To my wife Mildrith

My dearest Mildrith,

I sadly inform you that I will not be coming home for some time now. I am sailing the ocean on my Saxon turned viking ship. The crew and I are getting very wealth as we have just chased down an Irish ship and stole all of the silver on board. Our boat, transformed for cover is called the Fydraca. We are a very fast ship, and are starting to make a great fortune. At the we were suppose to fight against Svien and King Callyn, we turned on our allies and fought with Svien and King Callyn's army and stole all the silver, which we split. We then followed Svien's boat called the White Horse out to sea, on his way to Wales we then sailed in search of lonely boats so we could take their fortune. We followed a boat for a day until it came close to shore, then we attacked. It was one of three, but fell behind during a bad storm at sea. The Captain of all three ships was on board, which trusted himself more than any other person with all of his valuables, carrying barrels of gold, silver, amber, jet, and ivory. We struck an absolute gold mine, and I should be able to pay up my debt to the church now, with extra money too! I am not sure how much longer I shall be ocean-bound, but sooner or later I will come home. How is our boy doing? Hopefully he is taking care of the crops while I am gone. Please let him know that I miss him, and tell him that I say hello.

Thanks, I will come home with great fortune!