Queen Margaret of Scotland's letter to her brother King Henry VIII, dated April 11, year likely 1513

Source:

Original letters illustrative of English history, series 1, volume 1, page 64, edited by Henry Ellis, 1825

https://archive.org/details/originallettersi01elliuoft/page/64/mode/2up

Above: Margaret Tudor, queen consort of Scotland, artist unknown.

Above: King Henry VIII, painted by Meynnart Wewyck.

The letter:

Richt excellennt, richt hie and mithty Prince, our derrest and best belovit Brothir, We commend ws unto zow in oure maist hertlie wise. Zoure ambassadoure Doctoure West deliverit ws zoure lovyng lettrez in 'quhiwis ze schew ws that quhare ze harde of our seiknes ze tuke grete hevynes. Deerest brother We are greitly rejosit that we se ze have respect to oure disese, and thairfor We geve zou oure hartlie thankis, and zoure writing is to ws gude confort. We can nocht beleve that of zoure mynd or be zoure command we are sa friendly delt with in oure faderis Legacy, quharof we wald nocht have spokyn nor writing had nocht the Doctoure now spokyn to ws of the sammyn in his credence. Oure husband knawis it is withhaldin for his saik, and will recompens ws safer as the Doctoure shew him. We ar eschamit thairwith; and wald God nevir word had bene tharof. It is nocht worth sic estimacioun as is in zoure divers lettrez of the sammyn; and we lak na thing; our husband is evir the langer the better to ws, as knawis God, quha richt hie and michty Prince, oure derrest and bestbelovit brothir, have zou in governaunce. Geven under oure Signete at oure Palace of Linlithg. the xj day of Aprile.

Your lowynn syster

MARGARET.

To the right excellennt richt hie and michty Prince oure derrest and best belovit brothir the King of England.

Notes: 'quhiwis = which.

writing = written.

safer = so far.