Item, ther hathe Perauntes wyffe wryte to me that Bernaye servyth hyr onkyndely. He owythe hyr xxxijs. and she is in noon hope that evyr he will come ther ageyn; sende me worde iff he wyll. He shall nott lyf so weell and trywly to geedre, I trowe, but iffe he goo thyddre.
I hadde comen home, butt that I ame nott yitt verrely purveyd for payment for my oncle William the xxvj. daye of thys monythe, and he dothe me harme. He delythe so oncurteysly with Towneshende, for he wille nott yitt paye hym the C. marke, payable at Halowmesse, whyche he hadde a monythe affore; wherffor I feer that Towneshende wille nott do for me ageyn. I shall doo as I kan.
Wretyn on Sondaye next Seynt Clement. John Paston, K.
[161.2] [From Paston MSS., B.M.] In this letter, as in the last, allusion is made to the visit paid by John Paston to the Duchess of Norfolk in November 1472.
[162.1] Omitted in MS.
Slyfelde is agreyd to tary the a vij. nyghte
text unchanged: error for “ther(e)”?
Footnote 162-1:
Omitted in MS.
final . missing or invisible
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MARGARET PASTON TO JOHN PASTON[164.1]
To John Paston, Esquyer, be this delivered.
1472
NOV. 23