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<P PASTON LETTERS>
<A AGNES PASTON>
<T TO WILLIAM PASTON I>
<D 14400420?>
<N 13>
<L 0>
To my worshepefull housbond ^W. ^Paston be @is lettere takyn.
<L 1>
Dere housbond, I recomaunde me to yow, &c. Blyssyd be God, I sende
yow gode tydynggys of @e comyng and @e brynggyn hoom of @e gentylwomman
@at ye wetyn of fro %^Redham @is same nyght, acordyng to poyntmen
@at ye made @er-for yowre-self. And as for @e furste aqweyntaunce
be-twhen ^John ^Paston and @e seyde gentilwomman, she made hym gentil
chere in gyntyl wyse and seyde he was verrayly yowre son. And so I hope
@er shal nede no gret trete* be-twyxe hym.
@e parson of %^Stocton toold me yif ye wolde byin here a goune, here
moder wolde yeue ther-to a godely furre. @e goune nedyth for to be had,
and of coloure it wolde be a godely blew or ellys a bryghte sanggueyn.
I prey yow do byen for me ij pypys of gold. Yowre stewes do weel.
The Holy Trinite* have yow in gouernaunce. Wretyn at %^Paston in hast
@e Wednesday next after $^Deus $qui $erra . . .
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<A JOHN PASTON III>
<T PERHAPS TO THOMAS PLAYTER: DRAFT>
<D 146103>
<N 317>
<L 1>
I recomawnde me to yow, and lete yow wete @at notwythstandyng
tydingges come downe, os ye knowe, @at pepill shuld not come vp tyll
thei were sent fore, but to be redy at all tymes, this notwithstandyng
mech pepill owt of this cuntre* have take wages, seying thei woll goo
vp to %^London. But thei have no capteyn ner rewler assigned be the
comissioneres to awayte vp-on, and so thei stragyll abowte be them-self
and be lyklynes arn not leke to come at %^London, half of them. And men
that come from %^London sey there have not passid %^Thetford not passyng
cccc and yet the townes and the cuntre* that have waged hem shall thynk
thei be dischargid. And therfore if this lordes above wayte aftyr more
pepill in this cuntre*, be lyklynes it woll not be easy to get wyth-owt a
newe comission and warnyng; and yet it woll be thought ryght straunge
of hem that have waged pepill to wage any more, for euery towne hath
waged . . .
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<A MARGERY PASTON>
<T TO JOHN PASTON III>
<D 147702>
<N 415>
<L 0>
Vn-to my ryght welbelouyd Voluntyn ^John ^Paston, squyer, be @is bill +
delyuered, &c.
<L 1>
Ryght reuerent and wurschypfull and my ryght welebeloued Voluntyne, I
recommande me vn-to yowe full hertely, desyring to here of yowr welefare,
whech I beseche Almyghty God long for to preserve vn-to hys plesure and
\owr hertys desyre. And yf it please \owe to here of my welefare, I am not
in good heele of body ner of herte, nor schall be tyll I here from yowe;
For @er wottys no creature what peyn @at I endure,
And for to be deede I dare it not dyscure.
And my lady my moder hath labored @e mater to my fadure full delygently,
but sche can no more gete @en \e knowe of, for @e whech God knowyth I
am full sory.
But yf that \e loffe me, as I tryste verely that \e do, \e will not leffe me
@erfor; for if @at \e hade not halfe @e lyvelode @at \e hafe, for to do @e
grettyst labure @at any woman on lyve myght, I wold not forsake \owe.
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