148 LETTERS OF THE [1641-2. them sent to my lords from me ; and I haue sent your father 2 boxes of biskates. I pray God bles you: be carfull of yourselfe, and let mee heare from you as often as you can, for it is a greate comfrot to, Your most affectionat mother, BRILLIANA HARLEY.* Brompton Castel, Pheb: 11, 1641. I am not well, as I writ to you last night, therefore I haue made vse of anthers pen. CXXXVIII. For my deare sonne Mr. Edward Harley. My deare Ned -I send theas by the post of Hariford, becaus I desire your fathers ansure aboute the seeting of his grounds at Kingsland, becaus the yeare is so fare past, thearefore, I pray you, put your father in minde to rwite aboute it, for if his land be not seet, it will be greate loos to him. I mise you very much ; and deare Ned, sometimes thinke of me, tho you cannot mise me. Your brother Robine seemes to be ex- tremely discontented. I wisch your father would rwite to him, to take his minde of it. Your frind, my cosen Cornewell, is no changeling. I thanke God, my coold is goone, and I am now abell to goo out of my chamber againe; but this was the first day. I much desire to heare what is become of our Harifordsheare petetion for bischops ; but I more longe to heare the kings ansure to the petetion to take away the bis: vots in parlament. In Hariford, they haue turned the tabell in the cathedroll, and taken away the cops and bassons and all such things I hope they begine to see that the Lord is about to purg His church of all such * The signature of this letter is alone in the handwriting of the Lady Brilliana.
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