Harley - DA396 .H2 A2 1854

76 LETTERS OF THE [1639. Ned, all condistions are 'label' to misery; and the greater the person is, the greater is the misery; so that honnor dous but enhanse pouerty, or shame or imprisonment: yet man is so forgetful) of his God, that all, and most of all great men, line in prosperity as if they weare lords of what they had, forgetting that they are but tennants at will. Your father has promised Mr. Simons £110 for his howes, which is as much as he gaue for it, and now he has had it two years, so that now he is no louser. Mr. Blineman is goone from Walcot. I thanke God your father is well, and I am now abell to be out of heed. I haue not bine so well for aboue this weake as I use to be, and with it I haue been trubled with much heauiness at my hart. I thanke God your brothers and sisters and your cosen Smith are well. Deare Ned, if theare be any good lookeing glasses in Oxford, shuse me one aboute the biggnes of that I use to drees me in, if you remember it. I put it to your choys, becaus I thinke you will chuse one, that will make a true ansure to onse face. All my frute disches are brocken ; thearefore, good Ned, if theare be any shuch blwe and white disches as I vse to haue for frute, bye me some; they are not purslane, nor they are not of the ordinary mettell of blwe and white disches. I beleeue you remember what I vse to haue ; if you chuse them against the horses come for you, I will take order with the men about the bringeing of them home, and will send mony to pay for them. I see your sister has a nwe hude ; it semes shee lost hers and durst not tell, and so, as I gees, rwit to you for one, which I will pay you for. I haue sent you my wacth, and I beleeue it may be mended. I doo willingly giue you the rige of goold that was aboute the agget. I am hartely sorry for the death of Mr Knightly. I heare my lady Wesmorland is brought to heed of a daughter. My lady Veere was with her, and I thinke shee is so still. I did thinke your father would haue sent mony by Miller ; it

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