I fer that Dawbeney is not alther best storyd to contenew howsold longe;
lete hym send me worde in hast, and I wyll releve hym to my power, and
or longe to I hope to be with yow.
Roger Ree is scheryff of Norfolke, and he schall be good jnow.
Th’excheter I am not yit assertaynyd of.
Also, that thes men be at the begynnyng entretyd as corteysly as ye can.
Also, I pray yow to sende me my flowr[307.1] be the next massanger that
comyth.
Also, as for my Lorde Fytz Waters oblygacion, I know non suche in myn
adward as yit.
Also, the obligacion of the Bisshop of Norwychys oblygacion, I never sye
it that I remembre; wherfor I wolde and prey my modre to loke it up.
Also, as for the Byble[307.2] that the master hath, I wend the uttermost
pryse had not passyd v. mark, and so I trowe he wyl geve it: wet, I pray
yow.
Also, as for Syr Wylliam Barber and Syr Wylliam Falyate, I wolde, if
they kan purvey for them selfe, folfayne be dyschargyd of them.
[Footnote 306.1: [From Fenn, iv. 302.] The original of this
letter, Fenn informs us, was written upon a whole sheet of paper,
of which a quarter was cut away before the letter was finished, so
that the bottom part of it was only half the width of the upper.
Roger Ree was made Sheriff of Norfolk in 1468, which fixes the
date.]
[Footnote 307.1: This may mean flour for household use; or it may
signify his flower, his device or cognisance.--F.]
[Footnote 307.2: This must mean some MS. copy, for at this time
there was only one printed edition of the Bible, which would have
sold even then for a much greater sum than is here mentioned.
I mean ‘Biblia Latina Mogunt. per J. Fust et P. Schoiffer,
1462.’ --F.]
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