220 APPENDIX. Pray write to my mother-my service to my brother, with my prayers for his health. We prayed for his recovery, which we hop will be sudaine. My brother presents his love to you. If you write to my mother, and send the inclosed you'll doe a great favour. My mother is grieved she heard not from me. Sir EDWARD HARLEY to his Brother, announcing the birth of his son Robert, afterwards created Earl of Oxford. Deare Brother -I thanke God I can give you the notice of the great mercy God hath pleased to vouchsafe us. Thursday, 5 Dec. between 7 and 8 in the evening my wife was very well delivered of a lusty boy, who was next day baptized and bears my fathers name, and through mercy my brother was recovered to so much strength as to be present. I desire you to joyn with us in thankfulness for this great mercy. I desire to be comended to Mr. Hawes. Sir H. Lingen came not to town before this night. Monday morning, God willing; I shall speak with him, and I hope secure both Mr. Hawes and some others from further troubles. I hope you have received before this time some letters I wrote since W. Reynolds coming up, who brought all things safe. I pray God bless the children, who I hope will be glad of theyr new brother, for they shall be loved still . . . . . . peice . . . . . leg and thigh. My sister is much better in health than when she came up. I pray God be with you. I am your most affectinat brother, EDW. HARLEY. Bow: Street, Dee: 7, 1661. Directed-To the Worspl. Thomas Harley, Esq. at Bucknel. Leave this with Mr. Edward Robinson, bookseller, at Ludlow.
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