Date uncertain
Loyawlte Ayme. Be zowr howne G. Browne.
Hyt schal newyr cum howt for me.
[311.2] [From Fenn, iv. 100.] The writer of this brief and enigmatical letter was the second husband of Elizabeth Paston, as mentioned in the preliminary note to [No. 692] preceding. If the John Paston, Esquire, to whom it is addressed be the first of that name, that is to say, Elizabeth Paston’s brother, the date is not later than 1466; but as it was certainly some years later before the writer became connected with the Pastons by marriage, the person addressed is more probably John Paston the youngest, brother of Sir John. The date of this communication, however, is unimportant. Its purport, of which Fenn has suggested rather a complicated explanation, appears to me simply a promise of secrecy on some subject: ‘Loyauté, aimé (i.e. Honour bright, my dear friend). It shall never come out for me.’
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[Contents of Volume IV]
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| Year | Letter |
|---|---|
| 1461 | [488] |
| 1462 | [504] |
| 1463 | [535] |
| 1464 | [555] |
| 1465 | [575] |
| 1466 | [625] |
| 1467 | [658] |
| 1468 | [680] |