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<heading:edcomment:94_THOMAS_BARRINGTON,_29_DECEMBER_1629,_TO_HIS_M
OTHER>

Madame My first knowledg of this bearer's journye towards you made me
differ my intentions of sending purposely to you , and by him to
present you with so much balsom as I could gett in London , which
allthough it be not answarable in quantitye to my desyres and indevors
, yet the qualytie may render som answarable satisfaction , haveing
with som labor obtained it of a freind who hath made greate tryall of
it ; (TBARRING-E2-H,116.3)

that which wants tharefore makes the worthe of the remaineder the
greater . (TBARRING-E2-H,116.4)

I wish and praye for a merrye new yeear unto you , and your safe and
comfortable being emong us in it , and so many as God shall see best
for us to enjoy such and so greate a blessing . (TBARRING-E2-H,116.5)

The children of theire owne ernest desyre have presented you with
theire owne , and that meearly so in matter and forme too , even to my
sonn Oliver who would not so much as have it lookt on till he had
finished . (TBARRING-E2-H,116.6)

You will please to thinke I would not perswade them so much to trouble
you , (TBARRING-E2-H,116.7)

but I was unwilling to discorage them in that loveing indevor which was
so meearly spunn oute of theire owne good natures .
(TBARRING-E2-H,116.8)

My wife offers her dewtie and love to you , humblye desyreing your
excuse for her not wrighting , for that in good truth her present toyle
is verye greate . (TBARRING-E2-H,116.9)

My brother Riche remembers you lovingly , who hath ben heear theise two
dayes oute of his love and upon a busines relateing to my neice Alltham
which you shall know shortly , one Mr St. Johns (TBARRING-E2-H,116.10)

<paren> but it must yet not be imparted to anye because the success is
doubtfull </paren> . (TBARRING-E2-H,116.11)

He is religious , honest , of sweetness in nature , discreet ,
(TBARRING-E2-H,116.12)

his estate in land som by the yeear , (TBARRING-E2-H,116.13)

his practise I beleive neear double , (TBARRING-E2-H,116.14)

handsom for person , probable to rise , my Lord Bedfords only favorite
, who promises that nothing shall hinder it for joyncture if his estate
will make it good . (TBARRING-E2-H,116.15)

I thinke $it $'s {TEXT:it's} not to be slighted considering his present
meanes are $so competent by his prefession and $his likelyhood to rise
so greate , considring how he is befreinded . (TBARRING-E2-H,116.16)

I desyre to be remembred , and so doe my wife and sisters , to owr
brother Gerard and our sisters , and my neice and uncle , and cosen
Brewster , who I assure me is now with you . (TBARRING-E2-H,116.17)

And thus I kiss your hands (TBARRING-E2-H,116.18)

and pray to God to bless you and us all (TBARRING-E2-H,116.19)

and am allwayes Your most dewtyfull and loving sonn Thomas Barrington
(TBARRING-E2-H,116.20)

Hatfield Broad Oak , (TBARRING-E2-H,116.21)

December 29 , 1629 (TBARRING-E2-H,116.22)

<P_117>

To the honourable and my verie good mother the Lady Johan Barrington
(TBARRING-E2-H,117.24)