[156.3] Meaning apparently, as Fenn suggests, ‘I paid her off, or treated her with unceremonious language.’
[157.1] Anthony Woodville, Earl Rivers, etc., went to endeavour to obtain the possession of the Earls of Pembroke and Richmond, who were detained as prisoners by the Duke of Brittany.—F.
[157.2] Francis II., the last Duke of Brittany, was born in 1435, and died in 1488.—F.
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SIR JOHN PASTON TO JOHN PASTON[158.1]
A John Paston, Esquyer, soyt done.
1472
NOV. 8
Brother, I comend me to yow, letyng yow weet, &c.[158.2]
As for the delyverance off the rynge to Mestresse Jane Rothone, I dowt nott but it shall be doon in the best wyse, so that ye shall geet me a thank moor than the rynge and I ar worthe or deserve.
And wheer ye goo to my Laydy off Norffolk, and wyll be theer att the takyng off hyr chambre, I praye God spede yow, and our Ladye hyr, to hyr plesur, with as easye labor to overkome that she is abowt, as evyr had any lady or gentyllwoman, saff our Lady heer selffe, and soo I hope she shall to hyr greet joye, and all owres; and I prey God it maye be lyke hyr in worship, wytt, gentylnesse, and every thynge excepte the verry verry thynge.[158.3]
No moor to yow at [this] thyme, but I woll sleepe an howr the lenger to-morrow by cawse I wrote so longe and late to nyght.