The rekkythe [careth] not how many Gentlemen love her, the is full of love; I have betyn [enforced] the matter for you, your unknowledge [without your knowledge] as I told her; fhe anfwered me, that he would (have) no one this two years, and I believe her; for I think, the hath the life that the can hold her content with, I trow fhe will be a fore labouring woman this two years for the meed of her Soul.

And Mistress Gryfeacrefs is fure to Selenger [St. Leger], with my Lady of Exeter, a foul loss.

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Item, I pray you speak with Harcourt of the Abbey, for a little clock, which I fent him by James Grefham to mend, and that ye would get it of him, and [if] it be ready, and fend it me; and as for money for his labour, he hath another Clock of mine, which Sir Thomas Lyndes, God have his Soul! gave me; he may keep that till I pay him; this Clock is my Lord Archbifhop's, but let not him weet of it, and that it (be) easily carried hither by your advice.

Alfo as for Oranges I fhall fend you a Serteyn by the next Carrier, and as for Tidings the Bearer hereof fhall inform you, ye must give credence to him.

As for my good speed, I hope well, I am offered yet to have Mistress Anne Hault', and I fhall have help enough as fome fay.

years civil diffenfions were on foot. The caution, refpecting tidings, and the uncertainty of what may befall, fhews that this Letter was written during fome convulfion of the State. Autograph. Pl. iv. No 10.

By the Earl of Warwick's being fuppofed to go with the King into Lincolnshire, it appears as if this Letter was written during the Restoration of Henry VI. and that their going there was to oppofe Edward's return.

(Here

(Here follows an account of fome difputes between Sir William Yelverton and Sir J. Pafton, his Uncle William, &c. of no conSequence.)

It'm it is foo yt I am halffe in p'pofe to com hom' wt in a monythe her afftr or abowt med Lente or beffor Esterne ondyr yowr coreccon iff fo be that ye deme y' moodr wolde helpe me to my Coftys x mrk or ther abowt I praye ffeele hyr dyspoficon and fende me worde.

It'm I cannot telle yow what woll ffalle off the Worlde ffor the Kyng verrely is dyfpofyd to goo in to Lyncoln fchyr and men wot not what wyll ffalle ther off ner ther afftr' they wene my Lorde off Norffolke brynge xml men.

It'm ther is comen a newe litell Torke whyche is a wele vyfagyd Felawe off the age off xl yer' and he is lower than Manuell by an hanffull and lower then my lytell Tom by the schorderys and mor lytell above hys pappe and he hathe as he feyde to ye Kynge hymfelffe iij or iiij Sonys chyldr' iche on' off hem as hyghe and affe lykly as the Kynge hymfelffe and he is leggyd ryght i now and it is reportyd that hys pyntell is affe longe as hys legge.

It'm I praye yow schewe or rede to my moodre fuche thynges as ye thynke is ffor her to know afftr yowr dyfcreffion and to late hyr undrestond off the Article off the trete betwen Syr Wyll'm Yelu'ton and me.

It'm my Lorde of Warwyk as it is fuppofyd fchall goo w ye Kynge in to Lyncolne fchyre fom' men feye yt hys goyng fhall doo good and fom feye that it dothe harme.

(Here follows an account of fome difputes between Sir William Yelverton, and Sir John Pafton, his Uncle William, &c. of no confequence.)

Item, it is fo that I am in purpose to come home within a month hereafter, or about Midlent, or before Eafter, under your correction, if fo be, that deem that ye my Mother would help me to my Cofts, 10 marks (67. 135. 4d.) or thereabouts; I pray you feel her difpofition and fend me word.

Item, I cannot tell you what will fall of the World, for the King verily is difpofed to go into Lincolnshire, and men wot not what will fall thereof, nor thereafter, they ween my Lord of Norfolk shall bring 10,000 men.

Item, there is come a new little Turk, which is a well vifaged Fellow, of the age of forty years; and he is lower than Manuel by an handful, and lower than my little Tom by the fhoulders, and more little above his Pap; and he hath, as he faid to the King himself, three or four Children, (Sons) each one of them as high and as likely as the King himfelf; and he is legged right enough.

Item, I pray you fhew, or read to my Mother, fuch things, as ye think are for her to know, after your discretion; and to let her understand of the Article of the treaty between Sir William Yelverton and me.

Item, my Lord of Warwick, as it is fuppofed, shall go with the King into Lincolnshire; fome men fay that his going fhall do good, and fome fay, that it doth harm.

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I pray

I praye yow evyr have an eyghe to Caft to knowe the rewle ther and fende me worde and whyther my wyfe Lorde and my Lady be yit as fottyt uppon it as they wer' and whether my feyd Lorde refortythe thyddr as offte as he dyd or nott and off the dyfpofycon off the Contre.

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To my right trufty and Welbeloved Sir John Pafton.

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IGHT trufty and welbeloved I grete you hertely well.

And sende you by Thom's yo' childe xxl prayng you to fpare me as for eny more atthis tyme and to hold you content with theffame, as my finglr trufte is in you, And I fhalle within bref tyme ordeigne and p'veye for you fuch as fhalbe

unto

This Letter from George Neville, Archbishop of York, and brother to Richard, Earl of Warwick, must have been written either when he was in oppofition to Edward, in conjunction with his brother the Earl of Warwick, or after his return from his imprisonment abroad, not long before his death, when it is probable he found it difficult to raise even a small sum of Money. Pl. iv. N° 4.

George

I pray you ever have an eye to Caifter, to know the rule there, and fend me word, and whether my wife Lord and my Lady be yet as fotted upon it [as fond of it] as they were; and whether my faid Lord reforteth thither as often as he did or not; and of the disposition of the Country.

JOHN PASTON, Knight.

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LETTER XXXI.

To my right trufty and well beloved Sir John Pafton.

IHS.

IGHT trufty and well beloved, I greet you heartily well,

ánd fend you by Thomas your Child 20l. praying you to

spare me as for any more at this time, and to hold

you content with the fame, as my fingular truft is in you; and I fhall within brief time ordain and purvey for you fuch as fhall be

George Neville, was confecrated Bishop of Exeter, in 1455, when he was not completely twenty years of age. In 1460, he was appointed Lord Chancellor, and in 1466 advanced to the Archbishoprick of York. In 1470, he had the Custody of Edward IV. when taken Prisoner by the Earl of Warwick, and died in 1476, Æt. 41.

On the top of the Letter is the facred Character of IHS.