In the first, he asks the loan of £5 or £6 to redeem his deceased wife’s clothes from pawn; his own solitary mode of life; is falsely charged with besotting himself with brandy; his book entitled Summum Bonum; enthusiastic admiration and love of Granville’s sister; adds, on a leaf which he desires may he burned, complaints of ill services done him by Dr. Davies.

In the second [dated 8 Jan 1684 O.S.], enlarges on his love for Granville’s sister; is about to publish a book on True Happiness; his abhorrence of Dr. Samuel Parker, whose appointment to be a bishop will be the greatest infamy that ever fell upon the Church of England.