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Ryght worchipffull my Ryght Syngguler good mayster, I recom|maund me unto your good maysterschipe ever more dessyring to here
of your wellffare, the wyche I beseche Jhesu mayntene and contenew to his plesur &c. Letyng your maysterschipe to wyt that I departyd ffrome Sandewych the xj day off Aprell, and so cam unto Calys apone sher thursday laste was with the wolle schipys; and so, blesside be Jhesu, I have resayvid your wollys in ssafte. Fordermore, Syr, yeff yt plesse your maystershipe for to understonde þis, I have ressayvid your wollys as ffayer and as hole as any mannys in the fflete. More hover, Syr, yeff yt plesse your maysterschipe ffor to understonde howne your wolle was howsid ever dele by Ester even. Fordermore, Syr, yeff yt plesse your maysterschipe ffor to understonde that the schepmen be content and payde off thayer ffraythe. Fordermore, Syr, yeff hyt plesse your maysterschipe ffor to understonde off your wollys howne maney I have resayvid: Summa xxx sarplers ffyne Cottes wolle, and of M. [Probably for "medell"; cf. "medell woll cottys wolde," ap. Cely Papers, p. 31.] Cottes x sarplers and off ffyne yonge Cottes wolle vij sarplers and of M. [Probably for "medell"; cf. "medell woll cottys wolde," ap. Cely Papers, p. 31.] yonge Cottes iij sarplers and a sarpler of Refuse, Summa lj sarplers. All so, Syr, yeff yt plese your maysterschipe ffor to understonde that I have ressayvid a barell with harnes of peny, the wyche your maysterschipe sapke [spake] unto me of at my departyng frome yow, and a nother barell with harnes of bylys, the wych I have schipped hem unto London in one of the wole schipys, the wyche ij barelys schulde be kep unto the tyme that I com unto London my selffe. Fordermore, syr, yeff yt plese your maysterschipe ffor to understonde that Thomas Betson cam unto Calys the laste day of Aprill: and so he departyd in good helthe unto Brugys mart the fyrst day of May. No more unto your maister at thys tyme: but allmythi Jhesu have you in hys kepyng. Wretyn at Calys the first day of May.
By your prentes Thomas Henham.
Unto my worschipffull and myne synguler master Willm. Stonor, Squyer, of Oxford schyre, thys letter be delyvered in haste. dd.