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JOHN BARRINGTON, 18 JULY, 1629

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5    Deare mother I am exceading sorrowfull that I have been
6forced by reason of my longe sicknes to be so often importunate to
7request your favour in the releafe of my greate necessities, wherby I
8know I have beene very chargeable unto yow, without which love of
9yours so highlie shewed to mee I could not have imagined what I
10should have done for my releafe all this time. I beseach yow not to
11esteame your love ill bestowed upon mee hearin; I trust in God I shall
12never give yow cause so to doe, but yow shall (God willing) ever finde
13mee willing to strive to desearve your love to my uttermost power and
14indeavour. I must indeade confess I was more then ordinarie chargeable
15unto yow latelie (being constrained therunto which I could not
16avoide), in which respect I do understand yow are displeased with
17mee (which hath much troubled mee) but I do intreate yow if yow
18have conceaved any distast against mee hearin that yow would be
19pleased to remitt it, assuring yow I will carefully avoyde any thinge
20which I can thinke to be displeasing to yow.
21    I do understand it is your pleasure to know of mee what course I do
22purpose to take when God shalbe pleased to inable mee with strength
23to goe abroode. I beseach you not to harbour any other conceite then
24that I am resolved to take such a lawfull course as shall be both
25pleasing to God and liking to your sealfe; this my desire, for I delight
26not in sullenes. But as yet I must with patience waight God his pleasure
27for my former strength, for as yet I have not nore dare beare any
28waight upon my hurte legg because the bone is not all come of that is
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30chamber. With the remembrance of my humble dutie I commend
31yow to God his protection remayning
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JOHN BARRINGTON, 13 AUGUST 1629

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43    Deare mother May it please yow, since my last letter which I
44desired Sir Francis Harris to deliver unto yow my bone which was to
45scale is (I thanck God) quite of and the wound allmost dried upp, soe
46that I hope I shall now be quickly able to goe abroade. I do hope (God
47willing) to gow for Swede and to have a company for that service, but
48as yet wee have noe absolute answeare of those condicions are sent to
49the king, which are carried thither by a Dutchman who is to be our
50collonell (if wee are agreed upon our condicions). I was demanded
51by a speciall frind if I would be one of the regiment, to which I have
52willingly agreed. As yet wee have no certaintie before wee heare from
53thence, which wee earnestlie expect. The chiefe ponts wee stand upon
54are for monie to be paid us heare to rayse our men; and for the time
55how long they will entertaine us, wee desire to make in our condicions
56that the king shalbe bound to keepe us in pay three yeares at least.
57They would pay us (as to some before) halfe our monie heare and the
58rest a month after our arrivall theare, for raysing our men, but wee
59hope to have all our monie heare to rayse and transport our men,
60which is 300^li to each captain. A captain's meanes is good theare
61which is twentie five pounds a month, ten to a lieutenant, as much to
62an ensigne. I shall be wondrous willing to imbrace this imployment if
63wee can agree to have all our monie heare to rayse and transport our
64men, else wee cannot rayse them for want of monie. I beseach yow
65excuse my tediousness, with my humble duty remembred I commend
66yow to the protection of the allmightie who I beseach to prosper all
67your affaires, and will ever rest
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JOHN BARRINGTON, 10 OCTOBER 1629

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74    Deare mother May it please yow, since I last wroghte yow (I
75thancke God) my legg is much stronger and doth daylie increase in
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77well, only my knee is not yet recovred, but I hope as strength doth
78come that will mende. As yet wee have receaved no newes of our
79bussines in Swede but wee do dayly expect the comming of Collonel
80Knephusen from theance or else his sending hither; I hope wee shall
81have such contentment that wee may goe over to searve that kinge
82next springe, which I doe desire, and shall willingly imbrace any
83reasonable condicions for my parte. I doe not heare of any newes
84worth the wrighting at this time. Thus with my humble dutie remembred,
85I commend yow to the tuition of the allmightie, resting
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