The Hartlib Papers

Deare freind

these are to accompany Mr. Ellis & to giue him addresse to meet with yow, rather then for any account of that which I intend to write of. hee is a free man & ingenuous concerning yowr purposes & endevours for me to remoue me from hence yow may speake (if at all to him in case hee make inquirie) with reseruation, because it may bee some discouragement to him, & perhaps a preiudice to what wee haue in hand if hee should imagine my remouall to bee sudden; which truly I yet cannot represent unto my self: because I am resolved & setled to doe here what is to bee done in this station; as if I were to remaine here all my life: & if I find that God takes me awaye I shall haue this comfort that I haue not neglected what was to bee done here for the tyme.

I thanke yow for the thinges yow sent me the last weeke & this the bookes for my Children & the Catechismes are come to my hand. Mr. Ellis will take a care of the further disposall of them. I am much troubled at that which yow write to me of yowr Son, I shall not bee unmindfull of him in my prayers; & to morrow Godwilling yow shall heare further what I can aduise. in the meane tyme I shall commend yow to Gods fatherly direction & protection & rest

                             Yowr most assured &

                              faithfully deuoted

Winton                          freind in Christ

26. octob.                           Iohn Durye

         To his Deere freind

           Mr. Hartlib

           at his house in Dukes

               place neer Algate

                        in

                          London