those of the Romesh Religion have done and thretened towards us, and hearing* of the joys of those Marters that suffered for the Prodistant Religion, I was at this time very apprehensive of there Blessednes thinking them wonde\r/full hapie againe I thought them no less happie who when our saviour was upon the earth he helped both in \soule/* and blessed are they that have not seene and yet have beleaved. John 20 29. body: I doe not condeme those that are the most sensible of evill for it a good thinge not to be too secure, but I have observed that wee more feare forraine enimies then \those/ that \are/ Domesticall; wee many times feare a rumer abr\o/ad when death may take us unprovied at home considering thy many Blessings my God, to this Land I am bounde to praise thee [that which] am a as a member thereof, Lord thou hast often thretened and delivered us, and wee though wee be unworthy yet let us not be ungratfull, O be mercifull to this Land and heale the breaches thereof: not very long after this I feared that the day of Christ was at hand because the sun and moone sumtimes apeared red like blood, but now thou hast given me knowledge to expect it with joy, and I desire thee my Lord God, that I may alwayes be prepared like those wise Vergins to meete my Celestiall bridegrome. Mat 25.6*

In these times I went forwards in learing my worke being taught by my mothers waiting weman. Little teaching served my turne. I know not what jenius led me to love it so well, that I tooke foorth patturns of all or \of/ most I could doe of my selfe. somtimes it so fell out that I had non to \teach/ me or that I had learnt what they could doe, my mother then many times to avoid idelnes (til I had a more conveniant time to learn, or one to teach me), would sett me to worke things to ware, but I liked not to doe much of one kind of worke that was put to me. my mother perseving my idlenes to doe very little would taske me, which was so easey that many times I could doe it in halfe the while which she set me, though I often performed it not in a whole day. she calling me to acount at evening at this timein these times as I take it my memory was so brittel that if my mother had \sumtimes/ sent me on an arrent I should forget it before I had gon out of the roome. likewise I had a coffe which my parents feared to be the Coffe of the Lungs: I tooke the sirupt of foelfoot, and the root of elecampan in gelop which since I have made for my selfe use som easey thinge for it which did me some good: yet I had a horsnes which continued with me for many yeares after: though I was not sick nither hath the extremety of sicknes ever held me above a day from my or [infancy?] Childhood to this present, as I take itin this yeere and the next I was taken \with/ vomiting which sicknes held me about a day. when it came taking me with great violence which som thought to be the preservation of my heath \or/ life for which I praise thee me God, as likwise for thy mercy in preserving my \fathers/ house when deseases have bene in the toune. as the small pox and purpels⁴⁴ at sundry \times/ whereof some died