CCCLXIV . $ août
Réponse de la commune de Londres à la lettre de Henri Y du 12 juillet dernier.
Archives de la mairie de Londres ; reg. I, fol. 263.
Responsio.
Our most dred and most soveraigne erthly lord , we recomannde us unto your kyngly power and soveraigne highnesse in as meke wyse and lowly maner as eny simple officere or povere lièges most hertly can ymagine and divise thankyn with ol our hool myght and konnyng your soveraigne excellence and noble grâce of the right confortable and joyfull lettres which ye likes a late to sende us from your town of Mante, the which lettres, with al maner of humble révérence, we hâve lowly receyved and understonde, by whos tenure amonges al olher blessed spede and gracious tithynges , ffor which we thanke highly and ever shali the lord almyghty, ware we most inwardly conforted and rejoysed whan whe herd the certeinte of your prosperouse helth after which we hâve longe desired and which God of his cendles pile ever kepe and manteigne. And of the state of your cite of London, yef it like your soveraigne highnesse to heere and understonde, plese it your kyngly mageste to conceyrie that in pesibler degree, trelabler gouvernannee , ne joyfulier rest , as ferforth as absence of yow that are, our lord most soveraigne under god may suffre , was never herthly cite nor place, blessed be god, in whos vertu stoudeth al kyngly gladnesse , which of his infinit power and mosi habundaunt grâce alwey dresse and continue your spede, to his high worship and plesannee, and sende yow grâce with report of wordly victorye upon us and ail your other lièges longe for to règne.
Writen at your saide cite of Londone, under the seal of the mairalte therof the il day of Augst.
To the king our most dred and most soveraigne lord.
CCCLXY . io juin 1425.
Enregistrement du dépôt dans les archives de l'Échiquier de la quittance donnée par les ambassadeurs du comte de Foix aux trésoriers du roi d'Angleterre, des sommes payées par eux au comte.
Archives de l'Échiquier; Palgrave, Kalendars, t. il, p. 104.
