Item 5 (Shorthand writing, Address to the reader), fol. 4v

Whosoever shall look in these papers

...

The singularity of these conceptions doth not advantage any.

[This text is followed by two lines of partial, unidentified shorthand.]

Item 25.3 (Address to the reader), fol. 36v

To a Captive.

Fortune knew no better way to raise you than by this fall.

...

That such was the order of the world and disposition of affairs as little losses were to usher in great advantages.

Item 34.2 (Advice, Address to the reader), fol. 42r

To my children.

The Almighty bless you all with his divine blessing

...

And think when you receive any blessing that you receive that of your Dear Father's also (I representing him all)

Item 41 (Autobiography, Family record, Letter, Address to the reader), fols. 48r-49r

Discourse to L. upon the Newington Barrow

My lord when the King [Charles I] had this estate in his interest it was of such trivial value

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And I hope we shall be better able to keep it when our family have lived in credit for this 100 years without it.

[This discourse relates to the expiry of a lease period that the Crown had imposed on Highbury (see biographical article). One line in the middle of (the otherwise blank) fol. 48v reads 'We are not come to the fruition of it at this time, being still in lease'.]

Item 89 (Autobiography, Meditation, Address to the reader), fol. 69v

In Answer to one why not marry to ease me of my burdens.

O noe Cousin, marriage should be peaceable

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when I have parted with my interest, can render a compensation.

Item 3 (Address to the reader), p. [421]

You will now confesse those fears I did not hide from you were not in vain

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happy are you whom God gives time and ope...

[The address to an unspecified reader is incomplete.]