contents thereof I am fully satisfied therein. The gentlewoman is travelled to a lady in London which is her aunt, a woman of great estimacion; yet the maid is expected very shortly back ageyn, and suer I am it will not be longe before her retourne. For my owne part, although I have bene very ill, in respect of a suddayn mischance in danger of my lief, which mischance (God be praised) I have reasonably recovered; yet, notwithstandinge, the contents of your worshipfull letter shall be so equally and even waighed to the effect thereof as I or the uttermost of my power can performe, and moreover as you and yours shall hereafter finde my true love in beinge so faithfull an instrument in the performance of the busynes. So I intreat that your love and kindenes may extend towards the love of this my nephewe, ffor I understand his effection towards your worship; and in like sort to doe him good I intreat your worship's furtherance. The grownd which I bought a part of itt, is of your side the water; which grownd I should have exchanged with M'. Woodall for the Owlands; in which tyme of performance the covenants betwene us to that effect he grewe weak in understandinge and could not performe: which busynes betwene my nephewe and yourself shall be referred to your worship's censure; otherwise my nephewe if he will not doe, it shall be to his great lose, but I hope he will. I give you harty thanks for your kindenes towards him; and, if he doe accordinge to your order in that kinde, I hope it shall be to his good and my well likinge. Thus, desiringe your worshipp's love in my request an answere by this bearer, I committ you and yours to the protection of the Almighty, restinge yours to the uttermost performance of your letter to my power. ANTHONY ALDERSON. Post script. The estate of the gentlewoman I make noe question thereof, for it is sufficient. Warlingwarth, 4 of June, 1615. Item, for a Keckerman his logicke Item, for a paper booke Item, for a paire of slippers No. CXXX. MATT. HUTTON'S ACCOMPTS. JUNE 24, 1615. £16 11s. Imprimis, 3 weekes' commons in the towne in ... ... 0 6 ... 0 6 0 0 Item, to my selfe 1 10 0 Item, for 4 weekes' commons in the towne at the King second comminge 50 ... Item, towards the entertainment of the Kinge at his second comminge 0 0 5 ... 0 13 4 ... ... 7 6 Item, to my laundresse Item, chamber rent ... ... ... Item, for makinge my bed and dressinge my 50 The King visited Cambridge a second time in May, 1615, to be present at a second performance of the comedy of Ignoramus. THE TALOR'S BILL. Imprimis, 4 ounces halfe quarter and a dram of Naples lace £ s. d. 0 12 0 1 0 6 5 6264 ... Item, 3 quarters of an ounce of Spanish silke ... ... 0 1 4 0 ... 0 A COPPIE OF MY LETTER TO MR. DEANE OF YORKE. on you. JULIE 8, 1617. (706.) SIR, I must and doe acknowledg, as I ame a poore sonne of a Levite, that yt had becomd me eare now (yf I held not some particulars of my poore estate of you) to have tendred the dutye that I doe owe unto your hollie trybe: but my place of beeing alderman in thys poore towne of Richmond, wheare I dwell, hath prevented dyvers intented tymes which I had purposed to have wayted I would entreate you that myne attendance may be acceptable in the assyse weeke, at which tyme I doubt not but to gyve you contentment for such leases as I hould of you; beeing a greate part of the portion which my deare father left unto my selfe and manye of my lyttle selves. I have noe reason to press you for extraordinarye favoure, bycause I have not deserved anything of you, but to be used as you use others; and I cannot doubt of that, bycause I heare of your true worth everye way: humblye thanking God even for the glorye of hys word, and the good of that church, that he hath sent such an one amongst us. God is my wyttnes that I speake yt without adulation, yt beeing a thing very farre from my playne dysposition; and I doe detest yt either in myselfe or anye. I doe eftsoones entreate your |