<P_48>

<heading:edcomment:24_TO_HESTER,_DUBLIN,_FEB._14_1686$$7>

My dear Hest=r= yo=r=s of ye 24=th= of dec=r= & of ye 3=d= of febr. I
have rec=d= (JOPINNEY-E3-P2,48.3)

& had write an Answ=r= to it (JOPINNEY-E3-P2,48.4)

but knew not how to direct it nor this (JOPINNEY-E3-P2,48.5)

but have sent it to yo=r= brother (JOPINNEY-E3-P2,48.6)

For yo=r= living in London upon Expense is neith=r= good for you : nor
pleasing to me (JOPINNEY-E3-P2,48.7)

for $it $'s {TEXT:its} sinfull to live an Idle life & dang=r=ous .
(JOPINNEY-E3-P2,48.8)

my care & tender love to yu is Great hoping God will make y=u= a
comfort to me in my old age & y=t= y=u= will be better advised then
them y=t= have bin a griefe of heart to me & a ruin to themselves &
would consume y=t= before o=r= faces w=ch= their friendes have bin
carefull to get for them . (JOPINNEY-E3-P2,48.9)

I hoped y=u= would have come hither to me the charge should have been
mine . or have gon downe to yo=r= Broth=r= or Mother .
(JOPINNEY-E3-P2,48.10)

to what purpose y=u= would furnish a roome in Lond , <P_49> where y=u=
have no busines I doe not at all und=r=stand . (JOPINNEY-E3-P2,49.11)

I have not had one lett=r= fro~ home these 6 weekes :
(JOPINNEY-E3-P2,49.12)

But grudge not if yo=r= Moth=r= sent y=u= no bed (JOPINNEY-E3-P2,49.13)

for I suppose she would not have y=u= stay there (JOPINNEY-E3-P2,49.14)

$It $'s {TEXT:Its} not beds y=t= should have bin denyed y=u= if y=u=
had any use of them . (JOPINNEY-E3-P2,49.15)

there be enough of y=u= ruined to o=r= Griefe already
(JOPINNEY-E3-P2,49.16)

if y=u= miscarry too , We are undon . (JOPINNEY-E3-P2,49.17)

I have took care for y=u= in my Will (JOPINNEY-E3-P2,49.18)

& expect y=u= should take care of me , to doe nothing in dispose of
yo=r=selfe w=th=out my advise . (JOPINNEY-E3-P2,49.19)

here is at present a sad face of thinges : (JOPINNEY-E3-P2,49.20)

All hurrying away , drawing of their Effects as fast as they can to
astonishm=t= . (JOPINNEY-E3-P2,49.21)

For what y=u= stand bound for I will writ to yo=r= Moth=r= about it .
(JOPINNEY-E3-P2,49.22)

& be not Sollicit=s= : (JOPINNEY-E3-P2,49.23)

for care shall be taken about it . (JOPINNEY-E3-P2,49.24)

my estate have bin Wasted these 5 years I having not had a penny out of
it & in worse condition then w=n= I left England :
(JOPINNEY-E3-P2,49.25)

yet they have had many a score of poundes from me hence .
(JOPINNEY-E3-P2,49.26)

there have bin a great Wast (JOPINNEY-E3-P2,49.27)

& I live here a solitary life for yo=r= sake & now thought by fugitives
to be a dang=r=ous place : (JOPINNEY-E3-P2,49.28)

yet $can $not {TEXT:cannot} gett off . (JOPINNEY-E3-P2,49.29)

If yo=r= sist=r=s busines can be made up I will send her away who may
be able to pay , what she got into her handes of mine & her sist=r= ;
for keeping her child . (JOPINNEY-E3-P2,49.30)

Daught=r= $it $'s {TEXT:its} a tyme full of temptation & snares
(JOPINNEY-E3-P2,49.31)

I doe charge y=u= to Watch & pray y=t= y=u= ent=r= not into them
(JOPINNEY-E3-P2,49.32)

& rememb=r= me to yo=r= sister (JOPINNEY-E3-P2,49.33)

& let her have a care she doe not forget y=e= God of her father nor be
led away with y=e= err=r= of the Wicked this day y=e= new Deputy begins
his gov=r=m=t= . (JOPINNEY-E3-P2,49.34)

Take yo=r= mothers Advice about yo=r= affaires (JOPINNEY-E3-P2,49.35)

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& if y=u= please come over w=th= her at y=e= Spring of the yeare
(JOPINNEY-E3-P2,50.37)

you will be Welcome to yo=r= Aged fath=r= Jo. Pinney
(JOPINNEY-E3-P2,50.38)

w=n= y=u= write tell me where I shall direct my letter to you
(JOPINNEY-E3-P2,50.39)

