Compare 1577 edition: 1 Thus was Tornaie deliuered in this tenth yeare of the kings reigne, on the eight daie of Februarie, & the Englishmen returned into England, sore dis|pleased in their minds. For thereby manie a tall yeo|man lacked liuing, the which would not labour after their returne, but fell to robbing, pilfering, shifting, and other extraordinarie meanes of maintenance, whereas before they were staied vpon a certeintie of hope, so long as they had allowance by the king. So that this resignation of Tornaie, though it were an|swerable to the desire of the French king, and com|modious for his people, yet that benefit of theirs bred EEBO page image 850 to the English soldiors detriment and losse: who wi|shed in their harts to haue left their liues behind them in defense of possession, rather than it should re|uert into the hands of them, by whome it was surren|dred & giuen vp to the English power, whom (bicause they were not able to incounter) they let in at their gates by a voluntarie motion and common consent for their better safetie, as a late writer witnesseth:
Angligenas passis intra sua moenia portisSponte intromittens.
¶During this time remained in the French court diuerse yoong gentlemen of England, Ed. Hall in H. 8. fol. lxvii. The light and misliked de|meanour of diuerse yoong gentlemen of England & the French king. and they with the French king rode dailie disguised through Pa|ris, throwing egges, stones, and other foolish trifles at the people, which light demeanour of a king was much discommended and ieasted at. And when these yoong gentlemen came againe into England, they were all French, in eating, drinking, and apparell, yea, and in French vices and brags, so that all the estates of England were by them laughed at: the ladies and gentlewomen were dispraised, so that no|thing by them was praised, but if it were after the French turne, which after turned them to displesure, as you shall heare.
After the kings ambassadours were returned, and Tornaie deliuered to the Frenchmen vpon the con|ditions aforesaid, the hostages that were here left for the paiment of the great summes and perfor|mance of the conditions comprised in the league (of the which one was, that if the marriage tooke none effect, then the citie of Tornaie should be redeliuered vpon repaiment of the same summes) the said hosta|ges knew not in what case they stood, but when they knew it, they were verie heauie and sorowfull: how|beit, they dissembled the matter in the best wise they could. The king vsed familiarlie these foure hostages, and on the seuenth daie of Maie prepared a disgui|sing,Preparation for solemne disport. and caused his great chamber at Gréenwich to be staged, and great lights to be set on pillors that were gilt, with basons gilt, and the roofe was couered with blue sattin set full of presses of fine gold and flowers: and vnder was written Iammes, the mea|ning whereof was, that the slower of youth could not be oppressed.