There can be no certainty about the exact year the letter was received by Abbess Cuniburg. In The Purple Thread I have chosen a possible early date of 733. As can be seen from the letter, the young freedman, Begiloc, was summoned to join the missionaries along with his companion named Man. I preferred to call the latter Meryn.
The Purple ThreadDominae dilectissimae Christique relegiosissimae abbatissae Cuneburge regalis prosapiae generositate praeditae Den[e-hartus] et L[ul] et B[urghardus], filii tui ac vernaculi, sempiternae sospitatis salutem.
Agnoscere cupimus almitatis tuae clementiam, quia te prae ceteris cunctis feminini sexus in cordis cubiculo, cingimus amore: quod genitoris et genetricis et aliorum propinquorum nostrorum ob obitum ad Germanicas gentes transivimus, usque in vene
