1639-40.] LADY BRILLIANA I-IARLEY. 81 L%III. For my deare sonne Mr Edward Harley, in Magdalen Hall, Oxford. Deare Ned-The last night, by Tho: Millard, I receiued your letter, wch was a sweet refreshment to me. I knowyour deare lou.e to me wch makes you desire to heare how I doe : therfore I cannot let this messenger goe without a letter. I thanke God I am indif- ferent wel, though now constrained to keepe my bed for the same cause as I used to doe heretofore, but now I am a litle worse then I used then to be. I assure myselfe you forget me not in your praiers, which is the best thing that we can doe, one for another. Deare Ned, I long to see you, instead of which I hope the Lord will giue me that comfort of still hearing well of you. The Lord blesse you, and I beseech Him to giue you that holy wisdome, to guide you in all the actions of your life. Your father, I thanke God, is well, and so areyour brothers and sisters and your cousen Smith. On saterday I heard from your aunt Pelham ; shee and all hers are well my brother Sir William Pelham hath refused to be knight of the shire. The French pages of newes I did not intend to haue sent you. So I rest, Your most affectionate mother, B: H:* Brompton, Feb. 10, 1639. Remember my loue to your tutor, and tell him I desire his prayers. LxIV. For my deare sonne Mr Edward Harley. My deare Ned - Miller came home a littell before super ; he is wellcome, becaus he bringes me the assurence of your being well, * This letter is in the handwriting of another, and signed simply with the initials, evidently by herself. CAMD. SOC. M
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