_To William Wayte._[205.2]
[Sidenote: 1451 / JAN. 2]
Rith feithful and welbelovyd brother, Wiliam Wayte, I comaunde me to yow
as the lord may to his tenant, praying you effectualy to recomaunde me
to my singuler gode mayster and yours, excusyng me that I write not to
hym, for I dar not envolde me in the same. And as for tydyngs her,
I certifye you that all is nowght, or will be nowght. The Kyng borweth
hes expense for Cristemesse; the Kyng of Aragon,[205.3] the Duc of
Myleyn,[205.4] the Duc of Ostrich,[205.5] the Duc of Burgoyn[205.6]
wolde ben assistent to us to make a conquest, and nothyng is aunswered,
ner agreed in maner, save abydyng the grete deliberacon that at the last
zall spill all to goder, &c.
The Chief Yistice[205.7] hath waited to ben assauted all this sevenyght
nyghtly in hes hous, but nothing come as yett, the more pite, &c. On
_oyr and determiner_[205.8] goth in to Kent, and Commissioners my Lord
the Duc of York, Bouchier, my mayster,[206.1] that will not come there,
_de prodicionibus_, &c., but Kent praeth hem to hang no men when thei
come.
Other tydyngs as yett can I non tell you, save Ulveston is Styward of
the Mydill Inne, and Isley of the Inner Inne, be cause thei wold have
officz for excuse for dwellyng this tyme from her wyves, &c. Sir
T. T.[206.2] lost hes primer at the Tour Hill, and sent his man to
seche [_fetch_ (?)] it, and a good felaw wyshed hit in Norffolk, so he
wold fetch hit there, &c. Men ween that Norffolk men wer hardier thanne
thei be.
God graunte, and at the reverence of God help too that an outas[206.3]
and clamour be made upon the Lord Scalez,[206.4] preying hym for well of
the cuntre, neyther susteyn ner help hym ner Heydon in no wyse, and that
ye crye upon my mayster and yours that he obeye not the syrcorar
[_certiorari_] as yett, as ye may se be hes lettre from my mayster,
rudely and in hast be me endited, of which I pray excuse, &c. And pray
Blake[206.5] to do Swafham men sey sum what to the matier.
I wote well T. and H.[206.6] wil not come there at this tyme, as it is
verily reported, &c. _Mitte sapientem, &c._ Brayn and I shalbe with you
on Saturday nest at evyn, with the grace of Jesu, to whom I be take you.
In hast, at London, the ij^de day of Januar.