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To my sune gylbard
talbott to be delyverd
to my wyfe the
countes of Shrewsbury
X.d.428
(103)
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wyf I Am sory to here you Arre nott well Recovered as
yett of
it is the sureste Remedy I thanke you for causenge gylbard
to wryt to know how my hande dothe it is mych bettar
I thanke god & your good wyll for wyschenge it soo/ now this
last nyght I Intarcepted bagshaw found folysch lettares
where in you may see his delynge & how what trost he
hathe putt in your daughtare./ it were good you loked
to that yonge fellow goodere he is Atruste fellow lyttell to
hur honor & smawle deskresyon Remenes in him/ I love
nott to dele in thynges I shall have smawle thank forre
butt wysch well wych is All I can doo/ besy hedds wylbe
okupyed nedeles so I end that mattar it were good
you loked to sutton ho is made Aspye to gyve bagshaw
Intellygens/ & for bentles lettar cend for him to you &
delyvar him his lettar your celfe openyd & Intarcepted
by me & so show him that he may perseve you vndarsta
bagshaw his Inderete delynge I have no more to say butt
that I made my selfe sport At his lettares to see how
onest Avergen he wold make hur so wyschenge
to you as to my celfe this xj of september 1580/
Your fethfull husband
G Shrewsbury
because the Redynge may perhapp
trobell you lett gylbard Rede
them to you & they wyll make you the
meryar to laghe At his folly
gylbardes your boy boy cam
butt this mornyng & weted
At hennsfeld All
nyght
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