Paston letters and papers of the fifteenth century, Part I

TO JOHN PASTON I 1461, 06, 26

To my rythe worchypfwll broder John Paston be thys delyueryd in haste.

Brodere, I recomawnde me to ȝow, desyeryng to here of ȝowre welfare, þe qwyche I pray God maynten. Plesse ȝow to wette þat I haue sent my moder a letter fore mony fore my swster, and if ȝe wyll agre þat I may haue xxti li. I xall ȝeue ȝow acowmptys þere-of and ȝe xall be payyd aȝen of þe obligacion þat my moder hathe, or ellys I xall tak a swerté of my suster. I-wysse obligacion mwste nedys be swyd, and a doseyn accions more in her name and sche doo well thys terme, and it wyll be doo wyth- in fowrtenynt. The Cowntas of Northumberlond and Robarde Fenns

ocupie all her lond, and þat is a gret myscheffe. I pray ȝow speremoveke to my moder her-of, and lat me haue a awnswere wyth-in þis seuenynt. Also, broder, Wymdam is com to town, and he seyd to me he wyll goo gett hym a mayster; and me thowte by hym he wold be in þe Kyngys seruise. And he saythe þat he wyll haue Felbryg a-ȝen ore Myhelmes, ore þere xall be v c hedys brok þere-fore. Brodere, I pray ȝow delyuer þe mony þat I xwld haue in-to swm priore of swm abbey, to swm mayster of swm colage, to be delyueryd qwan I can espy ony londe to be purchasyd. I pray ȝow send me word wyder ȝe wyll doo thus ore no. No more, but Owre Lord haue ȝow in hys kepyng. Wrytyn on Fryday nexst after Seynt John is Day. By ȝour broder Clement Paston.