Sir, I prey yow, if ye tary longe at London, that it wil plese to sende
for me, for I thynke longe sen I lay in yowr armes.
[Footnote 56-2: _Ibid._ This letter, it will be seen, must have
been written before the death of Margaret Paston in 1484, and from
what is stated in No. 953, it is certainly not earlier than 1479.
The date, moreover, must be between 1480 and 1482, for it is
stated that the outrages here complained of occurred on the Monday
and Tuesday before the letter was written; and in the next letter
we find that there was a new outrage of the same description on
Friday. If Hallowmas Day, the date of this letter, was a
Wednesday, the year must be 1480, if a Thursday 1481, and if
Friday 1482. We are rather inclined to think it was the latter.]
[Footnote 57-1: ‘In danger to’ signifies either in debt or
otherwise responsible to another person.]
[Footnote 57-2: These words are crossed out in the MS.]
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