I humbly bed Pardon for the Boldneses my extreame nesesityes forces me to take; I did beleeue when I came out of Englandthat it was in order to a seruice to yr LD: wch I did indeauor, wth all the power of my life, as ffar as time, & my want of mo=ey, would giue me leaue: I am uery confid-ent that no person in the world could haue drawn him to a resolution of ytkind, besides my self: I promis’ed him all wt I had in charge to do: wch because he saw no effects off: he knew not wt to think: but I still keep,d him up wth the Confidence I had that all should be as was saide. I sent to yr LD from timeto time not missing a Post, wheare in I did not beg yr LD to giue him somincouragt but t,was all in VaineI neuer could get that, nor a poore an swer of all I sent: I tould ye nessesitytheare was (if yr LD would be serud) for him to haue a sudaine suply: for he could not go wheare his presence was wholy nessesary for that end, for wantof som money: I tould your Ldp of ye Folio 51v of seuerall Papers he had that weare of som conserne wch he could not com att be cause he owd som money at the house;he could not go to ye hague for want of that; in fine My Lord; you had bin serud more effectuall, had those promises been keep,d; & he had bin now at Libertie; wch he had long since bin had he not wanted money. I begd: but fora little for him: I sent ye copyes of his letters (out of prison to me) to yr LD: of all wch I can not so much as get an answer: I dare not returne him any to his neither, hauing so long ffold himwth vaine expectation: so that now I know not how he is; but how; or wheares, so euer; I beleeue wth uery little resolution of doing yr LD any more seruice vnless hehad seene better ffruits of it:

as for my self, being so long wth out any money: I was forcd to be at uery great charge wheare I had creditt so that when I ow’d 100 & 20 pownds I had a Bill of 50: wch only serud to Pay as ffar as it would go wch wanted 4 pownd of that sum also, when it came heare; the rest; all my trunks, & all that littleFolio 52r [I brought wth me is ingagd ffor: wch be)]-ing so little a Pawne for so great a debtI am daily, & howerly, abusd & threatnedby them: when that 50 pownds cameI left my self nit on Peny of it; but was forcd to borrow a little, to make that up full 50: to pay them; & how I haue in creasd that score since: I feare will be but litt= =le considered:I am in extreame want &nessesity: & am sure a hundred Powndswill not pay my debts for all wch I do protest to god I am not on shilling the bett-er: but as yet much ye worse being like to loose all my things: & affter all to be putt into a prison: see now, my Lordwt incouragment this is for yr seruants: I am put off from time, to time, wthout any consideration that these delays ad dayly to my score: theare fore my humble pitition to yr Lp, that I may haue a finall answer of wt I am to do, & not let me bedisgraced & ruend in a straing place wre I haue none to pity or help me.I beg yr Lp: will allso let me know wt I shall say or do to the poore man:) I haue Pawnd all my Rings, & little things I had; for him all ready; wch made but ffew Pownds: how euer I had rather starue then be worse then my word: tis wth great impatiency I expect Folio 52v [yr Lps answer: & if I haue not a supply wthin] a ffew days I am sure I shall be in PrisonI know the least noat from yr ldp to mr shaw: would giue me creditt for any thing for God sake my Lord do som thing to helpme out of my affliction: for I am not a ble to liue & suffer so: let but first my debts be paide: & then though I starueor beg I care not. (if you please to haueit so) my Ld for giue me, I beseech you, & take some Pitty on a poore straingerwhose life or death is in yr hands & who is

my lord the 3rd of Nober: 66 Yr Ldps: most ffaithfull but, afflicted seruant Astreaa