CCCLV. e septembre

Réponse de la commune de Londres à la lettre de Henri V du 5 août dernier.

Archives de la mairie de Londres ; reg. I, fol. 236.

Our most dred and most souveraigne crtly lord, we recomande us unto the souveraigne excellence of your kyngly mageste, in the most humble and lowely wyse tbat any povere or simple lièges can best imagine or devise, lowely thankyng your souveraigne excellence and noble grâce of the rigt gracious and right confortable lettres which ye likes late to sende us fro your townn of Mannt, be Johan Palyng, the which lettres, with al maner of honour and lowely révérence, we bave mekly resceyved and understonde, and trewely, most dred and souveraigne lord, gladder ne moor confortable tithinges might never hâve corne nov in better tyme for to satisfie and refresshe the fervent désir of your povre lièges that hâve loong thrusted aftur knowlech of your prospérité, than were your sayd gracious lettres, the which amonges al other spécial grâces most principalich for our ertly confort , conteyned the souveraigne helth and parfit prospérité of your most souveraigne and gracious persone, the which Grist of his souveraigne mercy and noble pite plese alwey to kepe in al maner of wordship and joye. Our most dred and most souveraigne erthly lord, whan we remembre ushough that your kyngly might and power grounded in the trewe pees of god is so vertuosly foonded vith the spirit of meknesse in devout and continuel thankyng of God in al his soondes, and trust of good prayers of your peple , as your said lettres make gracious mention ; Trewely we ar meved be as gret considération and as resonable cause as ever were liège men, to pray, as we hâve and shulle, yef god will , for the good and gracions spede of your most excellent and gracious persone , and to thanke God lowely that ever he sent us so gracious and so vertuose a souveraigne lord to règne and hâve lordship upon us. Our most dred and most souveraigne lord, yef it like your souveraigne hîghnesse to hère of thastat of your citée Londone , plese it your kyngly mageste to conceyve , that in more quiet ne pesibler rest , as ferforth as absence of yoa that ar our most gracious and most souveraigne lord may suffre , was never erthly citée nor place , blessed be god. Our most dred and most souveraigne lord, we lowely beseche God, the kyng of pees, whos grâce excedeth the merit of hem that pray, that he vouchesauf your kyngly mageste stabilish in al vertu , and evermore kepe your most excelent and souveraigne persone in al joy and prospérité to his plesannce.

Writen at your sayd citée of London , under the seal of roairalte therof , the VI day of sept Your povere and humble lièges, the mair, shirefs, aldermen and commons of your citée Londone.

To the kyngs our most dred and most souveraigne lord.