1823.] The Love Letters oj Iltnry VIII. to Anne Boleyn. 



dc mes principalles jojes en cc monde 

 I cest a (lire ma mostrcs gcrjc i iiean- 

 tnoins cii faille De liiy je vous cnvoje lo 

 seconde et le lout piiitiit Dieii <iiie 

 bienloule il vons pcut iciidre saine \ ct 

 adonqucs je laymeray plus que jamcs | 

 vous prisnt estre governe par scs avices 

 tocbaiit voire maladic en quoy faisant 

 jpspcre l)ienlolc vous ncvoyre qui me 

 sera plus grand cordial I que touts les 

 piers pretieus du monde j cscriptc du 



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Seciclcre qui tst el a jamcs sera 



TOlre lojal ct plus assure Scrviti'nie. 



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LETTER XIH. 



Syns yors last Letters niyne ownc 

 Deriyng Walter wclslie uiaslcr lirowue 

 Tbos eare Prior ofl' brearloH Jliou coke 

 the potecary be fallen off' the swell in 

 tliys bowse | and thankyd be ^od all 

 well recover) d | so tlir.t as yet the pla;^c 

 is nott fully ceasyd berc but I trust 

 sbortly it sball by liys niarcy off god the 

 rest off us yet be well & I trust shall 

 passe it. other not to have it or att Ihe 

 lest as easily as the rest have don | as 

 tochyng the mater of wylton my lord 

 cardinall bailie had the nuuys byfo-.chym 

 and examynd them master bell beying 

 present | wyclic bath ccrtclied me that 

 for a irawght that she balli confcssyd 

 herself I whyche we wollde have had 

 abbesbo | to have badde to cliylitrtn by 

 tow sonilery jiresls and furlbefsins hath 

 1)cnc keppyd by a S''Tant of the lord 

 broke that was [ and that nolt long 

 a^oo I wherefore I wold not for all the 

 gold in the Worlde clookc your 

 ccTsicnce nor myrie to make her ruler oft' 

 a bowse whjcbe is fiff so ungudly 

 Df uicnour ] nor I trust you woldc nolt 

 that tsetlier for brother nor sjster I 

 shnldc so dyslayne myne honour or con- 

 Boienco [ and as loehjngllie prioicssuor 

 dame cllenors eldest | Sister thowgbt 

 llier is not any exident case provyd 

 against them. & the priores is so old 

 that of many yercs she colde nott be as 

 fibc was namyd- yet nolt witbslanding to 

 do you pliasur I have done that nolber 

 of them shall have ilt i but that su~nic 

 othrr good and well Disposed woman 

 shall have it | wcrby the bowse shall be 

 the l)etter reformyd | wherotf I ensure 

 you it hath niDeho ned | anil god mnebe 

 Ibc bitter sirvjd | as toehyng your 

 abode alt luver (fo llierein as best sball 

 \\k >ou I (or you know best what ayre 

 DoIIk best with \o:i but 1 wolde it wcr 

 come Iherlo | yfj' il pleased god | Ibat 

 iiothcr of ns nedc care for that for I 

 ensure }ou I Ihynke it longe | sncbo is 

 fallen syk of tiie shcH and therfor I send 



you thys berar by cause I thynke you 

 loufie to lier tydj ngc from us as we do 

 in l>ke w\se fronic you | written wilU 

 the hand de \~re senile * • 



LETTER XIV. 



[Darlyng Ihes shalbe wonly lo ad- 

 veilyce3ouJ that thys berar and hjs 

 felow be deyspecyd with as meny thynge 

 lo ccTpasse oure mater and to bryng it 

 to pas I as oure wylte coldc menggyn or 

 Device | whyche brought to pas as i 

 trust by tlieyre Dylygence it shall bo 

 sehorlly you and 1 shall have oure 

 Desyryd cnde wbynhe shulde bee more 

 to my harts case and more (pijeltness lo 

 my mynde than any other thyng in tliys 

 worlde | as with god's grace shortly I 

 wolde it wer | yet I wyll ensuie you 

 ther shal be no tyme lost that may be 

 wo~ne ] and forther coiinott be do'rie j 

 for ultra posse no" est e'e ] kepc Iijm 

 nott to lo~ng M~t you | but Des.yre b3m 

 for your sake lo make the more spede j 

 for tlio so'ncr we shall have wordc fromc 

 bym the so'ner shall owre maler come lo 

 pase I and thus opon trust off yourc short 

 rej)ayre to londou I make anende off 

 my letter myne owne swette barl j 

 wrytlyn vv't the hand off bim whyche 

 desyrylh as muchc to be yours ] as you 

 do lo have liym, * * 



LETTER XV. 



Darlyng I iiartely reco~mande me fo 

 you I assertayneyng you that I am nolt 

 a lytyll perplexte with suche thynge as 

 your brother shall on my part Declare 

 nnlo you ] lo home I pray you gyffe full 

 credence j for it wer to long to wryte ) 

 in my last letters I wrolte to you that I 

 trusty d shortly lo se you whyche is 

 better knowne att london than wilh any 

 that is abowght me « croff I nolt a lylyil 

 mcrvel ] but lake of dyseretle handc- 

 lyng must nedes be the cause Iheroff | 

 no more loyou alt thys tyme but that I 

 trust shortly ours melynge shall nott 

 depende upon other menys lyght 

 lianilyllenese but uppon your om ne | 

 wryttjn | w"lli the hand off liys that 

 longyih to be yours * • 



LETTER XVI. 



[Myne Awneswethhart] Ihcs shall be 

 to advertes you oft" the gretlc elengenes 

 that I fynde her syns your deparlyng for 

 1 ensure you me Ihynkylb the tymo 

 lenger syns your deparlyng now last 

 Iben I was wonte to do a hole fortynyght 

 I thynke jour kyndnes and my terven'es 

 of love causylb it for other wyse 1 woldo 

 not have thowght it possyble that for so 

 Ijtlle a wyle it shulde have grevyd mo 

 but now that I am comyng toward you 

 nio tliynkytb my painnys bene bclfc 

 I defy d 



