WIRSHIPFULL Sir *J COmMEND ME TO YOWE THANKYNG YOWE OF ALL YOUR~ EFFECTUALL LABOUR~ DOON@ FOR ME A-FORTYME BESEKYNG YOWE OF YOUR~ GOODE COnTI%NUANCE *DOYNG YOWE TO VNDIRSTAND YAT NOWE LATE AT YE CONNOTACI%ON~ OF ^AT YORKE WAS DELYUERD TO ME A+BILL BE YE *SHEREFFE OF YORKESHIRE OF YE WHILKE . *J. SENND YOWE A COPY . IN YE WHILKE BILL WAS CONTENYD YAT YARD SHULDE BE AWAND BE ME FOR YE A HALFE DYME GRAUNT TO YE KYNG WYTHIN YE DIOCESE OF *DURHaM DE ANNO – XIIIJ\O XV LI@ XIJ\D *J APON@ MYN@ ACCOMPT~ . FOR YE WHI%LKE HE HAS A-MANDMENT TO DISTREYN@ ME WYTH-I%N YORKSHIRE . AND SO HAS ^HE DOON@ AT HOLTBY IN GREET HYNDERaUNCE AND LOSSE BOTH TO ME AND TO YE TENaNTes . *AND FOR YE GEDYRYNG OF YIS HALFE DYME@ *J . DEPUTE VNDIR+ME *DAUn *HENRY *HELOY . WHO SENND TO YOWE AS HE REPORTES TO ME A LETTRE AND YE ParCELLEz OF HI%S ASSIGMENTz AND HIS ALLOWANCE APON@ HIS ACCOMPT@ ALL IN A+BI%LL TO-GEDRE / PRAYNG YOWE YAT YHE WALD ACCOMPT~ FOR ME I%N YE CHEKERE~ AT LONDYN@ AND HE SULD SETH YOWE OF YE REMENaNT WHATT TYM@ YHE COM@ TO COUNTREE OF YE WHILKE LETTRE AND ParCELLEz *J . SENND TO YOWE A COPY WHARFOR *J . PRAY YOWE YAT YHE WILL SENNDE ME WORDE ON WHATT MANER YHE ACCOMPT~ FOR ME AND yAT YHE WILL GARE SYRCHE IN YE CHEKERE HOWE YI%S MATER STAUNDEz IN ALL YE GOODLY HASTE YHE CANn *AND ALSO YAT YHE WILL INQUI%RE OF THOMAS ^*BEKITH MYN~ ATTORNAY IN YE CHEKER WHO ACCOMPT~ FOR ME FOR YE LASTE DYME ^{GRaUNT WYTHIN YE DIOCESE OF *DURHaM} AND SENNDE ^ME WORDE HOWE HITT STAUNDEz ^{AND YIS YHE WILL DO FOR ME AS MY TRI%STE IS I%N YOWE} *AND ALMYGHTY &C~ WRYTIN AT DURHaM YE . IIIJ. DAY OF *OCTOBR~ *RI%GHT TRUSTY Sir J GRETT YOWE WELE &C~ / *AND WHER YHE S*AY YHE WARRE ENFORMED THATT *J WAS WROTH~ WI%TH YOWE . Sir . AND YHE WI%LL REMEMBR~ YOWE WELE J HAFF SHEWI%D BOD LI%TI%LL EUYLL WILL TO YOWE ATT ONY TYME~ AND WHEER YHE SAY YHE WARR NOGHT~ PREVY TO THE PriOUR OF LITHU@ WI%RKYNG Sir *J AM GLAD THEROF AND SO *J HAFF EXCUSID YOWE TO YOUR FADR~ PriOUR AND YOWRE~ BRETHERE~ . *AND WHER YHE LATT ME PLAYNLY WEETE THATT GEnTILMEN OF LANCASSHIRE~ PURPOSE CERTEYN~ MATERS AGAYNS THE HOUSE OF *DURHaM AND THE GRETTEST OF THE ^SAME~ HOUSE EXCEPT THE PriOur AND THE SUPPerOur Sir ME REPENTEz THATT THAY AR SO SETT FOR THE *PRIOURS