_To the ryght worchepfull Sir John Paston, Knyght, lodgyd at the George,
by Powlys Wharf, in London._
[Sidenote: 1476 / MAY 6]
Aftyr all dewtes of recomendacyon, lyeketh yow to wet, that to my power
ye be welcom ayen in to Inglond. And as for the Castell of Shene, ther
is no mor in it but Colle and hys mak, and a goose may get it; but in no
wyse I wold not that wey, and my modyr thynkyth the same. Take not that
wey, if ther be eny other.
I undyrstand that Mastres Fytzwater hathe a syster, a mayd, to mary.
I trow, and ye entretyd hym, she myght come into Crysten menys handys.
I prey yow spek with Mastyr Fytzwater of that mater for me, and ye may
telle hym, synse that he wyll have my servyse, it wer as good, and syche
a bargayn myght be mad, that bothe she and I awaytyd on hym and my
mastress hys wyff at oure owne cost, as I a lone to awayt on hym at hys
cost; for then he shold be swer that I shold not be flyttyng, and I had
syche a qwarell to kepe me at home. And I have hys good wylle, it is non
inpossybyll to bryng a bowght.
I thynk to be at London with in a xiiij. dayes at the ferthest, and
peraventure my mastress also, in consayll be it clatryd. God kepe yow
and yours.
At Norwyche, the vj. day of May, anno E. iiij^ti xvj^{o}.