_To my right trusty and welbeloved frend, John Paston, Squier._
[Sidenote: Year uncertain]
Right trusty and welbeloved frend, I grete you wel; and for as myche as
there is certayn vareaunce betwene Elizabeth Clere and a servaunt of
myne, called William Stiwa[r]desson, prayng you feithfully that ze wylle
labore and intrete the said Elizabeth to such appointement as the
brynger of this letter shal informe you of, and do your trewe dilligence
in this mater, as ze wyll I do for you in any thyng ze may have ado in
this cuntre, whiche I will do with al my herte.
Oure Lord have yow in hise keping. Writen at Myddelton, the last day of
August.