¶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.

Into this chamber came the king, and the quéene, with the hostages, and there was a goodlie comedie of Plautus plaied; and that doone, there entered into the chamber eight ladies in blacke veluet bordered a|bout with gold, with hoopes from the wast downe|ward,A comedie of Plautus plaied before the king. and sléeues rusted and plited at the elbow, and plaine in the middest, full of cuts, plucked out at eue|rie cut with fine camerike, & tired like the Aegypti|ans verie richlie. And when these ladies had passed a|bout the place, in came eight noble personages in long gownes of taffata set with flowers of gold bul|lion, and vnder that apparell cotes of blacke veluet embrodered with gold all to cut, and plucked out with cuts of white sarcenet, and euerie man had buskins of blacke veluet full of agglets of gold.