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RICHARD OXINDEN TO HIS SON HENRY

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4     ... Six lines at beginning of letter torn I have sent v^ll at
5this time unto you which I thinke will be sufficient to discharge
6all your expence. You write unto mee that you doe
7intende to come downe presently, and that your tutor will
8come downe with you, whome I should bee very glad to see
9heare, and I will have you to tell him from me that if it please
10him to take the paynes to come to us, he shall be as hartely
11wellcome as any frend we have livinge. I had thought to
12have written unto him aboute it, but finding myself an ill
13scribe I have left it undonne, hopinge that you have soe
14carried youre selfe towards him but you can persuade more
15with him than my letter could. I shall expect youre comminge
16according to youre writinge. You may very easily
17come down in too dayes. Youre best way is to come from
18London to Gravesend by water, and from Gravesend you
19may easily come to my house in halfe a day. Thus wishing
20you to remember me unto your tutor and the rest of our
21frends, I leave you to the protection of the Almightie,
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RICHARD OXINDEN TO HENRY OXINDEN AT OXFORD

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34    I am very sorry to heare that you are sicke but I trust
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36soe ever I most earnestly desire that you will take the visitation
37patiently, submitting youre will to his that hath sent it.
38    I do assure you that it shall be the greatest comfort unto
39me that may be to heare that you doe patiently and cheerefully
40undergoe this that God hath layd upone you. Sonne, I
41woold with all my heart have come unto you, if I did thinke I
42could have donne you any good, but I am well assured that
43youre tutor will doe as much for you as I could if I weare
44with you. I have sent unto you Goodman Cooper, one
45hoome I thinke you will well like of, and when he doth returne,
46if that you doe desire that I should then come unto
47you, I will doe it with all possible speed. I have sent some
48money unto you by him, and your grandmother hath sent
49you a token, and your mother hath sent you another, and
50wee all do ioyne in prayer to God that it will please him to
51send you youre health agayne. Soe in hast I rest