And thys I promyse yow, ye schall not be so longe ayen with ought a byll fro me, as ye have ben, thow I shold wryght how ofte the wynd changyth, for I se be your wryghtyng ye can be wrothe and ye wyll
crosse it.
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for lytyll.[144.2]
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[143.2] [From Fenn, ii. 92.] This letter, like the last, is dated by the reference to Gurney and Heydon. The date is confirmed by the allusion to the proposal to sell Sporle wood.
[143.3] Here follows an account of some money transactions, etc.—F.
[144.1] Thomas Boyd, Earl of Arran, in 1466, married Mary, daughter of James II. and sister of James III., Kings of Scotland. He was appointed Regent, but becoming unpopular, was banished, and died in exile before 1474.—F.
[144.2] These two words are crossed as here represented, and over them is written, ‘crosse it.’
[Sidenote] JUNE 5
date supplied from body of letter
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