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Compare 1577 edition: 1 In September following, the said ladie was con|ueied to Douer by the king hir brother & the queene, and on the second daie of October she was shipped, and such as were appointed to giue their attendance on hir, as the duke of Norffolke, the marquesse Dor|set, the bishop of Durham, the earle of Surreie, the lord de la Ware, the lord Berners, the lord Montea|gle, the foure brethren of the said marques, sir Mau|rice Berklie, sir Iohn Pechie, sir William Sands, sir Thomas Bulleine, sir Iohn Car, and manie other knights, esquiers, gentlemen and ladies. They had not sailed past a quarter of the sea, but that the wind arose and seuered the ships, driuing some of them to Calis, some into Flanders, and hir ship with great difficultie was brought to Bullen not without great ieopardie at the entering of the hauen, for the mai|ster ran the ship hard on shore.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 But the boats were readie, and receiued the ladie out of the ship, and sir Christopher Garnish stood in the water and tooke hir in his armes, and so caried hir to land, where the duke of Uandosme, and a cardinall, with manie other great estates receiued hir with great honor. From Bullen with easie iournies she was conueied vnto Abuile, & there entered the eighth of October [where she was receiued by the Dolphin with great honour, Edw. Hall in He. 8. fol. xlvii [...] she was apparelled in cloth of sil|uer, hir horsse was trapped in goldsmiths worke ve|rie richlie. After hir followed 36 ladies all their pal|fries trapped with crimsin veluet embrodered. After them followed one chariot of cloth of tissue, the se|cond cloth of gold, & the third crimsin veluet embro|dered with the kings armes & hirs, full of roses. Af|ter them followed a great number of archers, and then wagons laden with their stuffe. Great was the riches in plate, iewels, monie, apparell, and hangings that this ladie brought into France.]

On the morrow following being mondaie, and S. Denise day,The [...] solemnized betwéene the French king and the ladie Marie sister to K. Henrie. the mariage was solemnized betwixt the French king and the said ladie, with all honour, ioy, & roialtie, both apparelled in goldsmiths worke. Then a great banket and sumptuous feast was made, where the English ladies were honorablie intertei|ned, according to the dignitie of the persons, and to the contentment of them that had no dregs of ma|lice or misliking settled in their harts. For vnpossi|ble it is, that in a great multitude meeting togither, though all about one matter, be it of pleasure and de|light, there should not be one of a repugnant disposi|tion, and (though not apparantlie perceiued trauel|ling with grudge) malignant mind; as we sée some apples vnperished and othersome wormeaten, albeit one bough beare them, and one trée giue them say.

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