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CLXIX. Sir George Yeardley. A Letter to Sir Edwin Sandys
May 16, 1621

Noble Sir

by your last with the Margaret and John I have receaved exceeding great
content vnto my mynde, perceiving thereby how that you are pleased still
to continew my constant and faythfull Freind, notwithstanding the very
warm opositions of my enymies and that therein you have allso bine
pleased to suffer much for my sake, as I playnly see, For with your Love
as allso for all other your noble Favors shewne me in all my occasions, I
am not able in words to exp[r]esse my trew thankfullnes, But wil rather
endeavor By gods grace and assistance, to p̱forme yf possibly by man,
some service acceptable, and worthy the requitall of soe Noble a Freind as
I both doe and shall ever esteeme your selfe to be, and withall I humbly
beseech you not to suffer any either false slanderous reports or undermyn-
ing Machevill villaynes, either frō hence in wryghting or at home by
malitious reporting to your eares any thing wch may seeme distastfull, to
beget in you any ill opinion of me who am and shall ever desire to be a
faythfull servant vnto your selfe, And although it hath pleased you to lay
many Crosses and afflictions of this busines wch I know yet desire soe much
to see p̳sper, yet I doubt not but that in dew tyme we may with gods helpe
recover whatsoever by that meanes we have lost, and soe I rest upon your
p̳misse in your Letter. The great content and beniffitt wch I have by the
meanes of the Company of these too worthy gent Capt Thorpe and Capt
Nuce, doth noe less invite me, then you have trusted, to giue most harty
thanks both to your selfe and to all these who were assistant to the sending
of them, you [illegible] p̳misse of taking care to p̳vide me such a sucssesor
as may be equall to thesse in the ranke of his place, I must acknowlege
therein your singular Love to me, but for my part as formerly I have
desired soe I wish still that one of these (who either of them wil wel dese[r]ue
it) may have the place, being men all ready espetially for the one wel
seasoned to the country

That my most Honoble Lorde doth please still to conceave well of me, doth
yet in the midst of all thesse Crosses revive me, and doth me thinkes

kindell and quicken anew my desire and corage to enterprise some what that
may be acceptable, wherein I beseech allmyghty god to assist me. what in
my Letters I wrott that myght give Lesse satisfaction then was expected
sure I am I was enforced soe to doe, and shall ever desire to wryght and
speake the truth, the wch I know in the end when you find it to be soe,
you will aprove of, yett wil I strive by my actions to ad to that satisfaction.
I must allso retorne most gratefull Thankes vnto my Freindes who acord-
ing to request have resolved not to emportune me any longer to haue my
place of Governour, to heare of the Choyse of my sucssesser wil be most
welcome newes unto me. That order of the Company for an acount of
the [* * *]eering of the Government and plantations I shall be obedient
vnto, and have yet hope before my full tyme be expired to heare of some
thing worth the setting doune and for this your seasonable warning doe
rest thankfull to you. I have saluted the gent' in your Letter named,
except Capt Blewet, and Mr Nelson. Francis Newman before the receipt
of your Letter as you shall understand by the answer of the petition I
receaved frō you concerning him, dyed at Henriko Capt Nuce having
letters frō Freinds concerning the busines, I have caused both the servants
and theire p̳visions to be delivered into his possession who p̱miseth both to
be carefull of them and to give acount to his Freinds of the sucsses there
of. For other matters it wil be needless for me to writt vnto you by these,
being you shall vnderstand of all thinges at full by the generall dispatch,
wch I hope wil give you some satisfaction of most thinges, for this tyme
there fore I shall cease to troble you any farther humbly beseeching All-
myghty god to give you long lyfe and hapines with health to the good of
this Noble plantation, and soe with my and my wyfes best service both to
yourself and your good Lady I humbly take my Leave of you and wil
ever rest