<heading:edcomment:25_HESTER,_DUBLIN,_MAR._10_1687>

My deare Hester Yours of the 11th of ffebr I rec=d= by w=ch= I see how
thinges goe with you . (JOPINNEY-E3-P2,50.41)

when children will goe without & against their parents advise God will
meet with them as with your brother & sisters . (JOPINNEY-E3-P2,50.42)

I hope their ruin will be your Warning . (JOPINNEY-E3-P2,50.43)

you did not write one word of the maine of my letter w=ch= was to know
whether you would come hither . (JOPINNEY-E3-P2,50.44)

I am solitary now Mrs Latm=r= is gon by whom I sent this letter to you
(JOPINNEY-E3-P2,50.45)

& no comfort hath she bin to me but regardless of the trouble she hath
brought on me . (JOPINNEY-E3-P2,50.46)

I have written for your Mother to come hither (JOPINNEY-E3-P2,50.47)

but know not whether she can come . (JOPINNEY-E3-P2,50.48)

I ame sorry your sister hath wasted any of her stock .
(JOPINNEY-E3-P2,50.49)

I will doe for you what I can (JOPINNEY-E3-P2,50.50)

& shall bee glad that you may doe well . (JOPINNEY-E3-P2,50.51)

$$t $is$ {TEXT:tis} but little I have to live more
(JOPINNEY-E3-P2,50.52)

& the sorrows & troubles of my children make my life shorter .
(JOPINNEY-E3-P2,50.53)

I think not to stay here one winter more (JOPINNEY-E3-P2,50.54)

But shall pray God for you <paren> my deare daughter </paren> that I
may have Comfort in you through the blessing of God upon you in the old
age of your solitary & sorrowing father John Pinney
(JOPINNEY-E3-P2,50.55)

<P_51>

<heading:edcomment:26_TO_HESTER,_DUBLIN,_APRIL_18_1687>

Daught=r= yo=r=s of y=e= 19=th= of march I rec=d=
(JOPINNEY-E3-P2,51.58)

& have consid=r=ed of it . (JOPINNEY-E3-P2,51.59)

but I ame not satisfyed w=th= yo=r= living in a taverne a place of so
many temptations & dangers . (JOPINNEY-E3-P2,51.60)

though it be some loss to y=u= , I would have y=u= to remove
(JOPINNEY-E3-P2,51.61)

& it may be no where better then to yo=r= father : as no where welcomer
(JOPINNEY-E3-P2,51.62)

if debts remaine let yo=r= sister get them in & be accountable to y=u=
for them . (JOPINNEY-E3-P2,51.63)

No body can or will be better to y=u= then y=r= father whose yongest
daughter y=u= bee (JOPINNEY-E3-P2,51.64)

& if y=u= will come to me by this Bearer M=r= Norris ; I will pay y=e=
charge of yo=r= journey (JOPINNEY-E3-P2,51.65)

& will not have y=u= be sordid in it . (JOPINNEY-E3-P2,51.66)

I ame old & weake (JOPINNEY-E3-P2,51.67)

y=e= most of my children <paren> alive </paren> have disobliged me &
been undutifull (JOPINNEY-E3-P2,51.68)

but I shall be glad to see y=u= before I dye . for whom I have so much
respect . (JOPINNEY-E3-P2,51.69)

y=u= have a tend=r= father yet living ; at p=r=sent under some
indisposition of health : (JOPINNEY-E3-P2,51.70)

but $it $'s {TEXT:its} but litle I have to live (JOPINNEY-E3-P2,51.71)

& can badly write this to y=u= . (JOPINNEY-E3-P2,51.72)

I rememb=r= to Rachel , though she hath not pleased me :
(JOPINNEY-E3-P2,51.73)

let her be careful to please y=e= God of her father y=t= she be not
undon by her owne Choise (JOPINNEY-E3-P2,51.74)

I must leave y=u= to God to whom i have dedicated you
(JOPINNEY-E3-P2,51.75)

& remaine a litle while yo=r= Aged & tend=r= father John Pinney
(JOPINNEY-E3-P2,51.76)

{COM:postscript} my deare Hest=r= oth=r=s of my childr. have given me
as good words as y=u= whose lett=r=s will rise up in Judg=t= ag=t=
<P_52> them <paren> God forgive them </paren> (JOPINNEY-E3-P2,52.77)

but I expect better thinges from you , (JOPINNEY-E3-P2,52.78)

for ye all examples of them must be yo=r= warning & caution
(JOPINNEY-E3-P2,52.79)

yo=r=s of Apr. ye 12 I rec=d= aft=r= this was writ
(JOPINNEY-E3-P2,52.80)

& only ad this y=t= I take notice of yo=r= discontents as neglected .
(JOPINNEY-E3-P2,52.81)

& why so ? (JOPINNEY-E3-P2,52.82)

