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Mr Rob[er]t: Jackson Newcastle 8ber [October] : the 19th : 1676
Sir
Yo[u]res of the 17th I have this day Rec[eive]d and in Answer to yo[u]r request for the returne of £400 I doe assure you that att this present I am in yo[u]r Condition for I would bee glad to give billes att London; but att this time money is soe Scarce here that if one would give never soe greate advance; a much lesse sume then £400 would bee very hard to p[ro]cure soe w[i]th my owne and my Wifes kind respectes to you and yo[u]res beinge sorrey that itt is nott in my power to serve yo[u]r expectation I remay[n]e
In short I never knew money soe scarce in all my life advance w[i]th billes is dayly given I my selfe have done itt and will still give any one 1 p% [percent] to lett me have £4: or £500 you see the Case is Strangely alltered I am
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