Right excellent right high and mighty prince, our most dereste brother
and nephew, we recommende us unto you in our most hertee and affectuous
maner by this berer, your familyar servitor, David Wood. We have not
only receyved your most loving and kinde let^s declaring how moch ye
tendre and regarde the conservation and mayntennance of good amytie
betwene us, roted and grounded as well in proximitie of blood as in the
good offices, actes, and doyngs shewed in our partie, whiche ye to our
greate comforte afferme and confesse to be daylly more and more in your
consideration and remembraunce (but also two caste of fair haukes,
whiche presented in your name and sent by youe we take in most
thankfull parte), and give youe our most hertie thanks for the same,
taking greate comforte and consolacion to perceyve and understande by
your said letters, and the credence comitted to your said familyar
servitor David Wood, which we have redd and considered (and also send
unto youe with these our letters answer unto the same) that ye like a
{511} good and uertuous prince, have somoche to herte and mynde the god
rule and order uppon the borders (with redresse and reformacion of such
attemptats as have been comytted and done in the same), not doubting
but if ye for your partie as we intende for ours (doe effectually
persiste and contynue in so good and uertuose purpose and intente), not
only our realmes and subjectts shall lyue quyetly and peasably without
occasion of breche, but also we their heddes and gouernors shall so
encrease and augment our syncere love and affec[=o]n as shall be to the
indissoluble assurammente of good peace and suretie to the inestimable
benefit, wealth, and comoditie of us our realmes and subjectts
hereafter.
Right excellent right high and mightie prynce, our most derest brother
and nephew, the blessed Trynytie have you in his government.
Given under our signet at Yorke place besides Westminster, the 7th day
of December.
Your lovyng brother and uncle,
HENRY VIII.
[This letter, which is not included in the _State Papers_, "King Henry
VIII.," published by the Record Commissioners, was probably written on
the 7th December, 1524-25, as in the fourth volume of that collection
is a letter from Magnus to Wolsey, in which he says, p. 301.: "Davy
Wood came hoome about the same tyme, and sithenne his hider comming
hath doone, and continually dooth myche good, making honourable reaport
not oonly to the Quenes Grace, but also to all other. He is worthy
thankes and gramerces." This David Wod, or Wood, was a servant of the
queen, Margaret of Scotland.]
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