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Story summary
- Scribe AI has decoded a 15th-century letter from Margery Brews to her fiancé, John Paston III.
- Dated February 1477, the letter shows Brews torn between love and family pressure over her dowry.
- Her father refuses to increase the dowry, yet Brews pledges to marry Paston, even if he had "half the livelihood."
- The Paston Letters collection provides insights into life in England during the Wars of the Roses.
