TO JOHN PASTON III 1473,  04, 
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To John Paston, esquiere, in Norffolk. I prey yow iff W. Mylsent 
go froo yow þat he myght come to me to Caleys. I woll haue 
hym. 
Wyrsshypffull and ryght hertyly belowyd brother, I recomande me 
on-to yow, letyng yow wete þat on Wednysdaye last past I wrote 
yow a letter wheroff John Garbalde had the beryng, promyttyng me 
þat ye shold haue it at Norwyche thys daye ore ellys to-morowe in 
the mornyng; wherin i praye yowe to take a labore acordyng afftre the 
tenure off the same, and þat I maye haue an answere at London to 
Hoxon iff any massenger come, as eu[er]e I maye doo fore yow. As for 
tydyngys, there was a truse taken at Brussellys abut the xxvj daye off 
Marche last past be-twyn the Duke off Borgoyn and þe Frense 
Kyngys jmbassatorys and Master William Atclyff for the Kyng heere, 
whyche is a pese be londe and water tyll the fyrst daye off Apryll nowe 
next comyng, betwyen Fraunce and Ingelond and also þe Dukys 
londes. God holde it for euere and grace be. Item, the Erle off 
Oxenfford was on Saterdaye at Depe, and is purposyd in-to Skotlond 
wyth a xij schyppys. I mystrust that werke. Item, there be in 
London many flyeng talys seyng that þer shold be a werke, and 
yit they wot not howe. Item, my lorde chamberleyn sendyth now 
at thys tyme to Caleys þe yonge Lorde Sowche and Syr Thomas 
Hongreffordys dowtre and heyre,  
and som seye þe yonge Lady Haryngton. Thes be iij grett 
jowellys. Caleys is a mery town; they shall dwell there, I wot not 
whyghe. No more, but I haue ben and ame troblyd wyth myn ouere large 
and curteys delyng wyth my seruantys and now wyth ther onkyndnesse. 
Plattyng, yowre man, wolde thys daye byd me fare-well to to-morow at 
Douer, not wythstondyng Thryston, yowre other man, is from me and 
John Myryell and W. Woode, whyche promysed yow and Dawbeney, 
God haue hys sowle, at Castre þat iff ye wolde take hym in to be 
ageyn wyth me þat than he wold neuer goo fro me; and 
ther-vppon I haue kepyd hym thys iij yere to pleye Seynt Jorge and 
Robynhod and the shryff off Notyngham, and now when I wolde haue 
good horse he is goon in-to Bernysdale, and I wyth-owt a kepere. 
Wretyn at Canterburye, to Caleys warde on Tewesday and happe be, 
vppon Good Frydaye þe xvj daye off apryll ao E. iiijti xiijo. 
Yowre J. P., K. Item, the most parte off the sowdyorys þat 
went ouer wyth Syr Robert Green haue leeff and be comyn hom, the 
hyghe-weye full. My cariage was be-hynd me ij howres lengere 
þan I lokyd afftre, but j-wysse I wende þat I myght haue 
etyn my parte on Good Frydaye, all my gownes and pryde had ben 
goon; but all was saffe.