1638-9.] LADY BRILLIANA HARLEY. 35 shall willingly giue what is in my power, for the beest adwantage of you, and your brothers and sisters, as ocation offers itself. Vse your cosen Corbet kindely. I heare his broother goos alonge with the kinge to Yorke, which he dons, becaus he estemes it to be the gallentry of a yonge man. I sent you the last weare a list of thos shoulders, which they say must goo with the kinge. I heare that the Loundoners haue refused to send any of theare trained band, answering, theare weare so many strangers in Loundon, that they feared to let any of theare strentg goo from them. I hard that the kinge caused all the strangers to be numbered in Loundon, and the number of them was two hundred thousand. On wenday last your father had some of his shoulders at Brometon, whean they dyned, and spent the day in trayneing. I wisched you with me, but I did not see them, for then I was not abell to goo out of my cham- ber : but now I thanke God, I am, and haue some thoughts, if pleas God, to goo to chruch the next Lords day. Good Mr. Gower has an ague. Mr. Simons begins to mend. My cosen Prise is some- thing better. You forget to rwit to Mr. Gower ; he has had 4 fitts. Mr. Simons tooke your letter very kindely. I must needs say, I neuer had any maide that profest more respect to you, than Mary Barton, and I beleeue it is in truth ; for shee is her fathers daugh- ter and can not desembell. I finde her as good a saruant as euer I had; if I coould but put a littell water in her wine, and make her temper her hastiness ! yet I cannot say that euer shee gaue me any ill word, but theare is still the spirit of enuy raingeing amongest some of the saruants, but the humers of my saruants swaye not my affection, and, I hope, shall neuer blinde my judgment: my deare Ned the Lord blles you. Your most affectinat mother, BRILLIANA HARLEY. in bast, Mar: 22, 1638. Your brothers and sisters and cosen Smith I thanke God are well. Tell Gorg Griffets I had not time to rwit to him, which I did de- sire to haue dour. I haue sent him the moray for Mr Neelham, the
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