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To my wyfe The countes
of Shrowsbury at tutbury
yev this
X.d.428
(86)
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my dere none havenge Resevyd your lettar offe
the furste of decembar whyche camme in very good
tyme eles hadde I sente oune of thes few Remenynge
with me to have brought me worde of your helthe
whyche I dobted offe for that I harde nott from
you
me in dumpes but now Revyved Agen by your wrytenge
vnto me/ I thank you swete more for your podenges &
venyson/ the podenges have I bestoud in this wyes dosen
to my lade cobbam & As many to my Lord steward
& to my Lord of Leystere & the Reste I have Resarved
to my celfe to ete in my chaumbar the venyson is yett
At london but I have cente for it heddar
I perseve nedd talbott hathe bene syke & now
paste dangar I thanke god I have sych Anone
that is so carfull ovar me & myne/ god cend
me sone home to posesse my greteste Ioye/ if you
thynke it is you/ you Arre nott desevyd
I wyll nott forgett to dele with the master of the Rolles
for Iounge knyfton/ he semes to be myg myche
my frende/ & is now in delynge betwext denenge &
me for the lees of Abbott stoke/ Agred Apon
by me & tomworthe he shuld so doo/ he holdes
A it At Athousande markes/ & the master offe the
Rolles hathe dreven it to vc poundes whych me thynkes
to myche for syche Alees yett because it lyes so as
I Am informyd Amounges gylbardes landes I have
made my steward to ofar iiijc poundes & to gett
tyll the next terem because I wold hav your advyse
therein/ & because I shall for that I lyve in hope
to be with you before you can Reterne Answar Agen
you shall vndarstannde that this presente mondaye
in the mornynge fyndenge the quene A in the garden
At good lesur I gave hur mageste thankes thankes
that che hadd so lytell Regard to the clammurus pepull
of bolsore in my absens che declared vnto what evell
speche was agenste me off
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my nerenes/ & sclak in house kepynge/ & As mych
As was told hur/ whych che inowyes beleved with As
good wordes/ & as I cold wysche declarenge that o or it were
longe I shuld well perseve che dyd so truste me As che
dyd few/ che wold nott tell me wherin but doute
it was About the custody of the scotes quene/ here is
pryvate spech that va gates & vahan shuld make sute
to hav hur but this day I perseve it is Altered
I thynke before senday thes mattares wyll cum to sum
passe that we shall know how longe our Abode shalbe
but how so evar it faules oute I wyll nott fale
but be with you before kyrsemas orre eles you shall
cum to me/ the plage is desparsed sharpely sore Abrode in london
so that the quene kepes hur kyrsemas here &
goethe nott to grenwyche As it was mente my lade
cobam your dere frende wysches your presens here hence ho loves
you well/ I tell hur I have the cause to love hur
beste for that che wysched me so well to spede as I dyd
& as the the pene wrytes so the harte thynkes that offe
All erthely Ioyes that ht hath happenyd vnto me
I thanke god him chefleste for you/ for with you I have All
Ioye & contentasyon of mynde & with oute you dethe is mor
plesante to me than lyfe/ if I thought I shuldbe longe
be from you/ & therefore good wyfe doo as I
hope shortely offe oure metenge & fare well dere swete
none from hamton courte this mondaye At
mydnyght for it is every nyght so late before I goo
to my bedd beinge At play in the preve chambar
At premyro where I have loste almost Ahundereth
poundes & laked my sclepe
Your fethefull husbande
tyll dethe
G Shrewsbury
wyfe tell my doughter mawle
that I At Am nott plesed with hur
that che hath nott wryten to me
with hur cystar yett wyll I nott forgett them hur & the Reste
& pray to god to blesse them All
Initial release version, September 2013