Wretyn on Seynt Kateryns Evyn. J. P.
[166.1]I sye the pye, and herd it spek; and, be God, it is not worthe a crowe; it is fer wers then ye wend; be God, it wer shame to kep it in a cage.
[165.1] [From Paston MSS., B.M.] At the foot of this letter is written, in a different but contemporary hand, ‘Ao E. iiijti xijo.’ The date is besides abundantly evident from other circumstances.
[166.1] This P.S. is written on the back of the letter.
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ABSTRACT[166.2]
1472
NOV. 26
‘Soutwerk cum membris,’ No. 17a.—‘Literæ patentes concessæ a Rege ad petitionem Domini Fundatoris pro ponte fiendo in vico vocato le Bermoseystret. Dat. 26 Novembris anno regni Regis Ed. IV. 12o.’
[166.2] [From MS. Index in Magd. Coll., Oxford.]
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JOHN OSBERN TO SIR JOHN PASTON[167.1]
To the right worshepfull my master, Sir John Paston, Knyght.