Item, as ffor Stoctons doghtr, she shall be weddyd in haste to Skeerne, as she tolde hyrselffe to my sylke-mayde,[215.1] whyche makyth perte off suche as she shall weer, to whom she brake hyr harte, and tolde hyr that she sholde have hadde Master Paston, and my mayde wende it had been I that she speke off; and with moor that the same Mester Paston kome wher she was with xx. men, and wolde have taken hyr aweye. I tolde my mayde that she lyed off me, and that I never spake with hyr in my lyff, ner that I wolde not wedde hyr to have with hyr iijml. marke.
Item, as for Ebortons dowghtr, my brother Edmonde seythe, that he herde never moor speche theroff syns yowr departyng, and that ye wolde that he sholde nott breke, nor doo no thynge therin, but iff it come off theer begynnyng.
Item, I had answer ffrom my Lorde[215.2] that he is my speciall goode lorde, and that by wryghtyng; and as ffor Bernaye he sette hym in hys owne wages ffor my sake, and that whan so ever I come to Caleys, I shall ffynde all thyng ther as woll have it, and rather better than it was heretoffor.
Item, the Kyng come to this towne on Wednysdaye; as ffor the Frenshe Embassate that is heer, they come nott in the Kynges presence, by lykehod, ffor men seye that the chyeff off them is he that poysonyd bothe the Duke off Berry[216.1] and the Duke off Calabr.[216.2]
Item, ther was never mor lyklyhod that the Kyng shall goo ovyr thys next yer than was nowe.
I praye yow remembre that I maye have the pewter vessell heddr by the next karyer by the lattr ende off thys weke.
Item, I praye yow remembr so that I may have the bokys by the same tyme, whyche my moodr seyde she wolde sende me by the next carier.
Wretyn at London, the Sondaye the xx. daye off Novembr, anno E. iiijti xiiijo. John Paston, K.
[214.1] [From Fenn, ii. 164.]
[214.2] Apparently Lady Walgrave, hereafter referred to. She was the widow of Sir Richard Walgrave, Knight.