TO JOHN PASTON III : DRAFT Late 
1473  
Item, Arb[l]aster must mak a proctyr by yowre advyce, and iff he 
lyst to mak the seyd Master John Halsnothe he maye; ell he must sende 
vppe an  
other, and he must also make a letter off warant to þe seyde 
Master John Halsnothe vndre hys sell by yowre advyce in thys forme: 
Master John, &c., I recomande me &c., letyng yow weet 
þat I haue made yow my proctore towchyng the testement off John 
Paston, esquiere, wherffore I praye yow þat ye on my behalve 
reffuce the admynyst[r]acion off hys seyde testamen[t], fure I woll nowt 
have ado ther-wyth. Wherffo[r] loke þat ye on my behalve reffuce 
all admynestracion, entresse, ore besynesse þat I myght have 
there-by, and thys shewys yow my wyll her-in and shall be to yow a 
dyscharge att any tyme. No moore, &c. Yowre frend James 
Arblaster I wolde nat þat myn oncle William scholde cawse hym 
to take on hym as hys felaw, for iff myn oncle William doo thus moche 
in the corte I suppose it may her-afftre doo ease; for as God helpe me I 
cannot say verrely iff my fadre, God haue hys sowle, ag[r]eyd that he 
shold be on, but in my sowle he neuer thowt þat he sholde be, for 
he neuer namyd no moore butt my modre and me, and afftre yow whan I 
rehersyd myn oncle Clement, yow, and Arblaster, and than he chase 
yow, seyng he thoght þat ye were good and trewe. Kepe thys 
secrett. Iff myn oncle be noon executur it maye happely brynge ageyn a 
trussyng coffre wyth cc old peyse noblis whyche he toke from me as 
executur.