^{page 1 note a} The draft of this petition exists; a collation of it is given in the following notes. It is there called B.

^{page 1 note b} B. begins here with “Please hit yn to your right gode and gracious lordship.”

^{page 1 note c} mater—“mater hongyng yn debate.” B.

^{page 1 note d} hymsolf—“yf he most be,” inserted in B.

^{page 2 note a} his—omit, B.

^{page 3 note b} the to lordship—We by your gracious lordship, B.

^{page 3 note c} that tous —“we for drede levyng the comyn lawe and the benefice therof whiche we as be kinges true lego men buth an habited ther yn with right gode will obeyed and bounden us.” B.

^{page 3 note d} woll,—B ends as follows.—“as hit is comprehended and appereth yn oure articles and shorte entitelynges of oure evidences y put yn before your gode lordshippis, to the whiche we buth not yet answered all be hit that we have answered and huth redy to answere to alle and every their articulis of evidences whiche they have put yn. Also we have put yn before your gode lordship answeres to their articulis of eompleyntes and rejoynders to the same, and yf any thyng lacke we buth redy to performe hit. And so we truste to God we have do all thynge that we aughte to do to prove openly and clerely oure entent the contrary of theire claymes.” B.

^{page 2 note c} For these “articles, answers, replications,” see Part II.post.

^{page 3 note a} This document is indorsed in a hand of Elizabeth's time—“Anno Regis Henrici Sexti vieesimo quarto.”