Note 67.1 — THE PASTON LETTERS Edward IV (continued 2)
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[From Fenn, ii. 304.] It is not apparent by whom these verses were written, or to what lord they were addressed. They may have been from the Countess of Oxford to her husband after he escaped abroad in 1471 (see vol. v., No. 775). Or they may have been the production of Lydgate writing in the name of a lady parted from her lord. We place them, as Fenn did, for convenience, at the end of the letters of Edward’s time.
68.1 ‘I not’ stands for ‘I ne wot,’ or ‘I wot not,’ that is, I know not.
68.2 Readiness.—F.
68.3 I care.—F.
68.4 Quære, whether this means sorrowful or trusty.—F.
69.1 See Note 1 on last page.
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