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Rh that it may be ſo, and deſiring, above all things here below, to have a ſight of your dear ſelf, before I depart out of the world, I have ſent the bearer, Monſ. Durell, one of my captains, to conduct you to me forth with, who is a perſon of that worth and honour, that you may truſt yourſelf with him without the trouble of any attendants, but what he brings with him; becauſe I would have you come as ſpeedily as may be; which is, at preſent, all from him, who is, both in life and death,

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July 12, 1639.

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At the reading of this ſhe trembled, looked pale, and ſhed abundance of tears, being in the greateſt diſorder and confuſion imaginable; entreating inſtantly to ſee the party that brought it; promiſing (on their renewing their intreaties) not to diſcover their wickedneſs, if, by their future demeanor, they made an amendment for what had paſſed; and they, thereupon, ſolemnly promiſed, and led her down into the hall, where the pretended captain and his ſervant bowed very low to her; and being beforehand inſtructed, anſwered all her queſtions ſo cunningly, that ſhe verily believed the letter to have come from her Lord, and that all he ſaid was true: deſiring them to refreſh themſelves, whilſt ſhe fitted herſelf with other apparel, and took ſome jewels, gold, &c. along with her. Which done, and being about four in the evening, the innocent dove committed herſelf into the talons of theſe bloody vultures, mounted Rh