To the ryght honorabl
the countys of Shrewsbury
my very good mother
My humbl duty remembred beseching your Ladyship
of your daly blesinge presuming of your
mother like affeccyon towards me your
childe that trusts I haue not so
euell deserued as your Ladyship hath made
shewe; by your Letters to others whych
maketh, me doutfull that your Ladyship hath
ben infoormed som great vntruth of
me or else I had well hoped that for
som smal trifels I shuld not haue
contenued in your displeasur so
longe a time and I myght be so bould
as to craue at your Ladyship’s hands that
it wold pleas you to exteme shuch falce
bruts as your Ladyship hath hard reported
of me as lightly as you haue don
when others wer in the like cas I
shuld thinke my selfe much the more
bounde to your Ladyship I besech you
make my harty comandacions
to my aunt I take my leaue in
humble wyse hacknay xxv
of Iuly
your Ladyship’s humbl
and obedint dough[ter]
E Lenox
