_To my ryght trusty and welbelovyd Frend, John Paston._
Rygth trusty and welbelovid, I cummaund me un to zow, lattyng zow wytte
that there ys a tenawnt off Thyrnyng, on [_one_] Wyllyam Rust, whos dur
ys selyd be a offycer off zowrys. Wherffor I pray zow that ze wyll se
that the forsay tenawnt be not hurt; and yff there be oni thyng that ys
dw for to pay, I wyll se that hyt schall be content. And therfore I pray
zow that hyt may be repytyd un tyll the tyme that I speke with zow. No
more at thys tyme, but the Hole Trinite hawe zow in kepyng. Wretyn at
Attylburgth the xvij. day off Dyssembyre.