The Hartlib Papers

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yowr last of the 30. of Sept. I receiued with the enclosed aduertisements: I hope yow haue receiued by this tyme all mine & Chiefly that which yow desire to see wherin I sent yow backe againe the obligation of Dr Sengell: yow will doe well to send still yowr letters under Sir William Boswell his Couert as yow are wont because I receiue them safely & without cost & speedily enough; leaue only the printed Newes open, & what yow impart in write let it bee shutte within mine. wee are still unsetled in our familie nor perhaps shall wee bee setled till the Queene bee gone there is now much speech of hir going but I can hardly beleeue it; till I see it; yet there is packing up of matters & order giuen to the household to bee reddie to depart, & it is thought that within 14. dayes or 3. weekes shee will bee going but no tyme is named, only the resolution to depart hath beene declared by the Queene hirself unto the states. The Bishop of Angoulesme is come hither two dayes ago, & it is said that hee should bring hir into France, but I cannot giue credit to all that is giuen out: yet when I consider againe the circumstances of other thinges, & the little appearance of hir staying here, I must confesse that I think it likely shee will bee gone. it is a miserable condition that shee is in that no where shee can find either at home or abroad contented settlement; & this hir unsettlement is so much the more miserable because it occasioneth an a disturbance unto the places where shee is and should bee; & to our familie which as I said; I feare shall not bee rightly framed so long as shee is here. I haue hadde hopes of beeing Lodged at better conveniencie then I am, but now I am againe out of hope; this suspenseness is a tedious thing that makes me loose tyme without profit, & [putting? MS torn] me out of heart to doe thinges, which otherwise would bee a delight unto me. I haue receiued as yet no money for my entertainement here, nor doe I know what my allowance shall bee, I am only sollicitous to haue a Lodging where I may make use of my bookes: & whiles I am at this passe doe yow think that I can [Elaborat? MS faded] any taskes? & though I could sette my mind to it, yet the Man whom Sir Iohn Dinglye hath recommended to [me? MS faded] is so rawe & unfitte to helpe me, that I cannot make use of him; besides I can not perceiue that hee will [catchword: find]

Comenius hath not written to me, since hee went from Amsterdam; I wonder at it, seeing I wrote twise to him & I suppose my letters came to him without faile because they were conveyed by Monsieur de Geer his meanes:

When yow write into Prussia or to Hamburg where perhaps Mr Godeman may bee: tell him that Monsieur de Laet yesterday spoke to me & told me that the Businesse which he proposed to the West India Companie, was well entertained, & that they desire him to come hither against their next meeting, if hee possiblely can, which will bee at the ende of the next Moneth, or if hee can not, then; yet as soone as may bee; & that they will come to some point with him. Thus hauing no more to adde I remaine

                                yowr assured & faithfull

Hague this 23/13 octob. 1642.       freind in Christ

                                            Iohn Durye

              A Monsieur

                Monsieur Samuel Hartlieb

              at his house in Dukes

              place neer Algate

                                    in

                                      London

23/13. Octob. 1642./.