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Jhesu M^liiij^ciiij^xxiiij

     Ryght worschyppfull Syrs and myn specyall goode masters
after all d[ew] recommendacyon hadd I lowly recommend me unto
yowre masterschyppys Furder more lettyng yowre masterschyppys
hawe knowlegge th[at] I hawe receyved a letter lattly from yow
beryng date the xj day of March be the tenour wherof I under-
stond that yowre m[aster]schypis hathe receyved ij letters from
me conteynyng the twoo sallys made. . . . Claysse Peterson and
the toder to John Delowpys and allsoo that yowre masterschyppys
hath receyved John Delowpys letter of payment &c. Item Syr I
sent unto [yow] thys passage be Raff Lemyngton a letter con-
teynyng a sale made the . . . day of Marche to Gyesbryght
Henryckson &c. Item Syr I understond [be] yowre sayd letter
that yowre masterschyppys be purpossyd t . . . now at thys tyme
xx sarpllers wull Syr yf ze cowde hawe goode schyppys . . . were
nott yll don and yowre masterschyppys schyppyd somwhat more
s . . . be well fornyschyd w^t mony here for to paye the Costom
and subsede allsoo Syr I thynck as far as my symppull reson geyff
me hytt ys more sewer schyppyng now than schall be hereafter for
dyversse c . . . &c. Syr as for old Henleys wyddowe sche hath
ben sowyr syk a grette whyle but sche ys yett alive and sche fortune
to dye I schall send yow wordd as schorttly as I can &c. Furder
more plese hytt yowre masterschyppys to understond that I wrate
yow a clawsse yn the letter that Raff Lemyngton bryngyth yow
how that the lefftenaunte and the fellyschypp here hath hadd
comenycacyon w^t my lord lefftenaunt of Callez for the entercourse
betwyxte Ynglond and Flaunders and soo my lordd ys owre goode
lordde yn all matters and soo oon Satterday the xxvj day of
Marche the fellyschyp here apoyntyd v persones of the stappull to
goo as ymbassutt for the stappell to Dewke Phyllypp and hys
councell of Flaunders and thes men be poyntyd to goo Thomas
Amerys, Constabull, Robardd Addlyn, Wylliam Bentham, Wylliam
Dalton, John Ynge, and on Tewysday nexte they schall departe
theder warddes and they schall hawe power of my lordd and allso
of the stappell under seall to have comenycacyon w^t the concell of
Flaunders and to conclude yf they can to gett a sawegard under
the seall of Flaunders that noo merchaunt of the stappull schall be
trubullyd yn Flaunders for any male fett doon be any oder
englysche man to any person of Flaunders w^t owte hytt be for
tresspasse be hym don and yn lyke wyse my lord lefftenaunte of
Callez schall gewe a sawegard to all merchauntes of Flaunders
comyng to Callez to bye stappull merchaundyse that noo man
schall doo nor saye to them nor her gooddys at Callez nor yn the
merchesse for noo male fett doon be any Flemynge to any
Englysche man w^t owte hytt be for tresspasse be himsellfe^a Item
Syr plese hytt yow to wytt that I send unto yowre masterschyppys
be the brynger of thys letter whoo is name ys James Jarfford
atorney for Steven Gybson mercer of London sellyd yn a canvas
bagg xxiiij^li ster: wherof ys yn carowlles grottes xxiij^li ster: and
iij Angelettes wrappyd yn paper xx^s &c. Item Syr plese hyit to
under that hytt hath plesyd the fellyschyp to chese Thomas
Noneley and me collectors for thys quarter ensuyng &c. No more
unto yowre masterschyppys at thys tyme but allmyghty Jhesu
preserve yow Wrytten at Callez the xxvij day of Marche.

                                                    per yowre servaunt

                                                                                Wylliam Cely.

     Addressed: To my worschyppffull masters
                           Rechard and George Cely mer-
                           chauntes of the stappull at Callez
                           at London yn Martt Lane soo hitt
                           dd.

     ^a This was arranged, separately, with both Maximilian and the Council of
Flanders in the following September. Rymer xii., 248, 249.