_To John Kyng of Therfeld, in Herdfordshire._
[Sidenote: Date uncertain]
Right trusty and welbeloved frende, I comaunde me to you. And, Ser,
I tolde my maister that ye wolde have ben with him or this; for which
cause he mervaileth ye kepe nat your promyse. Wherfore I avise you to
come and bryng my maister his money afore this fest of Cristmasse.
And, also, ye ar yerly behynde of a boore or els ten shillinges after
the price of oon bore. And where ye be owyng your boore for ij. yerys,
I wolde avyse you to delyver unto Ser William Storer the seid dute, or
els I counceile you to send my maister a resonable somme of money with
thies boores afore Cristmasse for your thanke, consideryng his kynde
dealyng, as well in sufferaunce of your money as in your owne matier.
Writen at London, the xvj^th day of Decembre.
Be your frende, GEORGE,
servaunte to Mr. W. PASTON.[41-2]
[Footnote 41-1: We place this letter after the last for
convenience. Its date is unimportant.]
[Footnote 41-2: The subscription is in a different hand from the
letter itself, which is in a clerk’s hand, very well written.]
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