SAKE OF LI%THU@ . FOR . OUR BRETHER ATT HOME~ *J SUPPOOSE WITH GOODE LABOUR MYGHT HAAF BEEN@ INDUCI%VE TO HAAF SUFFERDE HYM~ BI%DE STILL PriOur OF LITHU@ EFTI%R HI%S *BULLE THATT HE HAS PURCHEST OR ELLEz SOM OTHER~ WAIS TO HIS WI%RSHIPP AND HI%S EASE . BOD SEN~ THAY HERD TELL OF THI%S MALICIOUSE AND SCLANDEROUSE LABOur THAY AR ALL SETT ON SIDE AS *J SALL DECLAR TO HYM~ WHEN@ *J SPEKE WI%TH HYM~ . AND WHER YHE SAY ^{WRYTTE THATT} YHE HARD THAYM~ SAY AND *J TOKE NOGHT NOGHT FAYRE WITH HIS LetRE THATT *J SULD HAAF ON~ THATT . *J . SHULD RK WARR~ WITH . *J . LATT YOWE ^WEETE *J DREDE NOGHT WHATT AM NOGHT A-DREDE OF THAYRE MANYSSHYNG FOR ONY MYSREWLE THATT THAY CAN PUTT TO ME . FOR *J LATT YOWE PLAYNLY WEETE THIS MANUSSHYNG ^{AND THIS REULE} SALL NOGHT FURTHER~ . *AND AS TOUCHAND OTHER MATERS IN YOUR LetRE *J MAY NOGHT FOR OCCUPACION@ ANSWERE TO THAYM~ NOWE BOD REWLE YOWE AS A TREWE MONKE OF DURHaM SL AWE TO DO GOODLY AND HONESTLY AND ONY SUPPORT OR FARTHERMOO THATT *J MAY DO *J WILL DO IT FOR YOWE WITH ALL MY HERTT AND IF YHE DO OTHER~-WYSE YHITT *J WILL HELPP TO DO MAK BEST OF THE WERSEE FOR *J THANKE ^GOD IF *J SAY I%T MY-SELFE IT HAS BEEN@ ALWAY MY CONDICION@ *RIGHT~ WIRSHIPFULL & TRUSTY Sir *J COmMEND ME TO YOW &C~ *AND *J HAFF GRETT MERWELL THATT YHE SENND ME NOGHT ANSWERE OF MY LETTR~ TH J+SENNT YOWE BY *BRIAN YOur *COSYN@ . NE YHITT METT ME AS *J DESIRID FOR YOUR~ AWEN@ WIRSHI%PP AND EASE . *NOGHT GAYNSTANDYNG *J YHITT COMm AND MEETE ME ATT OON OF THE PLACEz *J BYMETT YOWE ^{IN GOODLY HASTE OR ONY ESSE BE LABORD AGAYNS YOWE} FOR TREWLY *J WALD YOUR~ WIRSHIPP+AND WELFARE AS *J HAFF DESYRID AND THATT J SUPPOOSE YHE KNAWE . *AND TIL NOGHT IS *AND *J LATT YOW WEETE MY LORD OF DURHaM IS ENFORMED OF YOUR REVLE GOUerNANCE WHO WILL TAK FULL PARTT AGAYNS YOWE ^{WITH ALL HIS ANHERANDes} AND IS PURPOSTE TO ProCEDE AGAYNS YOWE FOR CERTEYN~ MATERS YHE WARR DETECTE OF IN HIS VISITACION~ OF THE WHILK YHE WARR~ NOGHT ^YHITT DISMYTT . *AND ME MERWELS GRETTLY THATT ^YHE WRATT TO AR POPE WHOOM~ YHE CALL YOUR~ *COSYN@ SAYNG THATT YOUR~ COSYNS ^AND FRENNDes SEYNG YOUR *FEBILNESSE AND ALSO THE GRETT VNKYNDNESSE HAFF WITH-OUTYN~ CAUSE GODE WAATE IN THE *ABBAY OF DURHaM HAS LABORD FOR YOWE Wer-FOR YHE