_To the ryght worshipfull John Paston, Squyer, in hast._
[Sidenote: 1461 / JULY 17]
Sir, I recomaund me to zow, &c. And as for my playn dysposyssyon towards
the Undyrshrewe, I wyll hym no bodyli hurt, nor shal not be hurt by me
nor by noo man that I may rewle. But the Comynnes throw all the schyer
be movyd agayn hym, for cause of his lyght demeanyng towards them for
this elexsyon of knygtts of the shyer for the Parlement. And I suppose
yf that he wyll, he may be hastyli easyd as thus:--lat hym make notys
unto the seyd Comynnes that this theyr eleccyon shall stande, or ellys
lat hym purchas a new wryt, and lat hym make wrytyng unto them what day
they shall come, and they to make a new eleccyon acordyng unto the law.
And, sir, I pray zow, sey to hym that it is nott his oneste to lye upon
too many men, noysyng them rebyliones of Norff[olk], and Berney theyr c
. . . No more to zow at this tyme, but I naff sent zow ij. letteris
within this viij. dayes. Wretyn the xvij. day of July anno regni Regis
E. iiij^ti. 1^mo.