I can thynk and he were here he wold be a feythfull frynd to zow; but
and so were that ze thowthe that it were for to labore for any oder man,
me thynkit it were for zow to remembre myn nevew. That were somewat
lykly, and there to wold I be glad to help and lene to the toder. For as
for me, I know so moche that sche will none have but iff he have, ar be
leke to have, meche more lond than I have; and iff I knewe the contrary,
it schuld nat be left for the labore, but I wold not be in a folis
paradyce, and ze be myn good brodir. I trust thow to do rythe will, &c.
[Footnote 48.1: [From Paston MSS., B.M.] The reference to the
death of Christopher Hanson proves this letter to have been
written in July 1462, as the precise date of his death is given in
Letter 528.]
[[Cirstofre Hanson _text unchanged: error for “Cristofre”?_]]
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