KNAWE FULL WEELE YHE HA FULL GRETTLY TENDIRDE BOTH OF MY MAISTRE PriOur AND OF THE MOSTE NOTABILL MENn IN OUR PLACE AS WAS ONY MAN OF YOur IN THE CONGREGACION~ AND SOM-DEELLE MOORE SEN@ YHE WARR MONKE . *AND *J WISTE MANERE~ VNKYNDNESSE DOON@ TO YOWE IN THE *ABBAY OF *DURHaM BE NO MAN BOD ANLY THIS ATT WAS GEVYN~ OF YOWE IN MY LORD OF DURHaM VISITACION@ . AND ME TH SHULD NOGHT BE GRETTLY MOVID THER ATT FOR THER WAS AS GRETT AS GRETT CONQERTz GEVYN~ *JN OF OTHER AS WAS OF *J SHEWID YOWE MY SELFE . ^{LAST TYM~ YHE WARR~ ATT HAM} WHA WITH THE GRACE OF GODE SALL LEEFE . *AND IF YHE ^BE ENFORMED THATT THER WAS ONY MAN@ YOWE OVT OUTE OF YOUR PriORY . Sir *J LATT YOWE WEETE BE THE FAI%TH *J AWE ^TO GODE ALMYGHTY *J LATE YOW WEETE *J KN MY MAISTR~ PriOUR IN PURPOOSE NE WI%LL TO DISCHARGE YOWE . FOR HE HAS BEEN@ ALWAY BESY TO SUPPORTT YOWE AND ALL THYNG HAS BEEN@ SAID OF YOWE ATT ALL TYMEz AS YHE KNAWE AND YHE WILL CONSIDER WELE IN YOUR~ MOOR~-OUER WHEER YHE PAY *JOHN LOUNDE LetRE@ AND THE PriOur VEX YOWE / WITH THE GRACE OF GODE AND OTHER MASTIRSHIPP AND FRENSHIPP YHE SALL NOGHT GRETTLY DOV ^Sir . *J TRUSTE WELE YHE HAAF GRETT S YOur NEGHBUREz AND FRENNDz I%N THE COUNTRE . ^BOD TAK NO BALDNEESE THAR BY / NE+BE NO *JOLYNETTEz THATT GEVY ONY COMFORTH IN THIS MATER . FOR IN GOODE FAITH THAY SALL DESAVY YOWE> ^DESUAFE YOWE AND THATT IS GRETT HARME@ THATT WITH ALL MY HERTT ME SOORE REPENTz IT GOD KNOWEz . *AND THERFOR *J PraY YOWE SENNDE ME YOUR I%N THIS MATERE BY THE BRYNGER OF THIS BILL OF ALL MATERS . *J . HAAFE WRETYN~ TO YOWE . BOLDLY *AND GODE GIFF YOWE AS WELE ^TO DO AS *J MY-SELFE WALD DO . AND IN ESPECIELL FOR YOur AWEN@ *WRETYN~ AT DURHaM THE V DAY OF *MARCH RIGHT WI%RSHIPFULL *Sir *J COmMENDE ME TO YOWE WITH ALL MY HERTT *AND LIKI%TT YOWE TO VNDIRSTAUNDE THATT *J HAFF RECEYUYD *THOMaS HARYNGTON@ LetREz AND YOUREz OF THE WHILK ME MERWELS RIGHT~ GRETTLY CONSIDERYNG HOWE IT IS NO THYNG ACORDYNG TO THE POYT POYNT AND THE CONCLUSION@ MADE BETWEN@ YOWE AND ME ^{IN ESPECIELL} ATT OURE LAST PARTYNG ATT YORKE . *FOR IT WAS ACCORDI%T THAR BETWEN@ VS . THATT FOR SAVYNG OF THE WIRSHIPP OF *THOMaS *HARYNGTON@ THATT BROGHT YOUE TO YORKE YHE SULD GANG FRELY HOME~ AGAYN~ AS YHE COME~ AND ELLEz YHE WALD