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LETTER CXX.

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GREGORY CROMWELL TO HIS FATHER, MR. THOMAS CROMWELL.

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4    Most dere father, I humbly recomend me unto
5you, and hertily beseche you of yowr dayly blessyng,
6naturally bownden thayreunto; for the wiche, and
7other yowr manifowld benefittes to me colatyt, I am
8and schalbe yowr daly bedman, interely desyryng the
9contineweans of the same; trustyng soo to accomplysse
10and fulfyll yowr parentall com~andments in the
11passage of myne erudicion, that yow, my good father,
12schall tharewith be ryght welcontentyd by Gods
13helpe, the wiche with hys grace hee send hus. Amen.
14Frome the howse of yowr bedman Mr. Doctor Lee
15thys Ester day in the mornyng.
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LETTER CXXI.

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GREGORY CROMWELL TO HIS FATHER. A SECOND LETTER OF
22DUTY.

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24    Right worschypfull father, I co~mend me un to
25you, desyryng you of youre dayly blessyng, sartyfying
26you that I am in good helth, wyth my cosens
27Bersfourd and Wellyfyd, thanks be unto God omnipotente,
28and apply owre boks dylygently, as shall
29appere I trust to youre worschyp and owre proffyts.
30Father, I besetch you whan ye mett wyth the ryght
31honorable lorde of Oxforth, to geue thanks un to hys
32Lorchyp, for whan he came to a towne callyd Yeldam,
33to the parsons there of to hunte the foxe, he
34sente for me and my cossyns, and mad us good
35schere; and lett us see schuch game and plesure as I
36never saye in my lyfe; more over father, I besetch
37you to geve thanks to the for sayde parson of Yeldam,
38which sens I came in to the cuntry hath dyvers tymys
39sente for me and for my cossyns and mad us hygh
40schere, and schewyd us gret plesure. For all other
41thyngs consarnyng my rayment, I beseche you geve
42credens to my synguler good frende Mayster Doctor
43Lee. Thus Jhesu have you in hys kepyng. From
44Topsfyld the xvii day of October. By your lowly sone
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LETTER CXXII.

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GREGORY CROMWELL, AGAIN TO HIS FATHER.

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51    Ryght worshypfulle father, as harte canne thynke
52or tong canne tell, I hartely co~mende me vn to you,
53beyng always desyrus to here of your prosperus helth
54and welfare, whych I pray Jhsu long contynwe to his
55pleasure, and to your moste gentillyste hartis desyre,
56&c. The cause of my wrytynge vn to you at thys
57tyme ys, to desyre you to send me your blessyng,
58which ys more treasure unto me then all the abundance
59of worldly goods; sertyfyinge you that I was
60in good helth at the makynge of thys letter, thankyd
61be God omnipotent, and doo apply my boke deligently,
62as I truste in God shall in process of tyme
63apere to my proffyte, and to your contentacion and
64worship. I have recevid the tokyne that you sent
65by Master doctor Bekynsall, unto whome I pray you
66gyve thanks, for at his beyng now at Topsfylde bothe
67mad me gret cheare and all my fellos, and gave me a
68crone to spende. Wherfore, I beseche you father,
69have hym in your remembrance. Thus Jhesu preserve
70you in his goodnes. Frome Topsfylde the xxv day
71of October.
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