TO JOHN PASTON II 1463,  11, 
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To my welbelouyd son Ser John Paston be this deliueryd in hast. 

I gret yow welle, and send yow Goddys blissyng and myn, latyng 
yow wet that I have receyvyd a letter from you þe wyche ye 
deliueryd to Master Roger at Lynne, wherby I conseyve that ye thynke 
ye ded not well that ye departyd hens wyth-owth my knowlage. Wherfor 
I late yow wett I was ryght euyll payed wyth yow. Your fader thowght, 
and thynkyth yet, þat I was asentyd to your departyng, and that 
hathe causyd me to have gret  
hevinesse. I hope he wolle be your good fader her-after yf ye demene 
you welle and do as ye owe to do to hym. And I sharge you vpon my 
blyssyng þat in any thyng towchyng your fader þat shuld be 
hys worchep, profyte, or avayle, that ye do your deuer and dylygent 
labore to þe fortherauns therin, as ye wolle have my good wille; 
and þat shalle cause your fader to be better fader to you. It was 
told me ye sent hym a letter to London. What þe entent therof was 
I wot not, but thowge he toke it but lyghtly I wold ye shuld not spare to 
write to hym ageyn as lowly as ye cane, besecheyng hym to be your 
good fader, and send hym suche tydyngys as bethe in þe 
contré ther ye bethe in, and that ye be ware of your expence 
bettyr and ye have be before thys tyme, and be your owne purse-berere. 
I trowe ye shall fynd yt most profytalble to you. I wold ye shuld send 
me word howghe ye doo and howghe ye have schevyste for your-self syn 
ye departyd hens, be sum trosty man, and that your fader have no 
knowlage therof. I durste not late hym knowe of þe laste letter 
þat ye wrot to me be-cause he was so sore dyspleasyd wyth me at 
þat tyme. Item, I wold ye shuld speke wyth Wekis and 
knowe hys dysposysion to Jane Walsham. She hathe seyd syn he 
departyd hens but she myght have hym she wold neuer [be] maryyd; hyr 
hert ys sore set on hym. She told me þat he seyd to hyr þat 
ther was no woman in þe world he lovyd so welle. I wold not he 
shuld jape hyr, for she menythe good feythe, and yf he wolle not have 
hyr late me wete in hast and I shall purvey for hyr in othyr wysse. As 
for your harneys and gere that ye left here, it ys in Daubeneys kepyng. It 
was neuer remeuyd syn your departyng be-cause that he had not 
þe keyes. I trowe it shall apeyer but if it be take hed hate be 
tymys. Your fader knowythe not wher it is. I sent your grey hors to 
Ruston to þe ferrore, and he seythe he shall neuer be nowght to 
rood nowthyr ryght good to plowe nore to carte; he seythe he was 
splayyd and hys shulder rent from þe body. I wot not what to do 
wyth hym. Your grandam wold fayne her sum tydyngys from yow. It 
were welle do þat ye sent a letter to hyr howe ye do as astely as 
ye may. And God have you in hys kepyng and make yow a good man, 
and &yogh;yf yow grace to do as well as I wold ye shuld do. Wretyn at 
Caster þe Tewisday next be-for Seynt Edmond þe Kynge. 
Your moder M. Paston I wold ye shuld make meche of þe parson 
[of] Fylby, þe berer her-of, and make hym good cher yf ye may.