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my deerest Richard I doe ceave by this your last letter w^ch M^r Putnā sent me, that you receaved not a letter w^ch I sent the other daye a gentlemā y^t is schoolemaster to M^r Catesbey not farre from me, in y^t I desyred you to buy me M^r Iack Doctor Iames booke w^ch was a litle manuall touching controversyes where he endeavoureth to ve out of the papists writings many of the testants doctrines. this booke is in decimasexto. & you in this last letter of y^rs doe signify vnto me, of a second te of D Iacksons De attributis Dei, this I would intreate you to send vnto me by our caryer w^th his price. further you doe give me to vnderstand, that it was y^r good hap to meete w^th many astrologicall treatises some printed & many other manuscripts touching the same argument my sonne trouble not y^r selfe w^th exscribing any of those for I have all of them. or the most te for Raziel take no care, for I have him & also y^r other boookes de arte notoria, as also Thobit & ptolomey de Imaginibꝯ some {how} you name de magicis Incantationibꝯ I have not seene, but I would not have you to exscribe any more & so for y^r love to me, spoyle y^r bodye for y^r swelling your best course wilbe, nott to busy y^r head w^th any more writing but give it all the rest that you may conveniently & p^rsently to take o^r {sic} recreation as mutch as you may, for pulling out of y^t tooth I would not consayle you, but rather to purge w^th y^r pils a day or two. & to cease frō writing writing {sic} thus I have sent you y^r two bottles thanking you for the contents, I am glad to heare of the wardens amendment & will truely pray for the long continuanc of his life & my sons too. to whome I desyre to be cōmanded & so hūbly beseaching the Almighty every day to conferre & to enlarg his benedictions on you I rest

Thy vnckle & daily remēbrancer to the Almighty

Rich: Na.

Linford March. 16^th 1629

To his most Deerely Respected Nephue M^r Rich: Napeir M^r of artꝭ & fellowe of Allsoules College