells at present I Rest your worshipps to commaund

I wrote to the from Newfoundland concerning our arrivall there, but know not whether my letters that I sent by 2 severall boats, 342to be conveied to a ship bound for new-england, were delivered. therfore concerning our arrivall there I shall breifely mention it againe. we were 14 daies from New-england thither. we staied there thre weekes before we found a ship ready to sett saile for England. from thence we were 20 daies before we arrived in England, having very foule weather, continuall stormes betweene Newfoundland and England and our ship very small about 60 tunnes. but it pleased God to deliver vs out of all those many dangers we were almost every day in: so as we are now at Bristoll in safety (praised be his name) where we arrived the 28 day of September, and meeting with mr. Boole, who is going to Barstable, I leave this letter with him to be sent, if any fishing ships doe goe to New-Engl: before winter that thou mightest vnderstand of my welfare by the first. I shall write more largly to my father. remember me to all my deare freinds brothers sisters cozens, and specially to thy deare selfe with my blessing to my children. God keepe you all. Thy affectionate Husband

heere is a ship to goe from Bristoll (as we are informed) about a month hence by which God willing I shall write the more, being vncertaine of the conveiance of this. be thankefull to God for vs, for torn he hath delivered from great and often dangers.

Prythe forget not to send my particular salutations and love to my brother and sister Symonds and all my cosens there, my vncle and aunt Downing and all there, mr. Humphries and all his, mr. Endicot and mrs. Endicot, my sister Lake, and Martha. If you se my brother or sister Dudly or send to them my cosen Cookes both and theirs, with mr. Dunstan and his wife mr. Sheapherd, mr. Lines mr. Allen and mr. Nowell and theires also Capt: Sedgwick, mr. Coitmore mr. Norton my cosen Parker Capt. Keine mr. Coggin mr. Tomson mr. Rainsborough mr. Haines cosen George Downing with all at home with you cosen Hanna Lake and the rest. I cannot write to any of them now. Farewell my deare wife it is midnight and time to sleepe. I pray be carefull of your Journies to Cambridge or else where, and remember what I desired you, to stay with the children one part of the day your selfe. Let betty lerne to read by any meanes but keepe hir not too close to it.