I have lyved to[o] longe to se[e] nothyng but new trubles & greaves [=griefs] to dysquiet my oulde yeres, beyng latlye made tunderstande yow ar dyspleasyd with my Sonne for the bargen made with my Lord of Oxforde, wherein yf he do not satysfye yowr Lordship when he may aweyght [=await] vpon yow, he hathe deceyvyd me, but most hymselfe. but for my parte I meane not to enter the defence of my Sonnes action, as wone [=one] not pryvye what hathe passyd in the mater: And therfor hope yowr Lordship wyll not Impute hys rasheness & wante of regarde, to me, who in all my lyfe dyd never adventure vpon a mater of lesse weyght then thys, wythout muche longer tyme to loke in to yt. I dyd dysswade boathe my Sonne & dawghter [=daughter-in-law] for dealyng with the purchase: but when ther will & fancye preveyled agenst my advyce, I kept my purse frome the loone or gyfte of eny penny towardes yt. besides thys to shew my indysposytion to the bargeyn, I protest that I never sawe nor herde eny parte of thassurance which hathe passyd betwene Therle & my Sonne, thowghe summe of the same were offeryd me to vew. Thys ys the playne & symple truthe of my knowlege, assent, or advyse in the mater: If yt be otherwyse, let me feele as muche of yowr dyspleasure, as I have done ease & comfort of yowr favor. And good my Lord have yowr wontyd opinion & concept [=conceit, estimation] of me, & thynk me not so dotyng & folyshe in my age, that for thatteynyng of Fyssheres Follye, I woulde once but put in adventure to loose the goode wyll & favor which I have ever fownde towardes me sithe owr fyrst acquayntance, but especyally in the change of tyme when I most neadyd yt.

I humblye beseache Ihesu delyuer yowr Lordship of the greate peynes which I here [=hear] yowr [sic] ar[e] vexid with at this tyme, & sende yow longe & happye lyfe