^{page 24 note a} Like—twice altered, and put in place of “praying.”

^{page 24 note b} the rather the levere ; i.e. the sooner the better.

^{page 25 note a} In place of the words from “ye” to the end he had written originally as follows, but substituted the other passage afterwards: “We wolde right fayne have an ende, ye ne noo man conceyvjng for noo drede ne dowte that we have yn oure right, ne y John Shillyng, for noo drede of grete wordes of malyce, disclaundres, longage, writynges, ne settyng up of bullis to that entent to rebuke me and to make me dulle to labore for the right that y am sworne to, for truly y woll not be so rebuked ne y dulled, but the more boldeliere and shapely after my sympell powere as the lawe woll to do my part as y am sworn to; ne ever the werce willed to alle gode communicacion and resonable meene to make a gode ende, and thus y desire to be knowed and reported, for with the grace of god y woll be oo man, and the same man y have be.”