_To my Maister Paston._
[Sidenote: 1456 / MAY 15]
Worshipful Sir, and my good maister, I recomaunde me to yow. This day I
come home; and as to our materes, I shall be with yow on Monday and
Teusday next, be my maisters advys, and enforme yow of all, and of suche
as I will not write. Your cofre is at the Prinse Inne; sende for it
whane ye like, be the token, I hadde of Margret Goche a boke of lawe
that Wigge brought me. As for tidyngs, my maistys your brother faren
weel, and recomaunde them to my maistresse, there moder, to yow, and to
all, &c.
As for tidings elles, the Kyng is at Shene, the Quene and Prince at
Tutbury, but if it be the latter remevyng. Tidings were that the Lord
Beaumont was slayn, and my Lord Warrewik sore hurte, m^{l}. [1000] men
slayn, and vj^{xx}. [_six score_] knyghts and squiers hurte, and no
thing trewe, blessed be God. As for the Lumbards,[87.1] ij. of the
trespasers were hanged on Monday, and there ar be this tyme
proclamacions made, or shall be, thorwe London, the pees to be kepte up
on grete peynes; and the Lumbards to occupie the merchaundizes as thei
dide til the Counsail or Parlament have otherwise determyned. And noo
more as yet.
The atteynte abidith unreuled til the next terme, as I shal telle yow,
and it shal doo weel with God is grace, hoe have yow in kepyng and all
youres.
Writen at Caster _vigilia Pentecosten_.