this Lent I had the mesles
this y[ea]r I wrot the b of sevn deadly S[ins]
should be in the 11
at this t[ime]
Robert A
this Lent I read \to/* the captivity \Kings 2/ and I delighted much in my bible
\mrs/ Elen went away I wrot Kut- also I was as pleased at lettle at this t[ime] or in these y[ea]r[s] as now I have more, and I was so wel satisfied that I desired not much
a great
as I take it I did networke and aranw[ork] afor to live
I remember that good B of {...} which my S[ister] read to my M-[other].
From this t[ime] \forwards/ calling to mind the nesessity or vertu of true repentance. I t in {...} mornings of those places of Scripture which might macke my hart to relent thinking of Gods kindnes or compascion towards us \or me/ and of our sinnes and rebellions towards him, striving to weepe -
as I take it about this [time] I desird or prayed for mercy thinking it was good, tho did not so truly understand it till these late yeeres. yet now I have found sweet is thy mercy*
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1620
10. There was an annular eclipse on 21 May 1621
(Gregorian):
see http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/SEcat5/SE1601-1700.html