_To the right worshipfull and speciall singler maister, Sir John Paston,
Knyght, be this delyvered._
[Sidenote: 1471]
After due recomendacion hadde with all my service, &c. . . .
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As for tydyngs, here in this cuntre be many tales, and non accorth with
other. It is tolde me by the Undirshireve that my Lord of Clarence is
goon to his brother, late Kyng; in so moche that his men have the
Gorget[96-3] on their breests, and the Rose over it. And it is seid that
the Lord Howard hath proclamed Kyng E. Kyng of Inglond in Suff., &c.
Yours, and at your comandement,