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Ihesus in london the .14. day of november. ano 1559:
After most harty recomendacyons/ to yow and my syster/ beinge very glad to heare that
yow and my syster are in good healthe/ which I pray god longeto. continewe/ by Richard
your servant I receavid your lettar and accordinge ther to I receavid of him xlli and
sertayne broken gold which I have bestowed in a chene of golde/ of the goodnes accordinge
to your lettar/ and yt is rather better golde then any old angell/ I do send yow the
rekoninge therof in apaper herin closid/ I trust yow will lyke yt very well/ your
broken gold beinge sold I thincke ther will remayne of yours in my power vis or
ther abowt/ which I wold have delyverid vnto rychard/ but for that I do not know
the Iust valew of yt/ I have don for yow herein as I wold have don for my
selfe/ yf I had bowght old angelles and put them to mackinge yt wold have stode
yow in iiis iiiid in every ounce more/ and yt shold not have bin so good gold/ I
pray yow tell my syster that I desyor her most hartely to send me vp my flaxin
clothe which she hathe for me/ and for the mony which yt shall amounte vnto beinge
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more then that which is betwene her and me I will pay yt to whom she will apoynt
me with a thowsand thanckes/ for I have great nede therof at this present/ for
syns the settinge vp of my house yt hathe cost me lyttell lacke of a hundereth
powndes and is scant sene/ when occasyon shall serve I wold be very glad to
have my syster and yow to tacke a poore lodginge with me/ the cause that I have not
bin with yow this sommer was/ for that I was busye in settinge my howse in an order/
and now I lacke the princypall stay which is as yow know a good wiffe/ I pray
god send me a good on or elles non/ I asshewer yow that at this present I know
not wher she is/ but when so ever yt shall please god to apoynt me on/ yow
shall have vnderstandinge shortly after/ and yf yow did not dwell so far from
hens I myght chaunce in Winter to begge A doo of yow/ and in sommer A bucke/
but I trust wher so ever yt shalbe my chaunce to marye/ that I shall have yow
and my syster with the rest of my frendes. wherof I wold be very glade/ and
god willinge yow shall have knolegge therof/ my mother hathe her comendid
to yow and my syster/ she is in healthe at this present/ which god continewe/ &
she is very quiet herein london. Vpon fryday next my mother/ my brother
frauncys saunders. & my brother beamounte wilbe here at dyner/ wher with I
wissche I wold yow and my syster were/ they shall have as good oysters as
any shalbe at byllingesgate/ brother yf I may do yow any pleasure here or
elles wher/ be yow assheweride of me to my power/ and this I comyt yow to
allmyghty god who graunt vs all thinges necessary for vs. amen. your brother
george saunders
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Ihesus in london the .14. day of november. ano 1559:
After most harty recomendacyons/ to yow and my syster/ beinge very glad to heare that
yow and my syster are in good healthe/ which I pray god longe
your servant I receavid your lettar and accordinge ther to I receavid of him xlli and
sertayne broken gold which I have bestowed in a chene of golde/ of the goodnes accordinge
to your lettar/ and yt is rather better golde then any old angell/ I do send yow the
rekoninge therof in apaper herin closid/ I trust yow will lyke yt very well/ your
broken gold beinge sold I thincke ther will remayne of yours in my power vis or
ther abowt/ which I wold have delyverid vnto rychard/ but for that I do not know
the Iust valew of yt/ I have don for yow herein as I wold have don for my
selfe/ yf I had bowght old angelles and put them to mackinge yt wold have stode
yow in iiis iiiid in every ounce more/ and yt shold not have bin so good gold/ I
pray yow tell my syster that I desyor her most hartely to send me vp my flaxin
clothe which she hathe for me/ and for the mony which yt shall amounte vnto beinge
th
a
t
more then that which is betwene her and me I will pay yt to whom she will apoynt
me with a thowsand thanckes/ for I have great nede therof at this present/ for
syns the settinge vp of my house yt hathe cost me lyttell lacke of a hundereth
powndes and is scant sene/ when occasyon shall serve I wold be very glad to
have my syster and yow to tacke a poore lodginge with me/ the cause that I have not
bin with yow this sommer was/ for that I was busye in settinge my howse in an order/
and now I lacke the princypall stay which is as yow know a good wiffe/ I pray
god send me a good on or elles non/ I asshewer yow that at this present I know
not wher she is/ but when so ever yt shall please god to apoynt me on/ yow
shall have vnderstandinge shortly after/ and yf yow did not dwell so far from
hens I myght chaunce in Winter to begge A doo of yow/ and in sommer A bucke/
but I trust wher so ever yt shalbe my chaunce to marye/ that I shall have yow
and my syster with the rest of my frendes. wherof I wold be very glade/ and
god willinge yow shall have knolegge therof/ my mother hathe her comendid
to yow and my syster/ she is in healthe at this present/ which god continewe/ &
she is very quiet herein london. Vpon fryday next my mother/ my brother
frauncys saunders. & my brother beamounte wilbe here at dyner/ wher with I
wissche I wold yow and my syster were/ they shall have as good oysters as
any shalbe at byllingesgate/ brother yf I may do yow any pleasure here or
elles wher/ be yow assheweride of me to my power/ and this I comyt yow to
allmyghty god who graunt vs all thinges necessary for vs. amen. your brother
george saunders