I grete yow wele, letyng yow wetyn þat I am informyd for certyn þe Duc of Suffolk reysyth grete pepyl bothe in Norffolk and Suffolk to comyn doune wyth hym to putte vs to a rebeuc and þei may; querfor I wold in ony wyse þat &yogh;e make yow as strong as &yogh;e can wyth-inne [þe] place, for I and other moo suppose that &yogh;yff they fynd &yogh;ow not here they wyl seke &yogh;ow þere &yogh;e arn. I wold John Paston þe &yogh;onger schuld ryde a&yogh;yn to my lady of Norffolk and be wyth hyr stylle tyl we haff other tydyngys, and þer may he do sum good, after þat he heryth tydyngys, in goyng forth to hys fadyr or in-to sum other place quere we may hafe remedy. For yt [ys] told me þat þere ar come to Cossey omward more than ij hundred, and þer ys comyng, as yt ys seyd, more than a thowsand. I wold þat &yogh;e sende hyder lytyl John, that I mygth sende hym abowte on myn errandys. Sende me worde how that &yogh;e doo by summe of the tenantys þat be not knowyn. Item, byd Richard Calle send me word in a bylle of how many materys that he hath sent myn husbond an answere of, þe quych he sendt hom in diuers letters for to be sped here; and of þe fermours of Tychwelle. Item, &yogh;yf Ser Iamys Gloys may come to Norwych to Adam Talyurs hows I wold he come on Munday by tymys and I schal sende to hym thyder. God kepe yow alle. Wretyn in hast on Satyrday. By your modyr Item, yt ys told me þat &yogh;ong Heydon reysyth mych pepyl in þe sokyn and in othe[r] place. Item, I wold &yogh;e schuld do Richard Calle hye hym of makeng of alle the acountys, and &yogh;yf nede lete hym gete help; and kepe Thomas Hunworth stille wyth yow, and be war of pykyng.