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<heading:edcomment:LXXI_MARY,_LADY_PEYTON_TO_MRS._ANNE_OXINDEN>

Doughter Oxinden , Which title I must now give you , your brother hath
so weall satisfied me in your match that I wish you much joy and
hapines , (PEYTON-E2-H,87.3)

and withall be carful that , whatsoever you doe , to love honer and
obey your housband in all things that is fitting for a resonable
creture . (PEYTON-E2-H,87.4)

$I will desir nothing that is unresonable , (PEYTON-E2-H,87.5)

you know what I have sufferd (PEYTON-E2-H,87.6)

yet God hath $delivered mee out of it , though with infinit afliction
for the time . (PEYTON-E2-H,87.7)

I have had so $much spech with your brother conserning your father's
wille and your portion , which he would not beleeve till I showed him
the will , (PEYTON-E2-H,87.8)

he is now confirmed in it (PEYTON-E2-H,87.9)

and says you shall have your dewe as soune as he can ;
(PEYTON-E2-H,87.10)

be sur of this (PEYTON-E2-H,87.11)

you shall have it , though you stay som tim for it ,
(PEYTON-E2-H,87.12)

in the meantime let no respect be wanting to your housband and his
mother , with the rest of his frends , (PEYTON-E2-H,87.13)

in this you shall gain yourself a good reput and shew yourself a
vertuous wife whoes pris is not to be valued ; (PEYTON-E2-H,87.14)

as for the bisines you writ to me about , I am ashamed I $can $not
{TEXT:cannot} doe it for you , (PEYTON-E2-H,87.15)

my housband siems to give me pour though I have no pour ,
(PEYTON-E2-H,87.16)

he hath been so ill a housband of lat that I never was so put to it to
bring the wourld about as now I am , (PEYTON-E2-H,87.17)

besids he is to pay a gret deale of mony this next terme ,
(PEYTON-E2-H,87.18)

wher he will have it I know not ; (PEYTON-E2-H,87.19)

only this I am sur he will suffer ; (PEYTON-E2-H,87.20)

his father delt most unworthylie with us , which $inforces me to doe
what I would not . (PEYTON-E2-H,87.21)

I think to be at London this next terme , wher I $shall $be
{TEXT:shalbe} glad to meete you , (PEYTON-E2-H,87.22)

if not I desier to see you hier . (PEYTON-E2-H,87.23)

Your brother houmfery remembers his service to you .
(PEYTON-E2-H,87.24)

So with my prayers to God to bless you , I rest as ever Your asured
loving mother Mary Peyton (PEYTON-E2-H,87.25)

<font> February the 19th 1632 </font> (PEYTON-E2-H,87.26)