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1922 CORRESPONDENCE OF SIR THOMAS MORE 563 the raigne of Kynge Henrie the viii) : where he refused the oth than offred vnto hym. And therupon was he deliuered to the abbot of Westminster to be kept as a prisoner : with whome he remayned till friday folowing, & than was sent prisoner to the tower of London. And shortly after his com- inge thither he wrote a letter and sent vnto his eldest dowghter Maistres Margaret Roper . . .' Translated into Latin, except the last paragraph, in III, p. 282. Manuscript of about the middle of the sixteenth century. 188. Bodleian MS. Ballard 72, fo. 84 V ; II, p. 1430. More to Margaret Roper. Myne owne good daughter . . . (April-May ? 1534), Tower of London. Introduction : ' A letter writen with a cole by sir Thomas More to his doughter maistres Margaret Roper, within a while after he was prisoner in the tower.' Translated into Latin in III, p. 291. 189. Bodleian MS. Ballard 72, fo. 84* ; II, p. 1431. More to Margaret Roper. Our Lord blisse you all . . . <May ? 1534, Tower of London.) Answered by 190. First half translated into Latin in III, p. 292. 190. Bodleian MS. Ballard 72, fo. 85 V ; II, p. 1432. Margaret Roper to More. Myne owne good father , . . (May ? 1534.) A few lines translated into Latin in III, p. 220. 191. Bodleian MS. Ballard 72, fo. 86 ; II, p. 1432. More to all his friends. For as much , . . <1534>, Tower of London. 192. II, p. 1433. Alice Alington to Margaret Roper. Syster Roper, with all . . . 17 August (1534), ' the monday after saint Laurence '. 193. Bodleian MS. Ballard 72, fo. 86* ; II, p. 1434. Margaret Roper to Alice Alington. When I came . . . (August 1534.) Introduction in the manuscript : ' Whether this answere were writen by Sir Thomas More in his doughter Roper's name, or by her (her II : hym MS.) self, it is not certainely knowen.' 194. II, p. 1443. More to Dr. Nicholas Wilson. Oure Lorde be youre coumfort . . . 1534, Tower of London. ' A letter written and sente by syr T. More to master doctor Nicholas Wylson (than both prisoners in the tower of London) in the yere of our lorde God 1534, and in the xxvi. yere of the raygn of kyng Henry the eyght.' 195. II, p. 1443. More to Dr. Wilson. Good maister Wilson . . . 1534, Tower of London. 196. Bodleian MS. Ballard 72, fo. 98 ; II, p. 1446. Margaret Roper to More. Myne owne most . . . 1534. Answered by J97. 002