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my S[ister] was ill

she would have eate an ege with her on good friday. were she minded which made me sicke

she read in the sicke mans solace

[Mrs?] Dr[i]den went away

this june my S[ister] and I saw the sun dance

my cosen Bes pagitt died

this spring I had a weaknes in my back as my s[ister] had. and I had a plashing heat in my face

my \S[ister]/ stiched her a hancher - which I learnt her. susan wrot the lace. she read in a Book which made her mery

I left plaiing at Chittelcoke and my only excercise was to walk a broad, in the summer and to gather flowers which I wrote in these too y[ears] following -

M Mr[s?] Alce wrot the Aranwork \in the winter \{of the?} coife// I wrot me {coife?} and wolclauth of {black?} shadowed flowers

my B[rother] had the small p[ox] my

Mrs Alce stiched me a handcher-

my Aunt Denton cam and my cosen Bes stu

my uncle pagit

my God thou remembered me in low or base estate: for thy m[er]cy which endureth for ever ps[alm] 136.13

O when I had litle yea I should have bin glad of 2 shillings to have don what I would with it.

I made an end \of/ my work of A[dam] and E[ve]

I preserved

{though?} now I did not desire any \signe/ as I take it a litle while after this Chris[t]mas following fearing my God had {...} forsaken me for my to[o] much yealding to satans tem[p]tations. I saw 2 things which did greatly comfort me for I saw fire breke foorth of Ashes which had sunk for many dayes as I thought dead. and I saw a starr which often seemed to extinguish it selfe and gloriously break foorth.

or I did to eies for my cosen Maid[well]

this winter I began to worke purls

Mrs Alce made berbery b{isc?}ote for me

I wrot a Queen stich purs which my mother began

Mrs Alce wrot cutworke for my f[ather's] cap_ {and I?} began the first book of marters