The Court And Reign of Francis the First King of France volume 1
The Court And Reign of Francis the First King of France volume 1
Pardoe, Miss (Julia), 1806-1862
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Paul's, where the English and French nobility vied with each other in magnificence, and the most lavish protestations of friendship were exchanged. 1 The leave-taking followed ; and with the same pompous retinue as they had landed, the ambassadors of Francis quitted the shores of England, amid the acclama- tions of the dazzled multitude. Shortly afterwards Henry despatched, in his turn, the Earl of Worcester, the Bishop of Ely, Lord St. John, Sir Nicholas Vaux, Sir John Pechy, Sir Thomas Boleyn..., and a retinue rivalling that of Bonnivet, to Paris ; as 1 The treaty of marriage between the two royal children was signed in London on the 14th of October, 1518. 1518. ] FRANCIS THE FIRST. 295 witnesses to the corresponding ceremony on the part of the dauphin, which was celebrated with equal grandeur in the metropolitan church of Notre Dame ; and at the same time to receive the hostages, and to deliver up the city of Tournay, according to the stipulations of the treaty. The mission was an ungracious one to the earl, who had been present at the taking of Tournay, and saw with regret so brilliant a trophy once more lost to England ; nor would he consent to yield up the city until Gaspard de Coligny, Duke de Chatillon and Marechal of France, who had been despatched with a body of two hundred men-at-arms to take possession, transmitted to him his authority to receive it, together with a written acknowledgment, that he claimed the place not as a right, but as a gift; a demand which excited much indignation among the French officers.
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