The King was wery weill satisfied wt this, telling his freinds that he was not feared he would change, but that he saw he would bring back all the Religion he carried afield wt him.
My Father (he continued) is a mean and mercenary wretch--it is only to such particular freinds as this Dear Party that I would thus betray his failings.
In hopes of releiving my melancholy, by directing my thoughts to other objects, they have invited several of their freinds to spend the Christmas with us.
My Freindsare all alarmed for me; They fear my declining health; they lament my want of spirits; they dread the effects of both.
In the first place you are to learn that I have met your sisters three freinds Lady Lesley and her Daughters, twice in Public since I have been here.
I thanked the amiable Youth for his entertaining narration, and after expressing my wishes for their Welfare and Happiness, left them in their little Habitation and returned to my other Freinds who impatiently expected me.
In choise of Freinds let such therefore Prefer the godly wise, To whom he may impart the store That in his bosome lies: And let him not perniciously Communicate his favours, To all alike indifferently, Which shewes a mind that wavers.
Nor stands he therefore surely, Whose Freinds most powerfull appeare, Because of mutabillity To which all mortalls subject are, Whose favours run now here, now there.
By reason of the Enmity Between the womans Seed And mans infernall enimy, The Serpent and his breed, The link of consanguinity Could hold true friendship never, Neither hath neare affinity United freinds for ever.
Our freindswith us yt adventure mind not their owne profite, as did ye old adventurers.
If men be set on it, let them beat ye eair; I hope such as are my sinceire freinds will not thinke but I can give some reason of my actions.
But it is as it is; I hope our freinds they, if they be quitted of ye ship hire, will be indusced to venture ye more.
Mean space entreate our freinds not to be too bussie in answering matters, before they know them.
To their loving freinds John Carver and Robart Cushman, these, &c.
Remember me in all love to ourfreinds as if I named them, whose praiers I desire earnestly, & wish againe to see, but not till I can with more comforte looke them in ye face.
But can these fair flouds be Freindswith the bosom-fires that fill thee!
It was my freinds greadines That gart me be ane Priores: Now hartlie them I warie.
I gif my freinds my malisoun That me compellit to be ane Nun, And wald nocht let me marie.
In their accompanying letter, they subscribed themselves, over mere initials, "your assured freindsto our powers.
And it is evident, had not Collo Warner's party beene quick in giving the first blow, upon those our bloody enemies, he and those with him had received the same measure from our pretended freinds but utter enemies.
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