My modyr grette yow wel, and sendyth yow Goddys blyssyng and hers; and
sche prayeth yow, and I pray yow also, that ye be wel dyetyd of mete and
drynke, for that is the grettest helpe that ye may have now to your
helthe ward. Your sone[57.1] faryth wel, blyssyd be God.
[Footnote 55.1: [From Fenn, iii. 20.] This letter was written
after the birth of John Paston’s eldest son, who was born in
1442, and cannot be later than 1443, as William Paston, who is
mentioned, died in August of the year following.]
[Footnote 55.2: St. Leonard’s Priory, Norwich.]
[Footnote 56.1: William Paston.]
[Footnote 56.2: Perhaps her godfather. The family of Garneys
were Lords of Gelderstone, the place called by Margaret Paston
Gerlyston, a few lines above.]
[Footnote 57.1: Almost certainly his eldest son, John,
afterwards Sir John Paston.]
[[yf wryhyn be non dysesse to yow
_text unchanged: error for “wrytyn”?_]]
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