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mr {Johne?} died

Judith went away

In this 4 or 5 y[ears] I often led my m[other]

I did work of breadstich and aranw-[ork] and begun my silken A[dam] and E[ve]:

wee left repeting of our chap and only read them to our selves

my Aunt Washington cam and was very sleeppy

M my mother died and my selfe and my S[ist]er {maurni[n]g?}

one spake to me from my f[ather] that wee should [us?] have the dary \mony/ but I regarded it not after

my f[ather] wished me to read praires a morni[n]gs {...} [sung?] our selves. which since I have done

I gave a strick acount of it those y[ears] folloing recev[in]g it and seting it doune writing it downe

I knit me a pare of gloves

M my cosen B went away and my S[ister] wrot my B[rother] boot-hose

my Sister wrot a coife

I did some Aranworke and networke to send for for Mr Cable

I read some part of Withers and play Bookes , which our nurs sent

I did some aranw_[ork] on E for farthings \or cable w[or]k/ of mary

I made a washcase which I gave to my f[ather]. my S[ister] wrot a coife.

I played a litle at cards.

I was \not/ willing to learn to writ of plickrowland as my father would have had me, because I was so foolishly conceated of my owne doeing afore, not being willing to {obay?} {my?} {father?} {better?}