_[To Sir] John Paston, Chevalier, be this byll delyveryd in hast._
[Sidenote: 1478 / MARCH 21]
Ryth reverent and worchepful ser, I recomend me on to yowr masterschep,
effectually desyryng to here of yowr welfare and contynual prosperite;
and if it ples yow to here of my pour estat, I was in good hele at the
makyng of this sympyll byll. Towchyng the cause of my wrytyng to yowr
masterschep is, for as moche as I poyntyd with yow to a be with yow be
the day that ye asynyd me of, the wheche, with outh yowr good
supportacyon, I con not well have myn entent, withouth it ple yow to
send oon of yowr men to me, and I psal provyd a letter in myn unkyll
name, the wheche he psall delyver to my cosyn as he were myn unkyll
masagear, and be this mene I wyll come at yowr request; for my cosyn
wold I psuld not depart with hym, with outh it were to myn unkyll
servyse; hoys and all others I refuse for yowres, yf my sympul servyse
may be to yowr plesure. And of an answer herof I beseke yow be the
brynger of my byll, and I wyll conforme me to yowr en tente, be the
grace of Good, the Wheche mot preserve yow at all oures.
Wretyn at Cobham, the xxj. day of Marche.
By yowr woman and sevnt,