Brother, I comend me to yow, letyng yow weet, &c.[158-2]

As for the delyverance off the rynge to Mestresse Jane Rothone, I dowt

nott but it shall be doon in the best wyse, so that ye shall geet me a

thank moor than the rynge and I ar worthe or deserve.

And wheer ye goo to my Laydy off Norffolk, and wyll be theer att the

takyng off hyr chambre, I praye God spede yow, and our Ladye hyr, to hyr

plesur, with as easye labor to overkome that she is abowt, as evyr had

any lady or gentyllwoman, saff our Lady heer selffe, and soo I hope she

shall to hyr greet joye, and all owres; and I prey God it maye be lyke

hyr in worship, wytt, gentylnesse, and every thynge excepte the verry

verry thynge.[158-3]

No moor to yow at [this] thyme, but I woll sleepe an howr the lenger

to-morrow by cawse I wrote so longe and late to nyght.

Wretyn betwen the viij. and the jx. daye off Novembre anno xij^o E.

iiij^{ti}.

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