HAFF RESYGNED YOURE BULLEz ATT THATT SAME~ TYME~ . <*AND EFTIR THERVPPON@> BOD WITHI%N A FOURTENYGHT~ EFTIR YHE SULD SENNDE A MAnN OF YOUREz TO DURHaM . AND WHE SULD SENNDE ONn OTHERE HOME T YOWE HYM~ TO LITHOM AND THAR YHE SULD RENUNCE YOUR~ BULLEz AND SENNDE THAYM~ WITH HYM@ TO MY *MAISTRE PriOUR~ AND SO YHE TO ABIDE STILL PriOURE TO WHITTSONDAY ATT LITHOM~ AND THAN~ ^CUM HOME@ ^AND *AND ^AND THUS THE BURSERE AND *J REPORTE TO HYM~ ^{BETWIX HYM~ AND VS} WITH ALL MANER~ OF GOODE LANGAGH AND FOR YOURE WORSHI%PP AND EASE / WHILK REPORTE EFTIR THIS VARIAUNCE IN YOUR PERSON@ IS TO ^VS A NOTT OF REPROFFE AND DI%SWIRSHIPP AND THIS REPORTE WHE MADE BETWEN@ MY MAISTRE *PRIOUR AND VSE *EFTIR ATT THE *ASSISE ATT DURHam *JOHN@ *PORTYNGTON@ *JUSTICE ENFORMED MY MAISTRE PRIOur OF TH THE AGREMENT BETWEN@ YOWE AND HYM@ THE *BURSER AND *J BEAND PreSENNT . AND PRAYD HYM~ TENDIRLY AND HERTLY TO BE TO YOWE ^{GOODE AND TENDIR FADRE} SO THAT YHE WALD BIDE VPPON@ YOURE PURPOSE GOODE AND TENDIR FADRE *AND AND SO MY MAISTRE *PRIOURE . BEHEST HE WALD BE . *AND THER-VPPON@ HE WENNTE TO THE CHAPITRE AND DECLARI%D TO THAYM~ THIS MATERE ^{EFTIR *JOHN~ *PORTYNGTON@ INFORMACION@} FULL TENDIRLY AND PRAYD THAYM~ SPECIELLY FOR YOWE . SO THATT THROGH HIS PRAYER THAY WARRE GRETTLY ENCLYNYD TO YOWE AND TO DO YOWE EASE AND SUPPORTE *AND AS ^*FOR *J INFORMED YOWE ATT YORKE AND ALSO DYUERSE TYMEz ^HAS WRETEN~ TO YOWE YHE HAFF BEEN@ AS MYKILL BEHALDYN~ TO HYM~ THIS MATER AND ALL OTHER~ AS ONY MONKE MAY BE TO HIS FADRE . THOFF YHE LITTL<4-6 words> AND THATT GODE WILL SEE FORE . FOR THAR IS MOOR DISPLESANDE TO GODE ^{TO MY CONSAYTE} THAN IS INGRATI%TUDE . *AND ^AS FOR ONY COmMONYNG ^{TO BE HADD ATT LONNDYN@} OF OUR~ CONSELL WI%TH YHE HAFF KEPPID SO EUYLL THE LAST POYNTMENT YHE MADE ATT YORKE *J CANn NOGHT ANSWER~ FOR ONY TR TO BE MADD ATT LONDYN~ . BOD *J LATT YOUE WEET THATT LIKE AS *JOHN@ *PORTYNGTON@ *JUSTICE AND YHE WARRE YOURE BEYNG ATT YORKE AND EFTIR YOur ANSUERE ACCORDITT ATT YHE SENNDE ATT THIS TYME~ . MY MAISTRE PriOur AND HIS WILL CERTIFYE MY LORDEz OF YORKE AND OF THAY HAFF BEEN@ AND WILL BE MATERE AS YHE SALL HEER NOGHT LANG TO . FOR TRASTE FULLY HADD NOGHT BEEN@ ATT THE PORTYNGTON@ . ^TO WHAM~ YHE DO LITILL