_To my Cosyn Paston, be thys letter delyverd yn haste._
[Sidenote: 1466(?) / JAN. [20]]
Ryght reverent and worshyppeful cosyn, y comawnd me on to you, desyryng
to her off your welfare, the whyche Almyghty Jesu preserve to Hys
plesawns, and to your own herts desyres. Forthermore and yff yt please
your gentylnesse to be my trusty frend, as my ful truste ys yn you, as
for swyche materys as the brynger off this lettre shall enforme you, and
beth effectualy my frend, and brynge yt abowte, and by my trowthe y
shall geve you an C. marke for your labowr. For yn trowthe y am aferde
that Roberd Radclyff hathe deseyvyd me, for he laboryd to me dayly by my
Lords comawndement off Warwyk, and brought with hym Yllyngworthe and
oder off my Lords cownsel, and seen my evydens; and so we stoden uppon
apoyntement, and y for to have had an unswere sent to Felbrygge Halle,
and yff ne had be for ffendyng off my Lords lordschyppe, y myght have
had my money for my ryght or y cam owt off London, as my man schall
enforme you. For yn trowthe y muste now make an schiffte, for Wyndham
hathe sold hys ryght, and rathere than yt schuld go that way to, y had
lever my Lord had yt ij. C. marke with yn the pryse that y grawnt yt
laste, and therfor y be scheche you to labowr to my Lord that y may have
an unswer. And thies many townes longithe thereto, Felbrygge, Aylinton,
Ronton, Colby, Bannyngham, Ingworthe, Styrston, besyde hamelets.
No mor to you at this tyme, but the Holy Trinyte have you yn His kepyng.
Wryten at Felbrygg, the Monday affor Seynt Augnetes Day.[216.1]
By your cosyn,