_To John Paston, Esquier, at Norwych, be thys delyvered._
[Sidenote: 1473 / NOV. 6]
Wyrshypfull and well belovyd brother, I comand me to yow, letyng yow
weet that the worlde semyth qweysye heer; ffor the most part that be
abowt the Kyng have sende hyddr ffor ther harneys, and it [is] seyd ffor
serteyn, that the Duke off Clarance makyth hym bygge in that he kan,
schewyng as he wolde but dele with the Duke of Glowcester; but the Kyng
ententyth, in eschyewying all inconvenyents, to be as bygge as they
bothe, and to be a styffeler atweyn them; and som men thynke that undre
thys ther sholde be som other thynge entendyd, and som treason
conspyred; so what shall falle, can I nott seye.
Item, it is seyde that yisterdaye ij. passagers off Dovr wer takyn;
I ffer that iff Juddy had noon hasty passage, so that iff he passyd nott
on Sondaye or Mondaye, that he is taken, and som geer off myn, that I
wolde not for xx_li._
I hope and purpose to goo to Caleys warde on Sondaye or Mondaye or nyghe
bye, ffor I am nott accompanyed to do any servyse heer; wherffor it wer
better ffor me to be owt off syght.[196-1]
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Item, Sprynge, that wayten on my ffadre when he was in Jowel hous [_gaol
house_], whom my ffadre at hys dyeng besett xl_s._ he cryethe evyr on me
ffor it, and in weye off almess, and he wolde be easyd, thow it wer but
xx_s._ or x_s._; wherffor he hathe wretyn to my modr, and most have an
answer ageyn; I wolde that my moodr sende hym, as thoghe she lende hym
som whatt, and he woll be pleasyd, and ellys he can seye as shrewdely as
any man in Ingelonde.
Item, the Kynge hathe sent ffor hys Great Seall; some seye we shall have
a newe Chauncelor, but som thynke that the Kynge dothe as he dyde at the
last ffeldys, he wyll have the Seall with hym; but thys daye Doctor
Morton, Master off the Rollys, rydethe to the Kynge, and berythe the
Sease [_Seals_] with hym.
Item, I had never mor nede off mony than now; wherffor Fastolffes v.
mrks and the mony off Master John Smythe wolde make me holl, &c.
Wretyn on Seynt Lenards Daye, Anno R. R. E. iiij^ti xiij^{o}.
Item, sende me my vestment acordyng to the letter I sent yow by Symond
Dam, in all hast.