_Unto myn right worshipfull sir, John Paston._
[Sidenote: 1452 / APRIL 1]
Right worshipfull Sire and myn good maister, I recomaund me unto you,
thankyng you of your gentilness chewed unto me; praying you of
contenuance as myn full trust is. Furthermore, and it please you to be
atte aleyser un Seynt Markis day next comyng and to be at Thetford, myn
brodir Tyrell and I wole awayte uppon you ther for the matere ye woet
of. And I praye you to hold me excused that I myght not kepe myn day in
the Passion wike, for in good feight I was so occupied I myght not. And,
Sire, yif this day may be hol . . I praye you sendith me woord that I
myght send warnyng to the todir party. Also, Sire, I have warned your
atteynt accordyng to your comawndment. Sir, the kyng hath sent unto me
by Howard to be frendly to the lord Moleyns; not with stondyng myn
service shall be redy at your comawndement in that matere er any othir
by the grace of God, Who preserve you, body and sowle. Wreten at
Melford, the furste day of Aprill.
Be youris,