(the rather towards thee my God, whome I dissobayed in
my parents) I confes she affton corrected mee for it I being
littel the better the sumtimes the worse (for which I crie thee mercy)
too affton I obayed her for feare of the rod; rather then \in/ love,
or feare to thee being \too/ ignorant of thy Law. many times
I should crie not knowing my cause, and sumtimes for
littel (O God thou knowest my foollishnes and my faults are
not hid from thee) many times I should be dejected suppossing
my mother loved my Sister
better, because sum told
her she was like her; not considering her much pitting and
sparing of her because she was corrected by thy hand
O Lord) for besides her being ill from her berth she was
ill nurst. and after by the necclegents of those that tendded
her bracke her (as I remember) right kne*;
also my brother
had an
ill fitt
at nurse being weakly afterward. I hard my
mother say she had littel hope of his life) but such
is thy goodnes O Lord which hath made him a sounde man to our
great joy and comfort;
to [reliefe] it I played at
babies and
after
with
ballets
windeabout \
3 or/
4
yeare old I had many
fitts of
the
winde collick
with a
lax
and \after/ my teeth much panned mee:
three years passed on \in/ which I learned my booke and my \trusticke/ worke
and wee all continued in health, Blessed be thy name O Lord,
as I remember [sh]e had
Dr Ketty s advise
about this time12
my
mother was ill
for which she had
Mr Battlers
advise and after a
Geman
*and after had sum
fitts
of
blething*
afterward she continued indifferent well for a space, and had a very weake
fit like to die, but haveing
sumthing recovred,
my selfe
Sister and
Brother
wee all were ill of great colds,
while we keept the chamber my Sister
Judith broke her other lege;
About this time14 being as I take it
11. Secular songs or verses.
12. This would be in
1616 .
13. 'German', either a native of Germany or more
likely a close relative.
14. This would be in
1617
or
1618 .