_To my rytz worchypful maystyr, Jon Paston, be this delyveryd in hast._
[Sidenote: 1450 / MARCH 12]
Rytz worchipful hosbond, I recomawnd me to yow, desyring hertyly to her
of zour wellfar, &c.[136.2] . . . . Wyllyam Rutt, the whiche is with Sir
Jon Hevenyngham, kom hom from London zesterday, and he seyd pleynly to
his master, and to many other folks, that the Duke of Suffolk is
pardonyd, and hath his men azen waytyng up on hym, and is rytz wel at
ese and mery, and is in the Kyngs gode grase, and in the gode conseyt of
all the Lords, as well as ever he was.
Ther ben many enemys azens Yermowth and Crowmer, and have don moche
harm, and taken many Englysch men, and put hem in grett distresse, and
grettely rawnsommyd hem; and the seyd enmys been so bold that they kom
up to the lond, and pleyn hem on Caster Sonds, and in other plases, as
homely as they were Englysch men. Folks ben rytz sore afred that they
wel don moche harm this somer, but if [_i.e._ unless] ther be made rytz
grett purvyans azens hem.
Other tydyngs know I non at this tym. The blysseful Trinyte have zow in
his kepyng.
Wryten at Norwyche, on Seynt Gregorys day.
Yowrs,