_To my rythe worchypfull broder, John Paston, be thys delyveryd in
hast._
[Sidenote: 1461 / JUNE 26]
Broder, I recomawnde me to zow, desyeryng to here of yowre welfare, the
qwyche I pray God mayntene. Plesse yow to wette that I have sent my
moder a letter for mony for my swster;[281.2] and if ze wyll agre that I
may have xx^{ti}_li._ [£20], I xall zeve zow acowmpts ther of, and ze
xall be payyd azen of the obligacyon that my moder hathe, or ellys I
xall take a swerte of my suster. I wysse obligacion mwste nedes be swyd,
and a doseyn accions more in her name, and sche doo well thys terme; and
it wyll be doo with in fowertenyut. The Cowntas of Northumberlond[281.3]
and Robarde Fenus[281.4] ocupie all her lond, and that is a gret
myscheffe. I prey zow spe[ke] to my moder her of, and lat me have a
awnswer within this sevenyut. Also, broder, Wyndham is come to town, and
he seyd to me he wyll goo gett hym a mayster, and me thowte by hym he
wold be in the Kynges servise, and he saythe that he wyll have Felbryg
azen or Myhelmes, or ther shal be v.^c. [500] heds broke ther fore.
Brodere, I pray zow delyver the mony that I xwld have in to swm prior of
swm abbey to swm mayster of swm colage to be delyveryd qwan I can espy
ony londe to be porchasyd. I pray zow send me word wyder ze wyll doo
thus or no. No more, but owre Lord have zow in Hys kepyng. Wrytyn on
Fryday nexst after Seynt John is day.
By zour broder,