Dear Anne,

I write in haste; we with the Regt of Col Hampden are ordered to march west, and reinforce the regts of Col Holles and Lord Brooke at Brentford, which Prince Rupert (we have certain intelligence) means to attack, as a Preliminary to an assault on London.

The Trained-Bands of London are Mustered in their Battle-array, and posted at Kingston and Acton as well as Brentford, and the Earl of Warwick is raising an additional seven Regiments for the defense of London. Perhaps there will be another battle Soon, one that will I pray, as we all pray, will end this War; but if not, then we will fight on. For your Question, Sarah and I after we Married spent only a year in the Bay-colony; we then moved south, to the fort at Saybrook (a colony settled by Patent of the Earl of Warwick and named for Lord Saye and Lord Brooke), and then later to Wethersfield. It was there that Sarah was taken by the Savages.

I will write more when Able; in the meantime please Pray for me, and please greet my Father.

Dear Anne,

I thank you for your Letter – God’s blessings on you for sending it, with news of Father, and of you. Regarding the Weather, there are Blankets, at my Mother’s house in Huntingdon; they are in a trunk in the room where I slept. I will ask that she send them to you. Also Sergeant Kilmister says, that my wretch of a Brother (Sydney) kept the Loom-works well-supplied with Sea-Coal, for the comfort of the Weavers against the Cold Winters of the Fen; but since these Craftsmen are now Troopers of Captain Cromwell, that Surplus can be spared for you and Father! Mrs Kilmister will act as your agent, and keep you well-supplied. And please, with the Money I have left for you with Mother, buy a Coat, and a Cloak and Hat; I pray you will do so; your good health is precious, to my Father, and to others besides.