JOHN PASTON, K.

[Footnote 88-6: [From Fenn, iv. 450.] From what is said in this

letter about the Earl of Oxford, it is impossible that it could

have been written at any other time than during the brief

restoration of Henry VI., which only lasted from October 1470 till

April following.]

[Footnote 89-1: _A certain_, _i.e._ a number.]

[Footnote 89-2: I retain this word in the abbreviated form in

which it is printed in Fenn’s literal transcript; the copy in

modern spelling reads _sufficient_.]

[Footnote 91-1: _Chevron_, a covering for a horse’s head, made of

iron and leather.]

[[if it be soo that all thynge go olyver / currant (?)

_text has “that that”: corrected from Fenn_

_“olyver currant” may be the Old French “(avoir) l’olivier courant”

(to have a favorable wind)_]]

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