I have made p~visein for y=u= in my will (JOPINNEY-E3-P2,52.83)

& if it be for yo=r= p=r=ferm=t= I will doe more for y=u= whiles I ame
alive . (JOPINNEY-E3-P2,52.84)

y=u= litle know how much I ame conc=r=ned for y=u= & grieved to $have
reced such lines fro~ y=u= . (JOPINNEY-E3-P2,52.85)

yo=r= jealousy of M=rs= $Palmer is causeless (JOPINNEY-E3-P2,52.86)

I will not lay out one penny for her (JOPINNEY-E3-P2,52.87)

& have charged yo=r= moth=r= oft ag=t= it . who is resolved ag=t= it .
(JOPINNEY-E3-P2,52.88)

I ame so much y=e= more conc=r=ned to have y=u= w=th= me ,
(JOPINNEY-E3-P2,52.89)

y=u= may be bett=r= satisfyed & not grieve an Aged fath=r= y=t= hath
valued & loved y=u= <paren> I fear </paren> more then is meet J P_NPR
(JOPINNEY-E3-P2,52.90)

<heading:edcomment:27_TO_HESTER,_DUBLIN,_JUNE_17_1687>

My deare Hester To save y=e= charge of a lett=r= ; I have sent by a
Baronet , S=r= William Sandes a memb=r= & offic=r= of o=r= congregation
to have you off from living in a Taverne w=th= whom if y=u= please to
come to me I shall be glad . (JOPINNEY-E3-P2,52.92)

yo=rs= by M=r= Norris I rec=d= w=ch= grates upon me undeservedly :
(JOPINNEY-E3-P2,52.93)

for I never intend y=t= yo=r= livelyhood shall pay M=rs= Hoars vanity
for w=ch= I have oft written to yo=r= moth=r= (JOPINNEY-E3-P2,52.94)

& I hope yo=r= brother will look after it . (JOPINNEY-E3-P2,52.95)

If this Baronet come to you in p~son treat him civilly .
(JOPINNEY-E3-P2,52.96)

the cost shall be at my charge <paren> to a farthing . </paren>
(JOPINNEY-E3-P2,52.97)

suspect <P_53> not my payment of it to you . (JOPINNEY-E3-P2,53.98)

& if yo=r= business will permit ; Come hither w=th= him .
(JOPINNEY-E3-P2,53.99)

If he wants any thing give him credit (JOPINNEY-E3-P2,53.100)

<paren> for he is welthy </paren> (JOPINNEY-E3-P2,53.101)

& I will repay it . (JOPINNEY-E3-P2,53.102)

I ame in an ill condition to write , (JOPINNEY-E3-P2,53.103)

but being by so consid=r=able a p~son I could not forbeare .
(JOPINNEY-E3-P2,53.104)

Wednsday last o=r= charter had judg=t= past against it here .
(JOPINNEY-E3-P2,53.105)

I have not heard from home these 3 weekes . (JOPINNEY-E3-P2,53.106)

I give my remembrance to Rachel , though she hath forgotten me .
(JOPINNEY-E3-P2,53.107)

$It $'s {TEXT:Its} a poor city we are in (JOPINNEY-E3-P2,53.108)

& poorer it growes dayly having some thousands of houses w=th=out
Inhabitants . (JOPINNEY-E3-P2,53.109)

I $can $not {TEXT:cannot} yet remove from it (JOPINNEY-E3-P2,53.110)

but have no desire to winter in it . (JOPINNEY-E3-P2,53.111)

God Almighty bless y=u= ; to whom I com~it y=u= & whom I rememb=r=
dayly w=th= y=e= tend=r= affection of a fath=r= Jo Pinney .
(JOPINNEY-E3-P2,53.112)

<heading:edcomment:28_TO_HESTER,_CARNARVON,_JAN._16_1688>

My deare Hester Feare & friendes , passion & Indiscretion hurried us
out of Dublin y=e= 9=th= of Dec=r= (JOPINNEY-E3-P2,53.114)

& we landed here y=e= Munday after . (JOPINNEY-E3-P2,53.115)

& are in y=e= house of one M=r= Ellice Rowland : where we are Well
accom~odated ; though dear , in Walles ; (JOPINNEY-E3-P2,53.116)

diet lodging fire & candle for 4=s= - 6=d= a week a peice .
(JOPINNEY-E3-P2,53.117)

We had not many houres to p~vide & have left all behind us even about
in money (JOPINNEY-E3-P2,53.118)

If y=u= have written thither $it $'s {TEXT:its} y=e= reason y=u= have
had no answ=r= . (JOPINNEY-E3-P2,53.119)

I wrote to Nath. as sone as I came (JOPINNEY-E3-P2,53.120)

