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<heading:edcomment:33_LADY_KATHERINE_PASTON_TO_WILLIAM_PASTON>

To my beloued William paston these be deliuered at Cambridge
(KPASTON-E2-H,65.3)

My good Child the $Lord blese the ever more in all thy goinges ovtt and
thy Cominges in . euen in all thy ways words and words , for his mercy
sake : (KPASTON-E2-H,65.4)

I was very glad to heer by your first letter that you wer so saffly
arriued at your wished portt . but more glade to reade thy Louinge
promises to parforme my desiers : which I hope in god shall allways
redownd to thy cheefest good bothe for this , and the Liffe to come .
(KPASTON-E2-H,65.5)

and remember that now is the cheefest time to gayne the truest good
bothe-1 for sowll and body : (KPASTON-E2-H,65.6)

your Cunditt of Comfort tells you : that : " the seeds which now in
youth you sowe : " " springe vp and sprout increase and grow : "
wherfore Labor to sowe : | (KPASTON-E2-H,65.7)

for your grownd is as the tilled earthe , (KPASTON-E2-H,65.8)

if you sowe good seed , you shall reape a plentifull and comfortable
Crope : (KPASTON-E2-H,65.9)

but if it shold lie still with out good seed , it doth naturally bringe
forthe noysom weeds : | (KPASTON-E2-H,65.10)

I coold wish that you wold settell your self to certin howers tasks
euery day you rise : (KPASTON-E2-H,65.11)

and those howld your self too with out any wearines :
(KPASTON-E2-H,65.12)

the vse of it wold make it bothe easy and pleasent to you : |
(KPASTON-E2-H,65.13)

but it may be at the first it will seem Laborious to you :
(KPASTON-E2-H,65.14)

but you must remember . that the sonns of Adam wear borne to digge and
delue : euen in the sweat of our browes : | (KPASTON-E2-H,65.15)

Likewis wisdom is not fownd (KPASTON-E2-H,65.16)

but is as hidden treasuer . which must be digged for affter much scerch
to finde it out : | (KPASTON-E2-H,65.17)

this I thought good to put the in minde of . $veryily beleuinge thou
wilt doe this for my sake but more cheefly for thyn owne : that I may
$receive the from that plase adorned bothe-3 with devine and humayne
Learninge to my sowls comfort (KPASTON-E2-H,65.18)

for nothinge in this Liffe can be so cordiall to me as . $shall $be
{TEXT:shallbe} thy vertuous and Ciuill $behavior (KPASTON-E2-H,65.19)

and now I thanke the for thy kinde token sent me in your first letter :
(KPASTON-E2-H,65.20)

and allso I haue received two other letters this last by Iohnsons . by
whom I did not wright , becawse this mesenger will be with you sooner
than he : | in all which of thy most louinge letters I haue thy
faythefull promises redubled . wherfor I haue no doupt of the
parformanc of them seinge thay be allwas in thy minde : |
(KPASTON-E2-H,65.21)

Your father comende him to the (KPASTON-E2-H,65.22)

and doe acsepet kindly of the token you sent him , (KPASTON-E2-H,65.23)

he sends you this s for a remembranc of his Love : (KPASTON-E2-H,65.24)

and ascept <P_66> of this other from me till a better com :
(KPASTON-E2-H,66.25)

your brother is very well , (KPASTON-E2-H,66.26)

and have sent you a letter of his own indittinge as you may se .
(KPASTON-E2-H,66.27)

but mr brend was his clarke : (KPASTON-E2-H,66.28)

he tells you all the newes is sturinge : (KPASTON-E2-H,66.29)

I will conclude as I begane with my harty prayers to the allmighty for
all true hapines to be mulltiplied to the bothe now and ever
(KPASTON-E2-H,66.30)

farwell my sweet will : for this time : | by thy louinge mother
Katherine Paston (KPASTON-E2-H,66.31)

remember my good respect to your worthy master : | (KPASTON-E2-H,66.32)

Linnicars' watter worke and his glasinge worke dothe very well : as may
be : (KPASTON-E2-H,66.33)

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<heading:edcomment:49_LADY_KATHERINE_PASTON_TO_WILLIAM_PASTON>

To my most beloued sonne William Paston these I pray ye at Corpus
Christ Colledge Cambridg (KPASTON-E2-H,77.36)

My good chilld the lord blese the ever : | (KPASTON-E2-H,77.37)

I was glad to heer by Phillup of thy good healthe and allso by mr
Roberts letter to vnderstand of thy wellfare every way : the hope of
the continuanc of which , dothe still cheer me every way : |
(KPASTON-E2-H,77.38)

thy father haue bine very ill with his owld truble in his Legge so that
he haue kepte his bede with it this 5: or 6: days ,
(KPASTON-E2-H,77.39)

but now god be thanked it is on the mendinge hand (KPASTON-E2-H,77.40)

but yett he can not indure to sitt vp : | (KPASTON-E2-H,77.41)

your brother and all good frindes heer are well , (KPASTON-E2-H,77.42)

I hope thow doest keep good fiers . this cowld wether .
(KPASTON-E2-H,77.43)

for it is bothe comfortable and howlsum : (KPASTON-E2-H,77.44)

heer haue bine much lose heerabout with these great windes and ill
wether ; (KPASTON-E2-H,77.45)

diuers botts with wheat which was to be deliuered for the kinges
provision at Yarmouth are sunke in the riuer , which is the owners lose
and not the kings : | (KPASTON-E2-H,77.46)

I was sory to heere of tom harstons beinge ill , (KPASTON-E2-H,77.47)

but hope well of his recouery : (KPASTON-E2-H,77.48)

I did wright to the the last satterday when I had very littel time to
say any thinge for hast : (KPASTON-E2-H,77.49)

Commend me very kindly to good mr Roberts (KPASTON-E2-H,77.50)

I doe not know whether he shall need a new supply :
(KPASTON-E2-H,77.51)

yett before our Lady : I will sende so soon as the wether breake vp to
know how the squars goe (KPASTON-E2-H,77.52)

in the mean time I pray god blese the (KPASTON-E2-H,77.53)

farwell sweet harte to thy owne selfe : | (KPASTON-E2-H,77.54)

thy most louinge Mother Katherine Pason (KPASTON-E2-H,77.55)

My Neec Knyvett hathe a yonge soone (KPASTON-E2-H,77.56)

and is very well : | (KPASTON-E2-H,77.57)