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May it please your honor/ Kittery this 31 December 1694

I take it for granted that my letter came to your honors hand the last weeke in which I informed you that Mr. Phillips came not better until Lords day last was sevennight, one the next day beinge monday in the morning I sent aborde the sloope and brought as those all that was to be landed here and forthright sent them ballast without any of their help in order unto a speedy dispatch concludeing one monday night or tuesday morning they would have sett sayle the souldiers havinge been ready ten days before and soe it was that he would not take them in one tewsday soe that by sum sett that day came in the sloop with the Indians, order was attended about them that soe they were kept under deck all the time they were here; the weather proved so terrible that they did not see cause to sayle hence before saturday morninge I sent with the sloope unclear souldiers I hope by this time they are at their port I pray God give them good sukses for unclear them to atend such measures as was concluded one at councill table, our long stay here hath put me under some fear that the enemy may be upon us before the return of our souldiers however I have left a company of souldiers at Burwicke york and wells and am resolved to keep each place close to their duty, and in order there unto I am just now bound to yorke and wells to take efectuall care with the comission offering of each town to have ey over them and if any faylier, immediately to give me an arround thre of all which one the invasion of the souldiers they received my order for in unclear which now in person agayn I see cause to unclear enforce us which are but very weak however shall improve unclear strength we have to the uttermost, I have seen unclear for to impress some men in our unclear part of this river where our garrisons are strong and send some of them to permaquid and others of them to Barwicke: all which I hope wil be unclear able to go home; however indeavour unclear outtermost have not been wantinge. by his honour's: humble servant Francis Hooke

the souldiers are gone under the command of Captan unclear Chulk? and Lieutenant unclear further over the sloope went away out of this harbor within one hower on of another but my strict charge was to keep the Indians downe: informing them unclear was another sloop unclear