_To the worthy and worshipful sir and my good maister, John Paston of
Trynyte hall in Cambrigge_
[Sidenote: 1435-6]
Right worthy and worshipfull sir, and my good maister, I comaund me to
yow. Like it yow to witte that on the Soneday next after the Ascencion
of oure Lord, in the high weye betwex Cambrigge and the Bekyntre toward
Newmarket, I fonde a purs with money ther inne. Th’entent of this my
symple lettre is this, that it please to your good Maistership by weye
of charite, and of your gentilnesse, to witte if ony of youre knowleche
or ony other, swich as yow semeth best in your discrecion, have lost
swich a purs, and, the toknes ther of told, he shal have it ageyn, what
that ever he be, by the grace of oure Lord, Who ever have yow in his
blissed kepyng. Wretyn at Sneylewell the Moneday next after the seid
Soneday. By youre pover servaunt,