September 16, 1642
September 16, 1642
The story as it unfolds:

ROUTES PRESCRIBED, CONVERSATIONS REQUESTED;  EDMUND PONDERS FENCING-MASTERS AND THE IMPORTANCE OF A WELL-FORGED WILL.

From the section: Letters

Dear Firth,

On receipt of this please return to the camp, or the march (as applicable) of Prince Rupert. I take from your letters, that you enjoy his confidence, or that he enjoys expostulating before you; it would be a shame were his reflections on matters lost to History through the absence of you and your doughty pen.

You might ask the Prince's thoughts on Lord Strange, who's to be impeached for High Treason by Parliament today after attempting to raise men for the King in Lancashire. Are there any troops from that county, or elsewhere in the North? True and accurate accountings of the Numbers with Rupert (and the King), and the direction of their March, and Ordnance, etc. will be highly prized by our many loyal readers.

It's best if you don't write me at the firm's address from henceforth; Mr Halpenny and I agreeing (through lawyers) to part company pending resolution of our many controversies. (The other apprentices will join me.)

I remain, &c

Sydney Holyfen, The Old House, near St Johns Gate, London

To William Firth, at the Duck and Egg, Northampton

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From the section: Histories

The Dark Guest came first when I was young; if I remember correctly, a day when I saw Sarah; she not the cause, but the occasion, that is, her skirt, draped over her hips, swaying beneath them as she walked. A thing in itself good and lovely; even in memory my heart stalls, my breath quickens, as then; but not her, that is the temptation not resident in her but

The Dark Guest as a Fencing-master, to strengthen us against the wiles of Satan. Placed in us by God? Made constituent to us by God? For our own benefit. Temptations of our Lord in the Desert: did not begin his Ministry until Dark Guest conquered. But external to him, being blameless; inherent in us, the seed of corruption, of fallen. But through grace (perseverance) and through the practice of prayer, etc; that is the organization and direction of the will a force, a storm, a tremendous gale.

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