that
lakyth as it comyth to mynd I shall tell you when I come home
whyche I trust to God shal not be long to; for we depart owt of
Brygge homward on Twysday next comyng & all folk that cam with my
lady of Burgoyn out of Ingland, except syche as shall abyd her
styll with hyr whyche I wot well shall be but fewe.

"We depart the sooner for the Dwk hathe word that the Frenshe king
is purposyd to mak wer upon hym hastyly & that he is with in IIIj
or v dayis jorney of Brugys & the Dwk rydeth on Twysday next
comyng forward to met with hym. God geve hym good sped & all hys;
for by my trowthe they are the goodlyest felawshep that ever I cam
among & best can behave themselves & most like gentlemen.

"Other tydyngs have we non her; but that the Duke of Somerset &
all hys band departyd well beseyn out of Brugys a day befor that
my Lady the Duchess cam thedyr & they sey her that he is to Queen
Margaret that was & shal no more come her agen nor be holpyn by
the Duke. No more; but I beseche you of your blessyng as lowly as
I can, wyche I beseche you forget not to geve me everday onys.
And, Modyr, I beseche you that ye wol be good mastras to my lytyll
man & to se that he go to scole.

* * * * *

Wreten at Bruggys the Friday next after Seynt Thomas.

"Your sone & humbyll servaunt,

"J. PASTON THE YOUNGER."

[Footnote 1: Chastellain, v., 570.]

[Footnote 2: V., 576.]

[Footnote 3: This deputation was composed of representatives from "all
the city in its entirety in three chief members--the bourgeois and
nobles, the fifty-two _metiers_, and the weavers who possess twelve
different places in the city entirely for themselves and in their
control." The formal apology was made later. (Chastellain, v., 291.)]

[Footnote 4: _Ibid_ 306. By letters patent given on July 28, 1467,
Duke Charles pardoned the Ghenters and confirmed the privileges which
he had conceded to them, but he exacted that a deputation from the
three members [_Trois membres_] of the city should come to Brussels to
beg pardon on their knees, bareheaded, ungirded, for all the disorder
of St. Lievin. This act of submission took place probably not until
January, 1469, though August 8, 1468, is also mentioned as the date.]

[Footnote 5: _Hist, de l'Ordre_, etc., p. 511.]

[Footnote 6: Chastellain, V., 342.]

[Footnote 7: III., 101. Evidently th