The Kyngs inbassators, Sir Thomas Mongomere and the Master off the Rolls[219.2] be comyng homwards ffrom Nuse; and as ffor me, I thynke that I sholde be sek but iff I see it.
Syr John off Parre and William Berkeley com thys weye to Flaundrs ward to by them horse and herneys, and [I] made Sir J. Parr goode cheer as I cowde ffor yowr sake; and he tolde me, that ye made hym haulte cheer, &c. at Norwyche. No moor.
Wretyn at Caleys, the xvij. daye off Janever, anno Edwardi iiijti xiiijo.
[218.2] [From Fenn, ii. 174.] ‘Though this letter,’ says Fenn, ‘has no signature, yet it is written by Sir John Paston, Knight.’
[218.3] Neuss, not far from Düsseldorf, in the territory of Cologne, at this time besieged by Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy.
[219.1] Frederick III. of Austria, Emperor of Germany.
[219.2] Dr. John Morton, afterwards Bishop of Ely, Lord Chancellor, Archbishop of Canterbury, and Cardinal.
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MARGARET PASTON TO JOHN PASTON[220.1]
To John Paston, Sqwyer, be thys delyveryd in hast.
Jh’s.[220.2]