Richard Cely jnr. to George Cely

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Jhesu M¹iiij^ciiij^xx

     Ruyght whell belovyd brother I recomeawnd me wnto yow
as lovyngly as harte can thynke ples hyt yow to wndyrstond at
the makyng of thys howr father and mothe and whe aull ar in
good heyll and prays to God send yow a fayr passayge and bryng
yow whell hyddyr Syr I have resavyd a letter frowm yow wryttyn
at Calles wpon Sent Stevyns day the qweche I wndyrs to riught
wh[e]ll bothe your beyng at the marte and what the marte whos
and how ze porpos to be at Brgys at thys candyllmas I pray God
speyd yow and sende yow good men to make yowr mony w^t Syr I
ondyrstonde be the same lettyr that ze have sowlde howre felles
I thanke God and I treste God whe schawll have hever Whytsuntyd
mo and Syr as for yowr ij wyrkyns whon of samon and the tothyr
of tony thay ar not com zeyt Gylbard Paulmor tellys me thay be
zeyt in Selond^a w^t geyhyr of hys and Syr I have spokyn w^t Bongay
and he spekys of yow myche whorschype Syr the xxiiij day of
Genever I resavyd ij lettyrs frome yow of Harrowlld Faiwnton
whon to howr father another to me ze whryte to howr father that
he schawll fynd clossyd in hys lettyr the sayll of ij sarpelers wholl
I opynd hyt at London byt I fon[d] non ther in I sent have thys
same day to howre father to Aulay^a w^t your letter Syr ze schaull
ressave closyd in this letter howr fathers wharant of hys fellys laste
schipyd hyt amowntes ls. [sic] ster. and as tochyng yowr laste letter
my lorde ys sende for be the lorde master byt the kyng wyll not lat
hym departe the kynge has wry an auffer to the lorde master my
loorde prays yow when ze cwm to Brygys that ze wyll enqwer of
the whenysyans^b and florantynys of tydynges of the Rodys^c and
the kyng has comandyd my Lord Rewars^d my loord Schambyolen^e
and my loorde of Sente Jhon^f to go to the towyr and se hys
hordenans and to amyt gonars and se that awll thynges be made
redy and as for hors my loorde Rewys sendes dayly abhute to in
qweyr for Syr gentyll hors ar whorthe myche mony hey[r]. I
whowlde awise yow brynge hower aull yowr trottyng hors and
geys^g to kepe them I harde you say that zowr harnes whayyd to
lyttyll for yow and ze bryng hyt be whell sowlde Syr I have a pyr
of as fayr bregenders as ony in London I pray yow by me a fayer
and sewyr bycoket a standarde a payr sclevys af ze have and a
fowld of mayll and then I troste to Jhesu that I am whelharnest
to kepe London w^t Syr as for tydynges I can whryte none byt ther
come inbassyturs howt of Skotelond^h and the kynge whoullde not
let them cowm no nar byt sent ther auffer to Newcastell whe say
heyr that my loord Schambyrlen comys to Calles schorttely no mor
to you at thys tym Jhesu kepe you whryt at London the xxiij day
of Genewer.

                                                    per yowr brother Rychard Cely.

     Syr I whoulde awyse yow to brynge not paste ij or iij horse w^t
you byt and ze conde conwhay a barell or an hogyshed foull of
sewyr fowllders flankardes and sum standardes of mayll whelbhowte
ther whoulde be done good over them and I pray yow bryng the
peys for dobletclothgs that I whrot to you for afor Kyrstemas
syche as Hynys ys of I have a gowyn clothe of mostyrdewyk of my
lordes leveray for you agayn ze cwm.

     Addressed: Wnto my brodyr George Cely
                              merchand of the stapell of
                              Calleys be thys delyvyrd at
                              Calleys or at Bregis in haste.

     ^a Zeeland.

     ^a Alveley.                                                                  ^b Venetians.

     ^c Rhodes had been unsuccessfully besieged by the Turks during the previous
summer, but a new attack was apprehended.

     ^d Antony Wydeville, Earl Rivers.                              ^e Lord Hastings.

     ^f Sir John Weston.                               ^g Altered from goys, Joyce, the servant.

     ^h The incursions of the Scots had become more troublesome in the previous
summer, and the Duke of Gloucester and the Earl of Northumberland had
been sent against them with little result. The Scots king, James III., ap-
parently was trying to avert war, without success. A naval force was sent
against him this year, and a treaty made with the Lord of the Isles. (Rymer,
xii. 139, 140.)