Margaret Paston to John Paston

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MARGARET PASTON TO JOHN PASTON¹

To my ryth worcepful husbonde, John Paston.

RYTH reverent and worcepfful husbonde, I recomande
     me to yow, desyryng hertely to here of yowre welle
     fare, thankyn yow for yowr letter and for the thyngys
that ye sent me ther with. And towchyn John Estegate, he
com nowdyr non sent hedyr nowt zyt; wer for I sopose I
must borrowyn money in schorte time but zyf [unless] ye
come sone home; for I sopose I xal non have of hym, so
Godd helpe me. I have but iiijs. and I howhe nerr as
meche mony as com to the for seyd some. I have do yowr
herrendys to my modyr and my hunckyl and as for the feffeys
of Stokysby, my hunckyll syth that ther be no mo than he
wrot to yow of that he knowit. And also I hauwe delyvyrit
the todyr thyng that ye sent me inselyd in the boxe as ye
comaundit me, and the man seyt, that I delyverid it to, that he
wylle nowt of the bargeyne that ye sent hym, but sweche
thynggys be do or he come ther that ye sent hym worde of,
he seyth that he wold nowt be noysyd with no sweche thyngis
of that is, that it wer do in hesse tyme for xx. marke. I
sopose he xal send yow word in shorte time ho he wylle do.
I pray yow that ye wylle weche save to beyn for me swech
lacys os I send yow exsaumpyll of in this letter and j. pesse of
blac lacys; as for cappys that ye sent me for the chylderyn
they be to lytyl for hem. I pray yow bey hem feyner cappys
and larger than tho wer. Also I pray yow that ye wylle
weche save to recomaunde me to my fadyr and my modyr and
tellyth heer that alle herr chyldyrryn ben in gode hele, blyssyd
be Godd. Heydonis wyffe had chyld on Sent Petyr day. I
horde seyne that herr husband wille nowt of her, nerr of her
chyld that sche had last nowdyr. I herd seyn that he seyd,

zyf sche come in hesse precence to make her exkewce that he
xuld kyt of her nose to makyn her be know wat sche is; and
yf her chyld come in hesse presence, he seyd he wyld kyllyn
he wolle nowt be intretit to have her ayun in no wysse, os I
herde seyn. The Holy Trinite have yow in Hesse kepyn and
send yow helth. Wretyn at Geldiston on the Wedynisday
nexte after Sent Thomas.—Be yowris,           M. PASTON

     ¹ [Add. MS. 34,889, f. 199.] The date of this letter is not clear, and we place it
at the end of Henry VI.’s reign. It is probably much earlier.

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XLVI

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MARGARET PASTON TO JOHN PASTON

[Add. MS. 34,889, f. 199]

     This letter is No. 1064 in the Inventory. The date is not clear, and we
place it at the end of Henry VI.’s reign. It is probably much earlier.

To my ryth worcepful husbonde, John Paston.

RYTH reverent and worcepfful husbonde, I
     recomande me to yow, desyryng hertely to
     here of yowre welle fare, thankyn yow for
     yowr letter and for the thyngys that ye sent
me ther with. And towchyn John Estegate, he com
nowdyr non sent hedyr nowt zyt; wer for I sopose I
must borrowyn money in schorte time but zyf [unless]
ye come sone home; for I sopose I xal non have of
hym, so Godd helpe me. I have but iiijs. and I
howhe nerr as meche mony as com to the for seyd
some. I have do yowr herrendys to my modyr and
my hunckyl and as for the feffeys of Stokysby, my
hunckyll syth that ther be no mo than he wrot to
yow of that he knowit. And also I hauwe delyvyrit
the todyr thyng that ye sent me inselyd in the boxe
as ye comaundit me, and the man seyt, that I de-
lyverid it to, that he wylle nowt of the bargeyne that
ye sent hym, but sweche thynggys be do or he come
ther that ye sent hym worde of, he seyth that he wold
nowt be noysyd with no sweche thyngis of that is,
that it wer do in hesse tyme for xx. marke. I sopose
he xal send yow word in shorte time ho he wylle do.
I pray yow that ye wylle weche save to beyn for me
swech lacys os I send yow exsaumpyll of in this letter
and j. pesse of blac lacys; as for cappys that ye sent
me for the chylderyn they be to lytyl for hem. I
pray yow bey hem feyner cappys and larger than tho
wer. Also I pray yow that ye wylle weche save to
recomaunde me to my fadyr and my modyr and
tellyth heer that alle herr chyldyrryn ben in gode
hele, blyssyd be Godd. Heydonis wyffe had chyld
on Sent Petyr day. I horde seyne that herr hus-
band wille nowt of her, nerr of her chyld that sche
had last nowdyr. I herd seyn that he seyd, zyf sche
come in hesse precence to make her exkewce that
he xuld kyt of her nose to makyn her be know wat
sche is; and yf her chyld come in hesse presence, he
seyd he wyld kyllyn he wolle nowt be intretit to
have her ayun in no wysse, os I herde seyn. The
Holy Trinite have yow in Hesse kepyn and send
yow helth. Wretyn at Geldiston on the Wedynisday
nexte after Sent Thomas.—Be yowris,

                                                                        M. PASTON.