Volume Ii Part 28 (2/2)
Right trusty and enterly welbeloved frend, I grete you welle; and for as mych as there is vareaunce betwene William Wotton and hise moder and the fermour there, wherfore I pray you that ze wyll [fynde][138.3] a weye accordyng to right for to put hem in rest and pees. For in as mych as they be yo[ur] tenantes, ze aught to have the reule of them before any other, praying you to do youre part to put hem oute of trouble.
I pray G.o.d have you in hise governance. Writen at Midelton, the xiij.
day of Aprille.
Youre frend,
THE LORD SCALES.
[Footnote 138.2: [Douce MS. 393, f. 99.]]
[Footnote 138.3: Mutilated.]
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LORD SCALES TO JOHN PASTON[139.1]
_To my ryght trusti and wel beloved frend, John Paston, Sqyer._
[Sidenote: Year uncertain]
Right trusty and wel beloved frend, I comande me to you, and for certain maters that I have for to do, for the which ma[ters I] sende unto you a squier of myne called Elyngham; praying you to gefe hym faythful credence of that he shall declare you on myne behalfe as for this tyme.
G.o.d have you in Hise keping. Writene at Midleton, the xviij. day of Julle.
Yowre frend,
SCALES.
[Footnote 139.1: [MS. in Pembroke College, Cambridge.] This letter evidently was written in the same year as the next, but there is no evidence what that year was. Below the signature is a note in a modern hand erroneously identifying the writer with Anthony Woodville, Lord Scales. He was certainly Thomas, Lord Scales, of Henry VI.'s time.]
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LORD SCALES TO JOHN PASTON[139.2]
_To [my] right trusty and welbeloved frend, John Paston, Squier._
[Sidenote: Year uncertain]
Right trusty and welbeloved frend, I grete you welle; and as touchyng the mater that Elyngham and ze comuned to giders of the last tyme he was with you, I pray you that ze wylle a.s.signe such a day as you liketh best, so that it be with inne this viij. dayes, and sende me worde what day ze wylle be here be the bringer herof.
I pray G.o.d have you in governance. Writen at Midelton, the iij. day of August.
Youre frend,
SCALES.
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