WIRSHI%PP IN THIS MATER AND SO *J TROWE HE WILL TAKE OTHER TITHYNGes LANG GOON@ SITHEN@ THAN YHE HARDE YHITT . BOD *J SE WILL WELE THATT TREIY AND EASE EASYNESSE WILL NOGHT ^DO ATT YOWE . BOD *J TROUE *Q\D VEXACIO DABIT NI%CELLEM@ AND TRUST ME FULLY THATT YHE SALL . HAFFE ^AND THATT ME . RIGHT SOOR~ REPENTes AND YHE SO YHE DO NOGHT~ *RIGHT~ WIRSHIPFULL AND REUerENT Sir *J COmMEND ME TO YOWE WI%TH ALL MY HER MY SYMPILL CONSELL . *FOR WHERE YHE WRYTTE I%N YOur LetRE THATT THE *PAPE HAS OF LITHOM@ / NOGHTWITHSTANDYNG ALL MANER OF PriUILEGE &C~ / AND THATT YHE HAAFE A ParDON@ OF THE THE STATUTE OF PROUISOurS AND SO YHE AR IRREUOCABILL BY ONY PriOur OF DURHAM . Sir THIS IS AGAYN~ ERTEEz OF KIRKE OF DURHaM . AND IN ESPECIELL AGAYNS THE FOUNDACION@ OF THE PriORY OF LETHOM@ FOR THAROF . <10 words> . AND *J . SUPPOSE BEEN@ ENFORMED OF THE TREUTH HE WALD NOGHT~ HAAF GRaUNTE Your *BULLE ON NO WYSE . BOD SO THE SUGGESTION@ YHE EXHIBITTE TO THE *PAPE WHETHIRE IT BE TREWE OR NOGHT~ *AND *J HAFF TO MY MAISTR~ PriOur NE TO NOON@ OTHERE NE NOGHT WILL YHI%TT . BE-FOR *J SEE YOUR *BULLE OR ELLEz A TREW AND ALSO OF YOUR~ ParDON@ AND COnFIRMACION~ OF THE KYNG / AND WHEEN@ THE PriOUR SEES THATT AND HIS BRETHER . YH AN AUNSWERE . FOR *J LATT YOWE WEETE THIS MATER IS BEGUN . BOD GOOD PENTEz FULL SOORE . FOR SEN@ THE FIRST FOUNDACION@ OF THE KIRKE OF DURHaM WAS THE AGAYNS THE PriUILEGEz AND THE LIBerTEz THEROFE . AND THATT THERFOR TAKYN~ WI%TH ALL *AND TRISTE ME FULLY . THER IS NO MONKE IN DURHAM BOD HE WILL PreVAILE IN THIS MATER . *AND AS FOR MY PerSON@ TRISTE ME FULLY *J SALL LABOur AGAYNS YOur ENTENT MY LYFFE LASTEz . AND GODE HE KNAWEz THATT *J AM RIGHT SORY THERFOR . *AND WHEER YHE SAY . YHE MAY DISPOON@ PLATE AS ONY ParSON@ OR VICAR IN THE COUNTREY . *Sir *J SUPPOOSE / I%F SO BE YHE MAY GOUERN@ THE SPIRITUAL YHE HAFFE PURCHESTE . BOD NO WYSE OTHER~ GODEz THATT LANGEz TO THE *CELLE OF LETHOM@ . AS YHE MOOn BEGYN~ THIS BERG*AYn . *AND MY MAISTR~ PriOur MAY WELE SAY WHEN@ THIS MATER COmMYS TO HIS KNA FOR AND YHE WI%LL CONSIDIR KYNDLY I%N Your HERTT / HE HAS FUL+TENDIR FADER AND GOODE AND TO PUTT HYM~ TO LABOur NOW IN HIS MAY EUYLL THYNKE DOON@ FOR YOWE . *AND THERFOR *J CONSELL YOWE AS MY GOODE AND DURHaM