_To the wurshepfull Sir, and my good Maystyr John Paston, at London, in
haste._
[Sidenote: 1454 / NOV. 13]
Wurshepfull and reverent Sir, and my good maistyr, I recomaund me to zow
in as delygent wyse as on my part apperteineth, and p[le]a[s]e yow to
wete that my maistyr[9.4] was right well pleasyd with youre feithefull
labour in fulfellyng the patent for the warrd of A. B. C., and he wyll
feithefully labour as ye have avysed hym be wrytyng of John Bokyng. And
putte my maistyr in more corage, I meovyd to hym upon myn hed that encas
be the child wer wyse, that thanne it wer a good maryage be twen my wyff
youre doutir and hym; and, Sir, my maistyr was glad whan he herd that
moyen, cosetheryng that youre doutyr is desendyd of hym be the modyr
syde. And, Sir, I have enqwerid aftyr the seyd child, and no dout of but
he is lykly and of gret wyt, as I her be report of sondr personez. And
it is so, as I am credebly enformyd, that Jeffrey Boleyn maketh gret
labour for maryage of the seyd child to on of hese douterez. I wold well
to hym, but bettyr to yow. Wherfor that ye delygently labour for
expedecyon of this mater, that encas ye can fynde ony moyan ther to have
the seyd child, and we shal do feithefully owre delygens in lyke wyse
her, as ye avyse us, &c.
And, Sir, as ye thynke with avyse of my Maistyr Yelverton, Jenney, and
otherez my maisterez counsell therin, that the Shereff may be rewardyd,
and yif my seyd maisterez counsell thynke it be to do’n, that thanne ye
lyke to take an actyoun upon anenteynt [_an attaint_],[10.1] wheche ye
most with them take upon yow at this tyme in my maisterez absence; for
as ye do in that mater, he woll hold hym content, for Wyllyam Barker
hathe an instruccyon of my maisterez intent upon the same. And I send
John Bokyng a copy of the panell, wheche I shewed yow at Castr, &c.
Almyghty Jesu have yow eternally in hese mercyfull governaunce.
Wretyn at Castr, the Wednysday next aftyr Seynt Martyn, anno xxxiij.