1638.] LADY BRILLIANA HARLEY. 7 God to inabell me. It is a word of comfort which you rwit me, that you hope shortly to send for your horsess. I beceache the Lord to giue you a good and happy end to all your biusness. I thanke God all the chillderen are well, and so is Ned Smith. Ned and his brother present theaire humbell dutis to you ; and I begg your bllesing for them all, and your lone and prayers for my self. I beceach the Lord to giue you a speady and happy meeting with Your most affectinat wife for ever, BRILLIANA HARLEY. Mr. Littell, I thanke God, is well, and abell to goo a littell abrode. I thanke you for my very fine wascott : by this carrier is sent vp the clocke and dublet and houses you sent for. May the 18, 1633. Ix. To my deare sonne Mr Edward Harley. Good Need -I hope thease lines will finde you well at Oxford. I longe to reseaue the ashurance of your comeing well to your iournyes end. We haue had faire weather sence you went, and I hope it was so with you, which made it more pleaseing to me. You are now in a place of more varietyes then when you weare at home; thearefore take heede it take not vp your thoughtes so much as to neglect that constant saruis you owe to your God. When I liued abroode, I tasted something of thos wines : thearefore I may the more experimentally giue you warneing. Remember me to your tutor, in home I hope you will finde dayly more and more cause to love and respect. I thanke God my coolde is something better then when you left me. I pray God blles you, and giue you of those saueing grasess which will make you happy heare and for ever heareafter. Your most affectinat mother, BRILLIANA HARLEY. Oct. 25, 1638.
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