A LETTER OF ELIZABETH TRELAWNY. 273 



profperity witneffith his displeafure as in thofe whom david 

 speakes of, god gave them thier hart's defire, but w*'' all fent 

 leaneneffe into their soules, they came not into trouble like 

 other men ; as many as I love I rebuke & chasten says y* 

 lord, ah madam, I dare not put my suffrings in y^ ballance 

 w*^ your La^P', yett may truely say, y* full of sorrow have binne 

 y* dayes of my pilgrimage. god make mee his & doe w*^ mee 

 what hee please, hee hath binne exceeding gracious unto mee in 

 giving mee a power to beare what he hath Lay'd on me. I have 

 left Trelawne for a while to try what change may doe for y° 

 recov'ry of my health & I praise god I find it very advantagable. 

 I begge y'' La^^' parden for my tediousnes, & this coarfe paper 

 and p*sent y"" La^"" my humble duty beseeching y'' La^^ to vouch- 

 safe y' Blessing unto 



y^ LaPP'° most dutyf uU 



Elizabeth Trelawny." 

 " To my hono"^ Deare Grandmother the Lady Mohun att Hall 

 p* fent these." 



It will be seen that the letter is without a date, but from its 

 position in the MSS, it may be inferred that it was written 

 before 1645. It was certainly addressed to her step-grandmother 

 the 3rd wife of Sir Reginald Mohun, and as it was addressed to 

 her at Hall, we may perhaps safely infer that it was written 

 after she had become a widow in 1639. 



It remains to be added that Elizabeth Trelawny was 

 subsequently to 1657 married to Thomas Lower, of Creed, like 

 herself, a convinced Friend ; but she must have died before 

 1670, when he had become the husband of Mary Fell, a 

 step-daughter of George Fox. 



