_To hys brodyr, Syr John Paston._
[Sidenote: 1489 / MAY]
Syr, I recomaunde me on to yow. And where as ye desyre that I schulde
sende yow worde of suche tydyng as Phylyp Lewes and Wyndesor bryngythe
fro the corte, they be come thens bothe, but we here of no tydynges that
they brynge, but that yondyr folkys abyde stylle abowte the place where
as thys onhappy dede was done, and not with no grete nowmbyr, they sey
not paste with v. or vj. C., where they were moste. Howbeyt they have
made proclamacions in the cuntrey to mete with oder of ther affynyte as
on Tuesday last past, as it aperythe in the copy of ther proclamacion
heraftyr folowyng. Also they schewe the Kynge intendythe to holde on hys
jurney. And Phylyp Lewes is redyn ageyn to the Kyng, and schall brynge
with hym money for all ther wages that schall be in my lordys retynew,
as yow and vj. of Syr Wylliam Bolens servauntes and od[yrs].
Syr, Mr. Clopton sye [_saw_] yowre lettyr, and a seythe he knew my
lordes mende suche, that he durste not meve hym with it. Ther was Syr
Wylliam Say, but Clopton wolde not it schulde be knowen of non other but
your selfe. He sent my lorde be a servaunt of hys xl_li._ to have
excusyid hym, and it wolde not be takyn, and that I mervell of. Howbeyt
he brake thus fer to my lorde; he asched hym how many he apoyntyd yow to
brynge with yow, and he answerde hym xx^ti, and than he schewyd hym yowr
charges that ye have had. My lorde seyd ye myght have men a nowe, and
ther wages schal be payd for. Clopton aunswerde how that it wolde coste
yow large money, besyde ther wages, to hors them and hernes them; and
how that, to sey the trowthe, ye were not well at ese.
Not withstandynge all thys, my lorde wyllyd that ye schulde come to hym
to Cambryge on Tuesday at nyght, with as many as ye myght, and ye and he
schulde do well i now. Soo Clopton thyngyth that and ye brynge a dosen
with yow, it is suffycyent; howbeyt that Syr Emonde Bedyngfeld, Syr
Thomas Tyrell, and Syr Ryc. Lewes have ben with my lorde, and yche of
them have offyrde to mete with my lorde at Cambryge with xxx. men a pese
of them. So I wolde not ye schulde be to ferre undyr them; wherfor I
thynke best that ye purvey yow so as and ye schulde goo forthe yor
selfe, for I can perseve non othyr wyse.
My bedfelawe Cornwaleys is maryed in the Northe, and he came as
yesternyght to my lorde streyt owt of the contre, and he scheythe
[_showeth_] non othyr wyse but as I have wretyn here afore in thys
lettyr.
Ye schall have for yor self and for yche of your servauntes horsyd and
hernessyd xx_s._ in hande at Cambryge for a monthe, and I truste we
schal have done or xx. days to an ende, with the grace of God, Who have
yow in kepynge.
At Henyngham.
Be your brodyr,