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53 All the time of his beeing there, the cause of this his special love to James, was because hee had been a fellow soldier with him in the manhake warr about ten years past. James aquainted his comrade Job with his purpose to escape home, desiring his company, with him! Job concealed his purpose & secretly contrived with him for his escape. But said hee I am not yet in a posture fit to goe for I cannot carry my children with mee, and I have not yet considered of a way to bring them of, moreover said hee, I am willing to venture, a little longer and goe down with the indians that are to meet with the Narragansitts, & if I live I may get more inteligence, and sd said he if God spare my life I intend to come away about three weeks hence, But James earnestly persuaded him to goe with him now for said hee after I am gone, I feare the enimy will subject us to bee spyes & then kill you, but Job was resolved to stay & venture a little longer in order to his childrens Release, & to contrive a way for the escape of some other ch[ris]tian indians that were among the enimy, that longed for deliverance, so James came away & got safe home, as is above declared, but Job staid behind & returned not until the ninth of february, and then about 10 oclocke in the night came to Major Gookins house at cambridge conducted thither by on Joseph Miller that lived neare the falls of Charles River, hee brought tydings that before he came from the eminy at menenshee, a party of the indians about 400 were marched forth to Attack & burne Lancaster, & on the morrow it was february the 10th they would Attempt it, this time exactly suted with James, his information, before hinted, which was not then credited as it should have been, and consequently not so good means