Edward Alleyn's letter to his wife

This be delyvered to mr hinslo on of the gromes of hir maist chamber dwelling on the bank sid right over against the clink

My good sweett mouse I comend me hartely to you And my father my mother & my sister bess hoping in god thought the sicknes beround about you yett by his mercy itt may escape your house which by ye grace of god it shall therfor vse this corse kepe your house fayr and clean which I knowe you will and every eveninge throwe water before your dore and in your bakcsid and haue in your windowes good store of rwe and herbe of grace and with all the grace of god which must be obtaynd by prayers and so doinge no dout, but ye Lord will mercyfully defend you: now good mouse I haue no newes to send you but this thatt we haue all our helth for which the Lord be praysed I reseved your letter att bristo by richard couley for the wich I thank you I haue sent you by this berer Thomas popes kinsman my whit wascote because it is a trobell to me to cary it reseave it with this Letter And Lay it vp for me till I com if you send any mor Letters send to me by the cariers of shrowsbery or to west chester or to york to be keptt till my Lord stranges players com and thus sweett hartt with my harty comendation to all our frends I sess from bristo this wensday after saynt Iams his day being redy to begin the playe of hary of cornwall mouse do my harty comendation to mr grigs his wif and all his houshould and to my sister phillyps

your Loving housband

Edward Alleyn

mouse you send me no news of any things you should send of your domestycall matters such things as happens att home as how your distilled watter proves or this or that or any thing what you will and Iug I pray you Lett my orayng tawny stokins of wolen be dyed a very good blak against I com hom to wear in the winter you sente me nott word of my garden but next tym you will but remember this in any case that all that bed which was parsley in the month of september you sowe itt with spinage for then is the tyme I would do it my self but we shall nott com hom till allholand tyd and so swett mouse farwell and broke our Long Iorney with patience

A modern language transcript of Edward Alleyn's letter.

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