[Sidenote: 1469]
Mr. Paston, it is so that sith tyme I spake with you I sent you a bill
which concludith an abstinence of werre to be had unto Fryday last was,
trustyng in that season that by the menes of my Lordes heere a
conclusion shal be taken; lettyng you wit that before my comyng hider
certein of my Lordes were departid hens towards the Kyng northwards. And
for asmich as I cannot in this season have no hasty answere of such
lettrez as were sent unto them concernyng this mater, I have wretyn by
the meanes of my Lordes heere I have wretyn a lettre to my Lordes
counsell a lettre,[53-2] and amonges other thynges movid them in the
seid lettre to advertise my Lord for abstynence of werre til Monday come
sevenyght; and yif my Lordes and his counsell so agree, I have comaundid
my servaunt, brynger hereof, to geve you knowlege of the same, avisyng
you that contenuyng the seid seson to absteyne you from werre gevyng
outward in like wise; and by that season I hope to have knowlege of my
Lordes ententes.
[Footnote 53-1: [From Paston MSS., B.M.] _See_ preliminary note to
last letter.]
[Footnote 53-2: So in the MS., the redundant words being left
uncancelled.]
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