202 LETTERS OF THE [1643. your hand. I pray God blles you, and giue you a comfortabell meeting with Your most affectinat mother, BRILLIANA HARLEY. June 3, 1643. I pray you remember me to your sister Brill. Doctor Wright and his wife remember theaire saruis to you. cxcvul. To her son Edward. O ! my deare Ned-that I could but see you! I liue in hope that the Lord will giue me that comfort, which I confes, I am not worthy of. I heare from a good hand that you are ready to come out of Loundoun. The Lord in much mercy goo with you and make you to doo worthyly ; and deare Ned, beleeue my hart and soule is with you. I hard from Gloster on thursday last, by on I sent a purpos. Sr William Waller went on tuesday towards the west. Lef.curenell Massy is commanded to be gouerner of Glóster by my lord jenerall. I haue and am exceedingly behoolding to corenell Massy, as much as I was ever to on, I did not know ; and I pray you tell your father so, and pray him to giue him thankes. I sent to him to de- sire him to send me an abell soulder, that might reguelate the men I haue, and he has sent me on that was a sargent, an honnest man, and I thinkean abell soulder; he was in the Jerman wars. He came to me on thursday last, but your brother has the name of the com- mand. I writ to you the last weake, that the Wellchmen weare goone from me ; this bearer will tell you the reson. Honnest Petter is come out of prison. He was greeuiously vsed in Loudlow, Turkes could have vsed him no wors ; a lefftenant corenell Marrow would come every day and kicke him vp and downe, and they laied him in a duiîgon upon fonle straw. M" Goodwine sheawed him
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