[Sidenote: 1473 / JAN. 18]
I recomaund me to you, and thanke you hertyly of your letteris, and
delygente labour that ye have had in thoes materis that ye have wretyn
to me of, and in all other, to my profette and worschep, and in
esspeciall atte this sesons towchyng the mater that I sent you the
indenture of. Ye have lyghtyd myne hert therin by a pound, for I was in
fere that it wold not have bene doo so hastyly with oute danger. And as
for the letters that Thom Holler son schuld have brought me, I see
nother hym ne the letters that he schuld have brought; wherefor, I pray
you hertely, yeve it be no dysese to you, that ye will take the labour
to bryng Walter theyr he schuld be, and to purvaye for hym that he may
be sette in good and sad rewle. For I were loth to lese hym, for I trust
to have more joye of hym than I have of them that bene owlder; though it
be more coste to me to send you forth with hym, I hold me plesed, for I
wote wele ye schall best purvaye for hym, and for suche thynges as is
necessar to hym, than another shuld doo, after myne intent. And as for
ane hors to lede hys gere, me thynke it were best porvaye one atte
Camberage, lesse than [_unless_] ye canne gytte onye carreours from
thens to Oxynforth more hastyly; and I mervell that the letters come not
to me, and whether I may laye the defaute to the fauder or to the son
therof. And I wold Water schuld be copilet with a better than Holler son
is, there as he schalbe; howe be it I wold not that he schuld make never
the lesse of hym, by cause he is his contre man and neghbour. And also I
pray you wryte a letter in my name to Watere, after that ye have knowne
myne entent by fore this to hym ward; so that he doo welle, lerne well,
and be of good rewle and disposycion, ther shall nothyng faylle hym that
I may helpe with, so that it be nessessare to hym; and bydde hym that he
be not to hasty of takyng of orderes that schuld bynd hym, till that he
be of xxiiij. yeere of agee or more, thoff he be consaled the contrare,
for oftyn rape [_haste_] rewith. I will love hym better to be a good
secular man than to be a lewit prest.
And I am sore that my cosyn Bernay is seke, and I pray you yeff me white
wine, or ony of my wateris, or ony other thyng that I have that is in
your awarde, may doo hym ony comforth. I lette hym have it; for I wold
be right sory yf ony thyng schuld come to hym botte good. And for
Godsake advise hym to doo make hys will, yeve it be not doo, and to doo
well to my cosyn, his wiff, and els it were pete; and I pray you to
recomaunde me to hyr, and to my nawnte, and to all the gentill men and
gentil women there. And as for John Daye, and he be dede I wold be sory,
for I know not howe to come by my mony that he oweith me; and I porpose
that Pacoke schall have les to doo for me another yeres than he haith
had, if I may be better porvayed with your helpe, for he is for hym
self, bott not for me.
And as for ony marchandes to my corn, I can gytte none here; therfor I
pray you, doo ye als wele therein as ye canne; also I send you by the
bereer hereof the bill of myne resaytes. And yef ye go forth with
Walter, I pray you come to me als sone as ye may after ye be commyn
home; and me lyketh myne abydyng and the contre here[175-1] right well,
and I trust whan sommer comith and fayre wether, I schall lyke it
better, for I am cherysed here botte to wel.
And I constrew your letter in other materis well i nough, whereof I
thanke you; and if it nede not to send forth Walter hastyly, I wald ye
myght come to me, thowe ye schuld com opon one day and goo agayne on the
next day, than schuld I comon with you in all materis; and I hold best
if ye have not the letteris that Holler son schuld have brough me, that
ye send Sym over for them this nyght that I may have them to morowe, and
yif ye may combe your self, I wold be the better playsed.
And I remember that water of mynte or water of millefole were good for
my cosyn Bernay to drynke, for to make hym to browke,[175-2] and yeve
thei send to Dame Elesebeth Callethorppe ther ye shall not fayill of the
tone or of both, sche haith other wateris to make folkis to browke. God
kepe you.
Wrytyn on the Monday next after Sent Hiller.