_On the back._--The man wold not tak my letter but I wass fayen to
gyve hym ij_d._ for the beryng.
[Footnote 217.3: [From Paston Letters, B.M.] The reference to the
dispute between Elizabeth Poynings and the Earl of Kent, which is
alluded to in a subsequent letter, proves this letter to have been
written in the year 1466. The earl in question was only so created
on the 3rd of May 1465, and John Paston, to whom the letter is
addressed, died in May 1466.]
[Footnote 217.4: So in MS.]
[Footnote 218.1: Elizabeth, widow of Robert Poynings.]
[Footnote 218.2: 23rd March.]
[[gyve hym ij_d._ for the beryng
_printed in roman (non-Italic) type_]]
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