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− | It is among my many misfortunes one of y:e Cheife to have done a great & good service for unworthy & ungratefll persons, but to such are trewly worthy I never had opportunity to doe for y:m, as I desire, & y:s is my Case & greefe y:t I am not in capacity to serve yo:w; to whome I am soe extreamly obliged for yo:e Countenance & greate favo:e to my son, & as he saies yo:w are a father to him, soe I say yo:w are more to him there y:n I can be, & have done more for him y:n I am able; as yo:e meare goodnesse w:thout merrit hath prompted yo:w to doe soe much for him as he tells me in sending him abroad, in giveing him a trust w:ch is much for his Creadet & advantage, soe I doubt not but y:e same goodnesss will as he performes y:t trust, put him upon some beneficiall employm:t , for y:e Good of y:e Comp:a & his owne incouragem:t: if I were able in anything to serve yo:w here God knowes y:e willingness of my soule to doe it, but y:t his blessings may attend yo;e indeavours shall allwaies be y:e prayers of | + | It is among my many misfortunes one of y:e Cheife to have done a great & good service for unworthy & ungratefll persons, but to such are trewly worthy I never had opportunity to doe for y:m, as I desire, & y:s is my Case & greefe y:t I am not in capacity to serve yo:w; to whome I am soe extreamly obliged for yo:e Countenance & greate favo:e to my son,<ref>Charles Bendish, Sir Thomas Bendish's son, who had been employed as a factor in the East Indies with Sir George Oxenden's assistance</ref> & as he saies yo:w are a father to him, soe I say yo:w are more to him there y:n I can be, & have done more for him y:n I am able; as yo:e meare goodnesse w:thout merrit hath prompted yo:w to doe soe much for him as he tells me in sending him abroad, in giveing him a trust w:ch is much for his Creadet & advantage, soe I doubt not but y:e same goodnesss will as he performes y:t trust, put him upon some beneficiall employm:t , for y:e Good of y:e Comp:a & his owne incouragem:t: if I were able in anything to serve yo:w here God knowes y:e willingness of my soule to doe it, but y:t his blessings may attend yo;e indeavours shall allwaies be y:e prayers of |
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Latest revision as of 07:31, December 27, 2011
X March 1665, Letter from Thomas Bendyshe to Sir GO, London
BL, MS. XX,XXXX, f. 99-100
Editorial history
13/12/11, CSG: Created page
27/12/11, CSG: Added hypertext Table of Contents
Abstract & context
Suggested links
See 10th April 1662, Letter from Thomas Bendyshe to Sir GO
See 30th March 1663, Letter from Thomas Bendysh to Sir GO, London
See X April 1667, letter from Thomas Bendyshe to Sir GO, Bumpsted
To do
(1) Complete the transcription
(2) Check the date of the letter really is 1665 and not 1666, or indeed 1667
Transcription
This transcription has not yet been completed
London March y:7 X:th 1665
S:r
It is among my many misfortunes one of y:e Cheife to have done a great & good service for unworthy & ungratefll persons, but to such are trewly worthy I never had opportunity to doe for y:m, as I desire, & y:s is my Case & greefe y:t I am not in capacity to serve yo:w; to whome I am soe extreamly obliged for yo:e Countenance & greate favo:e to my son,[1] & as he saies yo:w are a father to him, soe I say yo:w are more to him there y:n I can be, & have done more for him y:n I am able; as yo:e meare goodnesse w:thout merrit hath prompted yo:w to doe soe much for him as he tells me in sending him abroad, in giveing him a trust w:ch is much for his Creadet & advantage, soe I doubt not but y:e same goodnesss will as he performes y:t trust, put him upon some beneficiall employm:t , for y:e Good of y:e Comp:a & his owne incouragem:t: if I were able in anything to serve yo:w here God knowes y:e willingness of my soule to doe it, but y:t his blessings may attend yo;e indeavours shall allwaies be y:e prayers of
Bumstead Aprill 7;th 1667
S:r
These lines avove are Copie of w:t I last wrote yo:w least they shopuld have miscarried (as I heare one packet did)
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Notes
- ↑ Charles Bendish, Sir Thomas Bendish's son, who had been employed as a factor in the East Indies with Sir George Oxenden's assistance