| Petition to the king of 1439 (London, Public Record Office, E.28/file59/No.57). All images by permission of the Public Record Office. |
| You should now be able to attempt the whole sorry story yourself. Go to the text page, write yourself out a transcript and check it against the one given. |
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| Click on each of the above to walk your way through the text. The transcript will appear in a separate window so that you can use it for reference at any time. These exercises are designed to guide you through the text, not test you, so you can cheat as much as you like. |
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