And, syr, yff ye thynke to done (_think it to be done_), to meofe Cler
of the acre lond, but gefe hym no credence yn the contrarye, for I shall
preffe it trewe yn my seyng for onye man lyvyng. He that wille dysseyve
hys servaunt yn maryage for so litell a thyng, he wold disseyve another
frende yn a gretter thyng. He sekyth occasyons and querell to colour hys
brekyng off.
[Footnote 67.1: [From Paston MSS., B.M.] From the desire
expressed by the writer in this letter to visit his own country,
we may refer it to the same period as the last.]
[Footnote 67.2: Sir John Fastolf.]
[Footnote 68.1: Sir Thomas Howes.]
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