_To my right welbeloved frynde, John Paston, be this delivred in hast._
[Sidenote: 1483 / OCT. 10]
Right welbeloved frynde, I comaunde me to you. It is soo that the
Kentysshmen be up in the weld, and sey that they wol come and robbe the
cite, which I shall lett yf I may.
Therefore I pray you that with alle diligence ye make you redy and com
hidder, and bring with you six talle felaws in harnesse, and ye shall
not lyse yowr labour, that knoweth God, Whoo have you in His keping.
Written at London, the x^th day of October.
Yowr frend,