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To my synguler good
ladye & mestres
elsabeth Seyntloo delyuer
thes
X.d.428
(18)
20
mastur harry with wyllyames shall come vppe so sone as whe can
set them furthe he hathe no botes that wyll kepe owte water
so that there most be a peyre made for master harrye abowte tewseday
he shalbe with yow god wyllinge as tocheing mastur charles mastur
wyllyam cavendysche seythe that yf yow set hym to tydsewall
all this larning that he nowe hathe shall do hym smalle plesure
for the skolemastur that he shulde goo to wyll teche hym after
anothur sorte so that he shall for gete thes techenges wyche
he hathe had bothe at masters Iackeson teyler & wyllyames yf yow
do meane to sent master charles to x oxford let hym not goo to
tydsewall/ master wyllyam cavendysche had of late a letter ffrom
teyler from oxford. wherin he dyd wrytte that yf your Ladyshype
stode nede of a skolemaster he wyll com to yow to chatteseworth
I shall staye charles for going to tydsewall tyll I knowe forthur
of your plesure master william candysche wyll se that he shall apleye
his boke tyll your plesure be knowon yf master william/ candyshe maye
be kepte were larning his he wyll be larnyd for he dothe stodye
& apleye his boke daye & nyght there nede none to call on hym
for going to his boke/ I shall sent yow all the moneye I
can gete chortely after Seynt tandrose daye your fatte
wethurs are not yet solde it is not tym to syll them as yet
your lambes are not solde/ wyne is allwayes dere at london
I do perseue/ the pavyer hathe nomore to do here but that pese
before the garden dore then he dothe goo the ense to master
Sotton he most pave with hym as I here
I thought I shulde a Receuyd no letter ffrom your ladyshippe
this wyck it was xj of the clocke of weseday or the
caryer cam with it to chatteseworth/ so that I had wrytton &
sent my letter before yours cam/ I haue sent yow herein
closyd lyttones letter wyche cam to me after I Receuyd your
letter your geyne of the forest wyll com moche aftur
my seyings as yow shall perceue by lyttones letter lytton with
others wyll take it of yow as yow maye perceue by his
lettur/ take your advysement in that behalf for sure it is
the thynge vnmete for you as cryst knowyth who preserue your
ladyshippe in helyth ffrom chatteseworth the xxth of november
by your obedyent seruant
Iamys Crompe//
yow had nede to haue sir Rychard here seing that marchaton
is not here//
Initial release version, September 2013