Letter 1892

[fol. 135] Sr Upmr Mar. 27 1713 I beg the favour of your advice for my Wife, who hath for these 2 or 3 months past been afflicted with so violent Headaches yt throw her into Fits, yt suffocate her, distort her Mouth, & make her convulse in other parts. She hath been blooded, which gave her a few days relief, but yesterday & this night she is as bad as ever. She is seldome quite free, but afflicted most of all about a week before the Fluxus, & so to the very time, & some time after. If it be not in her Head, she hath cholical pains, or in her Limbs like Rheumatick. When her Head is bad, her stomach commonly turns all in it sour, so sharp in coming up yt it sets her teeth on edge; & after that the perfect contents of the Gall. Your advice upon her deplorable case will be a great addition to your former many favours. I am sorry I can send you no account of what I intended to say to Blatch for what he expected to look after your Farm at Orset. But it ma The reason is, He is so busy in his Seed-time, yt he comes not to Rumford & I having two Presses at work on my Boyls Lectures am not able to stir from home. But it matters not much because there is a man come into the Cock, where Lucking went out of, yt I believe will do your business when I am able to speak with him. I wish I was as able, as I am willing to go over to Orset, to dispatch this matter for you, especially to see my self what Wood Finch hath lopped. But no stirring in a mile till my Book is finished. With great respect I am Sr Your much obliged humble servt Wm Derham I hope they have taken care of what I wrote to you about ye omission in Mr Rays Preface. Mt Innys will be here to morrow, & I will then enquire. I hope Mr Innys hath presented you & Dr Robinson wth Mr Rays Synopsis, yt you both had such a share in