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Richard Napier the more babee

If feb 13. h 11. 30 ant m natus 1582 then die {sic} die ♂. Corp of a sang cōp

S^r Sanders Ducōb \47. y./ natus feb 13 h 15 21. his mother dyed when he was but 4 {illeg} \7/ yeres 5 or 6 y after her death vnwares leaping leaped into a well & was like to be drownd & 2 or 3 y w^th his younger broth^r sliding on the Ice fell into the water but w^thout harme

20 y old travelled into franc & stayed 3 quarter of a yere & retured {sic} at the Death of his fath^r being 21 y

Then living on yere in England he traveled into Italy w^ch beng {sic} about a yere there it was his hap riding on a mule to fall backward w^th his mule also

then some few yeres after became servant to k Iames & then after to k Char The miklemas before the k went in to Scotland was sick of a dangerus burning feever then vppō the death of a frind fell into a weeping passion & thenc into extrene {sic} melanc |Write on monday next|