[Sidenote: 1469 / APRIL 10]
Ryght trusty and welbelovyd, I grete you well. And for asmoch as a
maryage ys fully concluded bytwyx Sir John Paston and my ryght nere
kynneswoman Hawte, I will that ye and all other my servaunts and tenants
understand that my Lord, my fader,[19-3] and I must of nature and reason
shewe unto hym our gode assystens and favour in such maters as he shall
have a doo. Wherfor I pray you hertely that ye will take the labour to
come to Norwych, to comen with William Paston, and to yeve credens unto
hym in such maters as he shall enforme you of myne entent, and of
sertayn persones with whom ye shall comen by th’avyse of the seyd
William Paston, of such maters as touch the sayd Sir John Paston; prayng
you to tendre thys mater as ye wolde do myne owne.
Fro Westmynstre, the x. day of Aprill.
[Footnote 19-2: [From Fenn, iv. 324.] _See_ preliminary note to
the last letter (p. 18, Note 1).]
[Footnote 19-3: _See_ Note 1, _supra_.]
[[Sidenote: 1469 / APRIL 10
_sidenote missing in original: date supplied from body of letter_]]
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