Queen Mary of France's letter to her brother King Henry VIII of England, dated March 6, 1515

Source:

Original letters illustrative of English history, series 1, volume 1, page 121, edited by Henry Ellis, 1825

https://archive.org/details/originallettersi01elliuoft/page/120/mode/2up

Above: Mary Tudor, queen consort of France, painted by Jan Gossaert.

Above: King Henry VIII, painted by Meynnart Wewyck.

The letter:

My most kynde and lovyng brother, I humbly recomand me vnto yowr Grace, thankyng yow interly of yowr comfortable Letters; besechyng yowr grace most humbly now so to contenwe toward me and my frendes, as owr spessyale trowst ys yn yowr Grace; and that yt may layke you wt all convennynte to sende for me that I may shortely se yowr grace wyche ys the thyng that I most dissyr yn thys world and I and all myn ys at yowr graces commandmente and playsayr. At Parys the vj. day of Marche.

by yowr lowyng

suster

MARY.

To the Kings Grace thes be delivered.