[Transcribed by John F. Tinkler]

Right worshipful husband, I recommend me to you, and pray you to get some crossbows and windacs to bind them with, and quarrels [bolts]; for your houses here be so low that there may none man shoot out with no long bow, though we had never so much need. I suppose ye should have such things of Sir John Fastolf if ye would send to him; and also I would ye should get two or three short pole-axes to keep with doors, and as many jacks, and ye may. Partrich and his fellowship are sore afraid that ye would enter again upon them, and they made great ordinance within the house, as it is told me. They have made bars to bar the doors crosswise, and they have made wickets on every quarter of the house to shoot out at, both with bows and with hand-guns: and the holes that be made for hand-guns, they be scarce knee high from the plancher, and of such holes made five. There can none man shoot out at them with no hand-bows. Purry fell in fellowship with William Hasard at Quarles's, and told him that he would come and drink with Partrich and with him, and he said he should be welcome. And after noon he went thither for to espy what he did, and what fellowship they had with them; and when he came thither the doors were fast sperred, and there were none folks with them but Mariot, and Capron and his wife, and Quarles's wife, and another man in a black hood somewhat halting; I suppose by his words that it was Norfolk of Gimmingham. And the said Purry espied all these foresaid things. And Mariot and fellowship had much great language that shall be told you when ye come home. I pray you that ye will vouchsafe to do buy for one lb. of almonds and one lb. of sugar, and that ye will do buy some frieze to make of your children's gowns, ye shall have best cheap and best choice of Hays's wife as it is told me. And that ye will buy a yard of broad cloth of black for an hood for me of 44d or four shillings a yard, for there is neither good cloth nor good frieze in this town. As for the children's gowns, and I have them, I will do them maken.

The Trinity have you in His keeping, and send you good speed in all your matters.