By Sent George, I and my felawshep stand in fer of my Lord of Norff.
men, for we be thret sore, not withstandyng the save gardys[61-2] that
my felawshep have. As for me, I have non, nor non of your howsold men,
nor non wyll have; it wer shame to take it.
[Footnote 60-1: [From Fenn, iv. 412.] This is a letter desiring
instructions about the garrison of Caister after its surrender.]
[Footnote 61-1: This expression ‘for Wappys’ I do not
understand.--F. Perhaps Wappys may be a proper name.]
[Footnote 61-2: _Save gardys._ This is printed ‘same gardys’ in
Fenn, but is evidently a misreading; in the right-hand copy the
word is ‘safeguards.’]
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