my Granmother in this time24
of her
sicknes had her will maid, and disposed of that she had, and having recovred,
contented her selfe with her yearly mantanance continuing for three yeares
after
weake and not able to stir abroad as she had done, but remained in her chamber
(not troubling her selfe with the world) but devoted her serves to thee O my
God,
my Granmother being sumthing recovered, my
Sister broke her thigh againe which was a great grife to my frindes who
presently sent for Mr Hales a man very skilfull in the
art
of bonseting. but my sister as sonne as she hard or
saw
his coming her teeth would chatter in her head for very feare having so much
experiance of broken bones. he stayed not long from her (because as he
confessed he
was troubled in his sleepe of her) but came againe to see her. where he found
the
bone a miss and \was/ fant to break it to make it right, it being done I well
remember those harty praises she gave to thee my God. my
mother
being full of tender compashtion towordes her went into the next rome
\[for]/because she would not see her missery. and I my selfe went out of
dores.
waitting to goe to her when she would be better being moved with inward
compassion
towards her; my mother asked Mr
Hales
of her shoulder which began to grow out and of her ankle he said they weare
out of
joynt to long to set, which was done when she was very littel I suppos by the
carlessness of those that tended her, when my father
and
mother was from home; and after feared to confesse it
til
it was to late, her ankle hitting with her foot not standing \very/ rigit
against
her other lege I thinke was the cause of her falling upon very littel accation
he said
her other leg was brok afore
which I supose was the stronger for it now
if her thigh were broken againe it would never
be sett
being the 3 or 4 time, after this his strate bining made it grow sore, my
Aunt Isham being fant to tent it
my mother not being very well keept the chamber with
my Sister, and company cominge to see her she told
them of that \great/ comfort \and joy/ she had of my sister
delighting
soo much in her Booke (which I well remember and \sum of/ the places) and
Actes 3 chap
9 [Math] 11
or suffered
compared her to a Marter for her broken bones
then lettel suposing the many miserys which since she has sustaned
or suffered which would
too much have moved her motherly affection, but she was taken away from the
evill thereof,
24. This would be in
1617 .