[Footnote 111-1: [From Paston MSS., B.M.] There can be no doubt
this letter was written in the year 1488, after Sir Edward
Woodville (called Lord Woodville) had gone over to aid the Duke of
Brittany against the French, and at the beginning of the rebellion
of the young Prince of Scotland (afterwards James IV.) against his
father, James III., who was defeated in battle, and afterwards
murdered in June of that year.]
[Footnote 111-2: The Earl of Oxford.]
[Footnote 111-3: Maximilian, Archduke of Austria, was elected King
of the Romans in 1486.]
[Footnote 111-4: Philip, Duke of Burgundy, son of Maximilian.]
[Footnote 111-5: Francis II., Duke of Brittany.]
[Footnote 112-1: James III.--_See_ preliminary note.]
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