AS YHE WARR ProFESTE TO-FOR YHE SALL NEUER PreVAILE HADD .X. TYMEz MOORE SUPPORTE THAN@ YHE HAAFE . *AND YHE FOR TO THIS LOK NEUER EFTIR FRENSHI%PP NE FELI%SHI%PP OF THE HOVSE OF DURHaM / AND THATT ME THY CONSIDERYNG THE WI%RSHI%PP YHE HAAFE HADD THERBY . *AND TRAISTE ME FULLY THIS MATER WILL BE ATT OUR~ GENerALL *CHAPITER~ AND MOOROUER TO THE GRETTESTE OF THE *REVME~ WHO *J TRUSTE ATT THE *CUTHBERTT WILL TAKE FULL PARTY AGAYNS YOWE NOGHT~ TO YOUR~ EISE NE WIRSHIPP . *AND WH MY WORDEz I%N NO DEGRE AS THE HOVSE OF *DURHaM SHULD BE ONY-THYNG AGASTE OR FERDE OF YOUR LABOUR THAYM~ AS I%N WAY OF CONSELL OF HYM~ THATT WALDE YOUR~ WIRSHIPP AND WELFARE AS IT WARRE HIS AWEN@ AND CAUSE . *AND WHEER THE PriOur WRATTE TO YOWE IN . VIRTUTE *PURIFICACOIU~ BeaTE~ *M~ . Sir *J . HAFF SO LABOURD TO HYM~ THATT THE THEROFE . *AND THERFOR ALL THIS LAID BY . *J CONSELL YOWE FULLY COM~ HM AND SPEK WITH *J MAY ALSO COmMON~ WITH YOWE I%N THI%S MATER . FOR ME HADD LEUERE THAN@ HALFE THE GOODE *J HAFF WITH YOWE SOONn . CONSIDERYNG THE GRETT DIS DISEESE IS LIKLY TO FALL TO FALL TO YOWE IN THIS FOR *J PraY YOWE WITH ALL MY HERTT . OTHER COM~ HOM~ IN HASTE WHILK ME HAS LEUER YHE DIDE SOM ANSWERE I%N ALL HASTE ^GOODLY . *AND . *J . SE WELE DAUn *TH *OWELE GIFFIS YOWE COMFORTH IN THIS MATER BOD BE REVLID BY ME I%N THI%S MATER MOORE THAN@ BY HYM~ . FOR YHE SALL FYNNDE I%T MOORE ProFETT AND WI%RSHIPP RAKYNNDE . FOR AND YHE ABI%DE I%N THIS PURPOSE IT SALL BE YOur VNDOYNG VNDOYNG . WHILKE GODE FOR WITHSTAUNDE . *AND MOORE-OUER WHER YHE SAY OUR~ MAISTRE NO TYME~ TO COnTYNEWE . *AND HE ATT CEDE TO HYM~ IS LIKLY TO BE Your DEDLY ENMY AS . *J . KNAWE BOD YHE SALL CONSAVE FOR THE TREUTH THATT BLESSI%D BE GODE THE PriOur IS LIKE TO LEEFE AS LANG AS HE THAT YHE OF TO MY COnSAYTE . AND THERFOR AS FOR HI%S SUCCESSOur . HE THATT MENn HAS LEST CONSAYT OF MAY HAPPYN~ TO ALL THIS AFORSAID YHE WI%LL SENNDE ME WORDE I%N ALL HASTE NOGHT~ LETTYNG FOR THE ^COSTE OF *A+MAN~ . FOR *J WILL WITH A GOODE WILL . *AND IF YHE MYGHT NOGHT COM@ HAMm YHITT *J WALD METE YOWE ATT *DER *PERCYBRIG FOR IN GOOD FAITH FARTHER *J MAY NOGHT LABOur FOR THE *SCI%ATIC*A . *AND BYD STILL MONK OF DURHaM AND *J YOUREz WHILLEz *J LEEFE . *AND IF YHE BIDD ON YOur