& charged him to write to y=u= Where wee were (JOPINNEY-E3-P2,53.121)

But did not rememb=r= neith=r= I nor yo=r= mother how to direct yo=r=
Letter (JOPINNEY-E3-P2,53.122)

& this is at a venture : w=ch= if it come to yo=r= <P_54> handes Write
to us here Directed , to me <paren> at M=r= Ellis Rowland in Carnarvan
to be left at Conway w=th= y=e= post </paren> (JOPINNEY-E3-P2,54.123)

We intend to goe back againe to Dubline if we hear no worse of it ,
(JOPINNEY-E3-P2,54.124)

but shall acquaint y=u= w=th= it (JOPINNEY-E3-P2,54.125)

& when y=u= writ to yo=r= brother Acquaint him of it .
(JOPINNEY-E3-P2,54.126)

It was y=e= fear of a massacre intended drove us off .
(JOPINNEY-E3-P2,54.127)

much more I have to writ (JOPINNEY-E3-P2,54.128)

but $it $'s {TEXT:its} doubtfull if this com to y=u=
(JOPINNEY-E3-P2,54.129)

God almighty bless you my dear child (JOPINNEY-E3-P2,54.130)

& make you a comfort to yo=r= Exiled father Jo Pinney
(JOPINNEY-E3-P2,54.131)

Yo=r= moth=r= is well & rememb=r=s y=u= (JOPINNEY-E3-P2,54.132)

this day came yo=r= Welcom letter Dated Jan. but no lett=r= fro~ Nath .
(JOPINNEY-E3-P2,54.133)

I have rec=d= a lett=r= fro~ $M=rs= Palmer at Dublin who intends to com
hither (JOPINNEY-E3-P2,54.134)

But have written to stop her there till we come (JOPINNEY-E3-P2,54.135)

for we $can $not {TEXT:cannot} so leave all there .
(JOPINNEY-E3-P2,54.136)

We think to go thither this Week (JOPINNEY-E3-P2,54.137)

y=e= soner y=e= saffer . (JOPINNEY-E3-P2,54.138)

I shall writ to y=u= by M=r= Damer who gon hence to London who would
have us along w=th= him & had gone if we had o=r= thinges out of Dublin
(JOPINNEY-E3-P2,54.139)

<P_57>

<heading:edcomment:31A_TO_HESTER,_JULY_26_1688>

{COM:with_letter_31}

This I ad to yo=r= mothers letter . (JOPINNEY-E3-P2,57.143)

I ame old & unfit to raise a Congreg. for others to succeed in . or to
leave a Certainty for an unc=r=tainty . (JOPINNEY-E3-P2,57.144)

I value my childrens company highly . but not to hurt them :
(JOPINNEY-E3-P2,57.145)

& any of them shall be welcome to me y=t= have not by great
undutifullness disobliged me . (JOPINNEY-E3-P2,57.146)

For y=e= Scot , $y=t $s= {TEXT:y=ts=} such a p~ud imperious begger I
would have y=u= have litle to doe w=t=h . (JOPINNEY-E3-P2,57.147)

I heare she is a fortune teller (JOPINNEY-E3-P2,57.148)

& I ame much incensed ag=t= her Especially about a Bond y=t= Nath. gave
his brothr w=ch= she thinkes is in my handes <paren> as she wrote to me
</paren> when I ame confident , she hath it . (JOPINNEY-E3-P2,57.149)

this comes to y=u= by M=r= Darby & M=r= Norris <paren> my deare
friendes & offic=r=s </paren> in our congreg. (JOPINNEY-E3-P2,57.150)

By M=r= Darby I have sent a Ginney to y=u= : (JOPINNEY-E3-P2,57.151)

buy 1 quart of Banist=r=s water , for M=rs= Smith , my dear friend .
(JOPINNEY-E3-P2,57.152)

& to send it by M=r= Darby . (JOPINNEY-E3-P2,57.153)

I have ordered him to Write to y=u= where his Aboad is .
(JOPINNEY-E3-P2,57.154)

My staying here is for yo=r= Good whose welfare I shall seek
(JOPINNEY-E3-P2,57.155)

& hope to doble yo=r= p=r=sent <P_58> conc=r=nes , if God save me w=th=
life . (JOPINNEY-E3-P2,58.156)

Rememb=r= me to Rachel who I hope is sensible of her great evill in
disobeying her tend=r= fath=r= y=t= shall yet Receive her & remember
her the kindness she hath shewed . (JOPINNEY-E3-P2,58.157)

what yo=r= moth=r= will ad more I leave rome (JOPINNEY-E3-P2,58.158)

& com~it y=u= to Gods grace (JOPINNEY-E3-P2,58.159)

yo=r= Aged father Jo. Pinney . (JOPINNEY-E3-P2,58.160)