By ywyr Moder.
[Footnote 118-1: [From Paston MSS., B.M.] This letter is not
addressed, and the MS. is in fact only a corrected draft, of which
a fair copy has since been found. The fair copy is not addressed
either. The letter was evidently written to John Paston in answer
to No. 784. The date is ascertained by the fact that John Berney
of Witchingham died in the year 1471.]
[Footnote 119-1: In Fenn’s edition this is printed ‘swgar, feg,
and dats.’ The word ‘feg’ is not in the MS. It seems to be a
misreading of ‘swg’’ (sugar), which the transcriber forgot to
cancel.]
[Footnote 120-1: F. adds ‘and comfyts,’ but the words are not in
the MS.]
[Footnote 120-2: F. reads ‘the price of a _li._,’ but this is not
in the MS.]
[Footnote 120-3: The following sentence is added in the fair copy:
‘I warn yw kepe this letter clos and lese yt not; rather brenyt.’]
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