_Mestresse Margrett Paston, at Norwyche._
[Sidenote: 1474 / FEB. 20]
Ryght honorable and most tendr good moodr, I recomand me to yowe,
besechyng yow to have, as my tryst is that I have, yowr dayly blessyng;
and thanke yow off yowr good moderhood, kyndenesse, cheer, charge, and
costes, whyche I had, and putte yow to, att my last beyng with yow,
whyche God gyffe me grace her afftr to deserve!
Please it yow to weet, that I thynge longe that I heer nott ffrom yow or
ffrom Pekok yowr servaunt, ffor the knowlege howe he hathe doon in the
sale off my fferme barlye, ner whatt is made theroff; wherffor I beseche
yowe, if it be not answeryd by that tyme that thys bylle cormythe to
yowe, to hast hym and itt hyddre wards; ffor iff that had nott taryed
me, I deme I had been at Caleys by thys daye; ffor it is soo, as men
seye, that the Frense Kynge with a gret hoste is at Amyans, but iij^xx.
myle from Caleys; and iff he, or hys, roode byffor Caleys, and I nott
theer, I wolde be sorye.
Item, men seye that the Erle of Oxenfford hathe ben constreynyd to sewe
ffor hys pardon only off hys lyffe; and hys body, goodes, londes, with
all the remenaunt, at the Kynges wyll, and soo sholde in all haste nowe
come in to the Kyng; and some men seye that he is goon owt off the
Mounte,[203-2] men wot not to what plase, and yit lefte a greet garnyson
theer, weell ffornysshyd in vytayll, and all other thynge.
Item, as ffor the havyng ageyn off Castre, I trust to have good tydyngs
theroff hastelye.
Item, my brother John ffarethe weell, and hathe doon ryght delygentlye
in my cosyn Elizabet Berneys mater, wheroff hastely I trust he shall
sende hyr tydyngs that schall please hyr; and as to morow he purposyth
to take hys jurneye to Walys warde to the Lorde Ryverse. No mor at thys
tyme, but Jeswe have yow in Hys kepyng.
Wretyn at London the xx. daye off Feverer, Anno E. iiij^ti xiij^{o}.
Yowr sone,