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The Duty of my place and hon^r I bear for
the great meritt & Eminency you have Expressed
on all occasions where the Interest of His
Ma^ty [&] His Subjects have been concerned,
oblige me by this conveyance to impart unto
you the good sucess which has attended
the late Applications from y^r self and the
Generall court ^Colony of New Plymouth and withall
to transmitt unto you the enclosed
letter from His Ma^ty in that behalf.

It was in Sept. last His Ma^ty received
by the hands of M^r James Boyd that letter
from the Generall Court dated the 1^st of July
1679 whereupon M^r Sec^ry Coventry
was immediately ordered to signify His Ma^ties
sence of the Dutifull respect declared therein
with an^{a particular} assurance of His Royall kindness
and protection towards y^r self
and M^r Randolph delivered you a letter
to that effect. Soon after as yors
find by his Maties letter A Committee of ^{the Lords} of the
Privy Councill appointed a Committee for Trade
& plantations took the Address of the
Colony into their consideration and
upon their Report His Ma^ty was pleased
to ^{signify His Gratious pleasure} grant their request in the termes
w^ch you find by ^{contained in} y^e enclosed letter
Express not withstanding the earnest
pretentions of M^r Crowne to a share in ^{[participate] of}
his favor^{His Bounty} in compensation of his ^the loss of Nova
Scotia. Some time after another
letter touching the same lands of Mounthope
was received from the Comm^rs of the
Confederate Colonies dated at Boston
the 25^th of August and I do indeed
esteem it very lucky for ye Colony
that it came so late the stile of which
is so different from the first that ^{had it arrived sooner} it might
have [in] some manner have obstructed His
Ma^tyes favor which he had already ^before so
freely granted in consideration of the[illegible]
Humble Address and acknowledgm^ts
of that Colony ^{of N Plymth} and wheras it does
also concern the Narragansett Country
you will shortly be informed of the
acceptation it finds with His Ma^ty from
the effects it will produced when it shall
^have [fretfully] con[illegible]d by the Lords of y^e same comm^tee

M.S. Coventry Boyd/ Duke.

In the mean while His Ma^ty remains
very well satisfyed with your particular
services and with the Dutifullness &
loyall expressions of the Colony you govern
and offers to give them each entire
testimony of his kindness as may be
proper for them to desire from Him
In the ^effectuall prosecution ^{or in anything else} whereof ^{(as in what is already past)} If I can be
any way serviceable ^{in my station} to the Colony
& y^r self ^{(as I have endeavored to be in what has already past)} I will account it no small
happiness to myself as being with all
respect

I have entrusted Mr Boyd with the delivery of these letters and assure you of his care

1679/80
29 Feb

To Josiah Winslow
Govern^r of New Plm^th
Colony