Maister Creke as hertelye as I can I co_m_mende me and in the same wise thanke yow [for your] gentill and louyng l_ette_res to me at sundrye tymys Sent and wher as I accordinglye haue not in lyke wise remembrid and rescribid it hath bene for that I haue not hade anything to wryt of to yo_ur_ adu_au_ncement. Whom I assure yow yf it were in my lytyll power I coulde be well contentyd to p_re_ferre as ferre as any on_e_ man lyuyng. But at this p_re_sent I being at Sum layser entending to remembre and also remunerate the olde acquayntaunc_es_ and to renew o_ur_ not forgoten Sundrye co_m_munycacions Supposing ye desyre to know the new_es_ curraunt in thes p_ar_tyes for it is said that new_es_ refresshith the spy[rit] of lyffe, wherfor ye shall vnderstonde that by long tyme I amongist other haue Indured a p_ar_lyament which contenwid by the space of xvij hole wek_es_ wher we co_m_munyd of warre pease Stryffe contencyon debatte murmure grudge Riches pouerte penurye trowth falshode Justyce equyte discayte opprescyon Magnanymyte actyuyte force attempraunce Treason murder Felonye consyli ... and also how a co_m_mune welth myght be ediffyed and a[lso] contenewid w_i_t_h_in o_ur_ Realme. Howbeyt in conclusyon we haue d[one] as o_ur_ p_re_d_e_c_e_ssors haue been wont to doo that ys to say, as well as we myght and lefte wher we begann. ye shall also vnderstond the Duke of Suthffolke Furnysshyd w_i_t_h_ a gret armye goyth ou_er_ in all goodlye hast [whit]her I know not, when I know I shall aduertyse yow. Whe haue in o_ur_ p_ar_lyament grauntyd vnto the King_es_ highnes a right large Subsydye, the lyke wherof was neuer grauntyd in this realme. all yo_ur_ frend_es_ to my knowlage be in good helth and specially thay that ye wott of: ye know what I meane. I thinke it best to wryt in parables becaus[e] I am In dowt. Maister Vawhan Fareth well and so doth Maister Munkcaste[r]. Maister Woodall is merye w_i_t_h_owt a wyffe and co_m_mendyth hym to yow: and so ys also Nych_ol_as longmede which hath payd Will_ia_m Wilfforde. And thus as well f[are] ye as I woolde do my Self At london the xvij daye of August by yo_ur_ Frende to all his possible power THOMAS CRUMWELL. _Add._ To his [esp]ecial and entyrelye belouyd Frende John Creke be this youyn Bylbowe in Biscaye. 2. CROMWELL TO ELIZABETH HIS WIFE. Ellis’ Letters, 2nd Ser. ii. 125; Cal. iv, App. 57. Nov. 29 ‹1525›. Sends her a doe. Desires that Richard Swift resort to him at Begham or Tonbridge. Asks for news.