PURPOOSE FAYRE WELE FOR-EUER WRITEN@ *ATT *WITH ALL MANER OF REUerENCE HONOurS AND OBEDIENCE *J COmMANDE LAWLY AS *J CAN OR MAY / EUerMOORE DESIRYNG FOR TO HEERE OF YOURE WHILKE . *J . BESEK GODE ALMYGHTY FOR TO MAYNTEN@ AND ENCRESSE TO HIS ALL MANER OF SUBIECCION~ *THANKYNG YOUE OF YOur GOOD LORDSHIPP AND NDIR+FADIRHEUED TH TO ME ATT ALL YOWE OF GODE COnTYNUANCE LIK IT YOur WIRSHIPFULL LORDSHIP DOON@ ME TO VNDIRSTANDE THATT *J SULD BE DEE ATT THE VISITACION@ OF MY LORD OF DURHaM AND GOLD BESTEz AND OTHI%R GOODEz PROPIR AND PreUATE . AND ATT YOur *CELLE WHILK *J HAFF IN GOUerNANCE SULD IN DETT . WHILK IS GRETT MERVELL AND HEVYNESSE TO ME . ATT ONY FOR TREWLY AS TOUCHANDE SILUER AND GOLD . *J WAS NEUER+SA AND HAS HADD MONY GRETT CAUSEz THIS . IIIJ . OR . V . YHERE TO GOD IS WELE DUELLEz . WI%TH ME / AND TILL ALL THE COUNTREE A+BOWTE VS . *AND AS TOUCHANDE *CATALL AND OTHER GOODEz BOD THAYM~ ATT LANGEz TO THE PriOURY OF LITHU@ . AND ALSO MY BROTHER KNAWEz THAYM~ AND HOWE MONY THAY AS *J . AND THATT WILL BATH *J AND THAY SWERE AND STAUNDE BY . AND *CATALL AR NOWE ATT LITILL AWAY GRETT DEDE IN ALL OURE CUNTREE OF *CATELL AND SA IT IS WITH VS IN SA MEKILL THATT *J HAFF OTHER WHILL DEDE ONn A NYGHT / AND THARFOR DAR NA+MAN BY NAN@ ATT ME FOR DREDE OF DOYNG OF ATT YHE CANn PUTT THAYM~ TILL ONY BETTER GOUerNANCE THEN . *J . BOTH *J AND THAY SALL GOUerNANCE . FOR *J THYNKE IT BE A+MONKE AS LANG AS *J LEEFE . *AND ALSO WHEERE IT IS SAIDE THATT YOUR~ *CELLE OF L SULD BE GRETTLY I%N DETT . AND IT LIK YOUR~ WIRSHI%PFULL FADIRHEUED TO LUKE THE FOTE OF MY LAST A-COVN IT BE BOD CXIJ S~ *J D . AND THATT IS NA GRETT DETT . *AND SA AND IT LIKE TO YOUR~ GRACIOUSE FADIRHEDE YHE WELE VNDIRSTAUNDE . ATT I%T I%S TI%TTER DOONn FOR MALYCE THEN@ FOR ONY ProFETT FOR THE HOVSE OR AMENDYNG OF PerSON@ . WHER-FOR *J BESEKE YOWE OF YOur WI%RSHI%PPFULL LORDSHI%PP THATT YHE WELE WO TO LATT ME WEETE HOWE THATT YOWE THYNKE ATT *J . SULD BE REVLID AND GOUERNED IN THIS MATER . FOR TREWLY ATT YOUR WILL AND ATT YOur REVLE . *J . WILL EUER BE GOUERNED WITH THE GRACE OF GODE . WHO HAFF YOWE EUerMOORE IN@ HIS GRACIOUSE KEPYNG WRETYN@ ATT LITHU@ THE FOWRTT DAY OF *OCTOBR@ *BY YOUR AWEN@ SUBIECTE AND *BEDMANn *PRIOUR OF LITHUM