_Un to my ryght worshypfull Mastyr Paston, be thys byll delyveryd in
haste._
[Sidenote: 1454 / JUNE 29]
Ryght trusty and well belovyd master, I recomande me un to yow, desyryng
to her of your good prosperite and wellfar. And as towchyng for Ser
Phylyp Wentforde, he rood on to London ward up on Seynt Jon ys day, and
on the evyn afor he sent to my master for to have sum of hys men for to
ryd with hym to Colchester; and for be cawse he shulde not have no
suspesion to me, I rod myself and a felaw with me; and he rood with an
C. [_hundred_] hors with jakks[322.3] and saletts,[322.4] and rusty
habyrjons;[322.5] and ther rood with hym Gyboun of Debnem, and Tympyrle,
and all the felashyp that they cowd make. And Gyboun seyde that he wolde
endyte as many as he cowde understonde that wer of the toder party; and
longe Bernard was ther also; and he mad Ser Phylyp Wentforde to torne
ageyn, and maad every men to beende her bowys, and lyth down of her hors
for to wyte and ony man wolde come ageynstem, and he seyde how he shulde
not let hys wey nor for Ser John Fastolf nor for Paston, nor for noon of
hem all.
And as for the ward,[323.1] he was not ther, but ther was had anoder
chyld lyk hym, and he rood next hym, and whan that he was ij. myle be
zonde Colchester, he sent hym hoomageyn with a cer tey[n] meyny. And Ser
Phylyp Wentforde, and Gyboun of Debnem, and Tymperle, and Bernard, they
took a man of Stratford, a sowter,[323.2] and hys name ys Persoun; and
they enqueryd hym of every manys name of the toder party, and he tolde
hem as many as he cowde; and they bad hym enquer ferther for to knowe
all, for they desyryd of hym for to enquer as fer as he cowde, and he
shulde have well for hys labor.
No mor to yow at thys tyme, but the Holy Gost have yow in hys kepyng.
Wretyn at Hadley, the Saturday after Seynt John ys day. And I beseeche
yow hertyly recomande me to my Master Alblaster.
By yowr man,