My modyr wold ryth fayne know how that ye and my brodyr Wyllam wer
acordyd, sche wold ryth fayne that all wer well betwene yow.
[Footnote 222.1: [From Paston MSS., B.M.] I find no very
satisfactory evidence touching the date of this letter. Allusion
is made to John Paston having been at Lincoln. The occasion
referred to might have been in 1458, when, as we know by No. 373,
he went into the North as far as Doncaster; or it may have been in
the spring of 1461. (_See_ Nos. 452 and 458.) It is not probable,
however, that this letter was earlier than the latter date, as
there is no appearance at that time of any dispute having arisen
between John Paston and his brother William. On the contrary,
William Paston is in correspondence with his brother in April 1461
(No. 450). On the other hand, if the occasion referred to when
John Paston was at Lincoln was in the spring of 1461, this letter
could hardly have been written in the same year; for it cannot be
supposed that he left books at Caister on his return south, when
Caister was in the possession of the Duke of Norfolk. The date,
however, being so uncertain, I prefer to place this letter at the
end of John Paston’s correspondence rather than assign it
doubtfully to any particular year.]
[[and he desyiryd me _text has “and be”_]]
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