_To myn wurchipfull broder, Jon Paston._
[Sidenote: 1462 / JULY]
Ryththe wurchipfull broder, I recomand [me] to zow. Lekit it zow to
wethe [_wit_], Jon of Dam is come to towne, and purposit hym to tary
here a day ar ij. ar longar, I can thynk, and he be desyryd. Were fore I
pray zow, and as I have afore this tyme desiryd zow the same, that suche
materis as hathe be comunyd now lathe be twyx myn moder, zow and hym,
may take some good conclucyon be twyx owre selff here at hom. And in myn
consayt, savyng zow better avyse, it were so most convenyent and
wurchipfull for us all, and comforthe to all owre fryndis. And for this
ententhe I wold tary here the lengar; for I wold be as glad as any man a
lyve that suche an ende mythe be take be twix us that iche off us all
schuld inyoy the wylleffar off odyr, qweche I trust with zowr good help
schall be rythe wyll, and I dowthe nat myn mastyr Markam wyll be will
plesyd thus.
I have tydynges from London, and a monge odyr tydynges I have knowlage
that Cirstofre Hanson is passid to God on Saterday last past, at ij. of
clok after mydnythe. It is good to take hede there to, &c.
Item, I sent to zow to have had zowre avyse qwat menys were best to make
for the mater towchyng the Lord Scrop, qwere in I had an answer, but me
thowthe it was not to the poynthe. I sopose, and I purposyd to make the
labore that ze sent me word I schuld do towchyng me, I can thynk I
schuld sone be answerid, meche sonar than he. I must send some answer to
hym, were in I wold have zowr consayll; for he desirid the same, and I
wold not he schold thynk that he were forgotyn be us.
Be zowr pore broder,