_To my ryght trusty cosyn, John Paston._
[Sidenote: 1455 / JUNE 22]
Worshypfull Sir and cosyn, I commaund me to yow. And lyke yow wete that
accordyng to your desyre I sende John Russe to yow to hafe your
informacion of such materis as shall be thought exspedient to be
laboured yn your absence for the mater of Wentworth, and hafe geve hym
in commaundment to entend it in all that he can or may. And, Cosyn, he
hath a lettre of credence to the baylly of Dedham because of doubt of
syght of the baylly ys lettre ther for disclosyng, &c., to do after the
wrytyng of T. Denys. And y sende yow ij. lettres com to me from London
that maketh mencyon of grete besynesse ayenst us, and an accion toke
ayenst yow, Howys, Bokkyng, &c., that most nedys be tendred; in case an
essoyn[37.2] can be take, so moche the better. And therfor, cosyn, at
reverence of God, dispose yow to London yn all the haste that ye can.
For the atthacment can not be tille ye com. And on partie adverse
besyeth hem sore in your absence, _facies hominis facies leonis_. And I
have worde yn a nothere lettre that my Lord Chauncellor ys yn the lyke
wyse disposed yn owre one syde, and therfor that ye kepe hym ynne to
helpe bere the favour of thys mater yn all wyse; And Byngham Justys ys
full well disposed also. Dyvers new processe ys ayenst Sir Thomas. And
all othere materis I commyt to your discrecion; yf nede be, I com thedre
my sylf. Y pray God kepe yow. Wryt hastly uppon Sonday before Seynt John
Baptiste.
Your cosyn,