Your longe abcenc giues me opertunytye of manyfestinge my loue to you which I have to much neglected by the former shippes, expectinge your desyred prescence longe before this tyme, but we must wayt still, till god see good to let vs enjoy you. I haue sent my sonne Stephen to despeach some bisinesse which he wil acquaint you with, and I hope we shall in gods tyme, see you both to our comfort. your wife thinkes longe for your cominge, yet it pleaseth god to help hir to beare it prety cherfully hir little boye is so mery that it puteth many a sad thought from his mother. When I thinke of the trublesom times and manyfolde destractions that are in our natiue Contrye I thinke we doe not pryse our happynesse heare as we have case, that we should be in peace when so many troubles are in most places of the world. I wish we ware more sencible of the calamityes of others that we myte crye the more mytylye to god for them. I haue no ocasion of businese to troble you with. I receiued a box with some aparel, and i thanke you for your care. my brother rote me word he would paye for them I pray let Mr. Smith send hime his bill, if he haue not. and thus desyringe the lord to preserue you these perylous tymes, I commend my best affectons to you and rest Your loving mother

I haue reseued toe letters from you this somer wherin I cannot but take notise of youer loue and mindfullness of me. it hath bene a great comfort to us heer, that in youer absence we haue heard sumtimes from you we did expect to haue sene you heer this somer which was the caus that I and the rest of youer frends did neglegt sum oppertunities of wrighting but now wee are informed to ouer grefe that we must waight still. my sistir is very desiros to see you heer vpon any condition, and yet thankes be to god 358she is pretyly cherly in expecktation winter will pass away and the time will aproch when shee may more sertainely expect youer rettune. my brother Steuen I thinke will be the bearer of these letters. I suppose by this time you haue heard of my mariage with Mrs. Elizibeth Glouer. I haue sent a letter of atturny to my vncle tindall mr. kirby and dockter wright to take up those monies that wear lefte hir by hir fathres will and by sum other frendes. now I haue giuen a letter of atturny to my vnkle douning and youer selfe and my brother Steuen whear I haue giuen full power to take up the monyes to giue releses and discharges I haue giuen sum diricon to my brother Stuen for the laing out of the monis who I think will be at most laisuer of youer care and helpfullness to him I doe not doute thus with my many thankes for youer many fauors, and praier for youer saftie in these trublesum tymes, I rest youer louing brother