The family of Burnett of Leys, with collateral - Electric Scotland

APPENDIX. 211
4. To Thomas Burnet, younger, of Leys, 22nd September, 1610.
I DOE not a litle reioyse (good Cooseene) att the good reporte I heare of you,
and desyre you, vt virtus laudata crescit, soe to endeuoure yourself to walke still
worthie suche a reporte. As I wrott you by M re Bonner, soe nowe I pray you
good Cooseene come schawe me wher I did promeese you to come to Scotland
th l I may in th l
place vnpromeese it agayne : for trewlye as I haue written to youre
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father I knowe not howe nor when I canne come. My wyfe
Cussens and border frome my sister verye thankfullye and kyndlye as a tokene of
a loving sister : and assure youre moother, althoe oure habilitye is not hable to
requyt quid pro quo, yet schoe hathe as loyall and faithfull harte touard her as
any sister or frend schoe hathe in Scotland, and yf schoe had not been soe byssey
occupied prepareing her nest (for schoe lookethe euerye houre to be broght to
bed) schoe would not lett the messenger away witheout some tokene, for I prayse
frendes rather better than
God whoe hathe blessed me withe a wyf th l louethe my
here owne. I haue sent you purging pilles of whiche you may take ij or iij as you
find them worke withe you when you go to bed or in the morning werye tymlye,
and when you ryse take some warme brothe : they will keepe many yeers, yf they
be ij softe you may make them vpe withe a litle suger or liquerice powder. I
haue alsoe sent you some water for the eche whiche you should vse thus : alternis
diebus partes scabiose lauentur et per se siccari permittantur, prima et secunda
lotio scabiem plerumque extrahunt tertia exsiccat et sanat. Youre book you shall
also receawe yet I see noe thing worthie the marking in it and it is all false
writtene butt I shall one daye send you some better receptes for Chyrurgerie.
Youre desyne for stockines is satisfyed by M re Bonner. I prayse God he doethe
still blesse me as you know he was wont and I hope he will continowe his mercie
touards me, etiam frementi inuidia, for Christes cause as long as I Hue and then
when he doethe putt an end to all my troubles he will receawe me to his eternall
mercie in Christe Jesus my Lord and Savioure. I merwell I cann not hear of my
Coosene James howe he doethe. As for my Brother Robert, I heare say he
standethe vpone it th l I the yonger schould writt first to him. I merwell of th l
mynd
in a diwine and soe commend me to him and tell tu nosti qui sim ego. Suirley I
haue noe suche mynd but plaine necessitye keepethe me from performing frendly
offices, I seldom writt to you butt about x. or xi. at night
: nether haue I then a
free mynd. My wyfe, M re Dobsone, M re Furnas, M re Newhouse, my father,
mother and all your good frend doe oftene remember you werye kyndlye.
I pray
you remember ws to all oure frendes and particularly to D. Liddle to whome I