_To my right trusty and welbeloved frend, John Paston, Squier._
[Sidenote: About 1456(?)]
Right trusty and welbeloved frend, I grete you hertly well. And for as
mych as I u[ndyrstond] a bill was made at Yermuth ageyns my cousyn Bryan
Stapylton and hise wy. . . . have set up the said bill in the Kynges
Bench, which bill is in your kepyng, pray[ing] you that ye wyll sende me
the same bill be the bringer herof, to the entent I m[ay] se it. And as
I am informed be my said cousyn, ye shewed hym grete gentilnesse and
benyvolence, wherof I thanke you right hertely. I pray God have you in
governance.
Writen at Midelton, the xx. day of Septembre.
Zowr frend,