_To his rythe worchypfull and harthy wellebelovyd suster, Margere
Paston, dwellyng in Norwyche._
[Sidenote: [1454] / AUG. 10]
Rythe harthely well belovyd suster, I recomand me, &c. And I have
received zowre letteres. And as for my nevewes, they lerne rythe well
bothe, and there gownys and there gere schall be mad for hem a cordyng
the enthenthe of zowre letter, and all oder thynggis that behovyth on to
here profythe harddely to my powere. And, Suster, God zelde zow for
zowre labore fore me, for gaderyng of my mony. And I pray, as sone as ze
receyvyth, send it heder be some trusty man; and that it plese to calle
ther on, &c. My suster and my broder recomand hem to zow bothe, and I
may say to zow in counsayll sche is op on poyn of mariage, so that moder
and my broder sett frendely and stedfastely there on, leke as I wothe
well ze wolld, and it lay in zow as it dothe in hem, &c. I pray zow do
zoure parthe to kall theron. It were to long to wrythe on to zow all the
maner of demenyng of this mater; and therfor I have spoke to Wyllyam
Worseter and to Wethewell to tell it zow holly as it is. I wothe ryth
well zow (_sic_) good labore may do moche; and send me word how ze here
as hastely as ze may. Item, Howard spak of a mariage betwex his sone and
my neece Margery, zowr dother: it wer well do such materes wer nawthe
sclawfully laboryd; it is wurchypfull, &c. Send me word, and Gog (_sic_)
have zow in His kepyng. Wretyn at London on Sent Lawrens day in
hast.
Be zowre brodyre,