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426 him. So farre as I may assiste, yr Lp hath good right to commaunde Yr Lps humble servant,
 * Dublin Castle, 21 Junii, 1639.

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James Bridgeman seems to have had a quarrel soon after his arrival in Ireland, with a certain Sir John Browne, knight, which induced his father to send for him to England, as may appear by the following letter from the bishop of Elphin:

"Right Reverend and my verie good Lo: Your last, dated the 27th of August, I received the 20th of this moneth, three weekes almost after the returne of Peter Stringer unto this towne; who at his cominge excused himselfe (by his hastie and suddaine departure from Chester) for not bringinge with him your Lopps letter; so that the letter delivered latelie to my hands may likewise pleade mine excuse for not givinge yor Lopp an answer thereof longe before this tyme. The