_To John Paston, Sqwyer, dwellyng in Norwich._
[Sidenote: Year uncertain]
Ryght entierly welbeloved, I grete yow well, and pray yow that ye woll
be good frende un to Arblaster in suche matiers as he shal enfo[rme]
yow, and I thanke yow for the good frendship that ye have shewed to hym.
And I sent a letter to Margaret Gurnay byfore Cristemesse of certeyn
langage that I herd, wich plesed me nowght, and so I prayed my Lord to
gif me leve to wrytte to hir; and therfore and ye here any thyng,
answere, as my trust is in yow. Right entierly welbeloved, the Holy Gost
have yow in his kepyng. Wretyn in hast the first day of February.
OXENFORD, }
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ELYZABETH DE VEER. }
[Footnote 294.3: [From Paston MSS., B.M.] This and the letter
immediately following are inserted here merely on account of
their similarity to the last. Their dates are quite uncertain.]
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