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Compare 1577 edition: 1 The emperor [...] at [...].On the mondaie he tooke ship at Calis, and lan|ded at Douer, where the cardinall with thrée hundred lords, knights, and gentlemen of England was rea|die to receiue him, and with all honour that might be, brought him to the castell, where he was lodged. On wednesdaie, being the Ascension éeuen, the king came to Douer, and there with great ioy and glad|nesse, the emperour and he met. On the fridaie in the after noone they departed from Douer, & came that night to Canturburie, so from thence by easie iour|nies to Gréenewich, where she quéene receiued hir nephue with all the ioy that might be. Here the empe|rour taried certeine daies in great solace and plea|sure; and the more to honor his presence,Iustes and iournies at Gréenwich. roiall iustes and tourneies were appointed, the which were furni|shed in most triumphant maner: the king, and the earle of Deuonshire, and ten aids with them, kéeping the place against the duke of Suffolke: the marques Dorset, and other ten aids vpon their part.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 On fridaie being the sixt of Iune, the king and the emperour with all their companies, marched toward London, where the citie was prepared for their entrie, after the maner as is vsed at a corona|tion, so that nothing was forgotten that might set foorth the citie. Edw. Hall. in H. 8. fol. xcviij. For the rich citizens well apparelled stood within railes set on the left side of the stréetes, and the cleargie on the right side in rich copes, which censed the princes as they passed, and all the streetes were richlie hanged with clothes of gold, siluer, vel|uet, and arras, and in euerie house almost minstrel|sie: and in euerie stréet were these two verses writ|ten in letters of gold, both Latine and English:

Carolus, Henricus, viuant; defensor vtér
Henricus fidei, Carolus ecclesiae.
That is,
Long prosperitie,
To Charles and Henrie,
Princes most puissant:
The one of the faith,
The other of the church,
Chosen defendant.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 5 6 Sundrie pageants were deuised, and stages verie faire and excellent to behold, with such melodie of in|struments, and other tokens of ioy and gladnesse,Sée Ed. Hall in H. 8. fo. xcv [...] & deinceps. that woonder it was to consider the manner thereof. The emperour was lodged at the Blacke friers, and all his nobles in the new palace of Bridewell. On Whitsundaie being the eight of Iune, the emperour and the king rode to the cathedrall church of saint Paule, and there heard masse,Note the pride of cardi|nall woolsie. which was soong by the cardinall that had his trauerse, and cupboord. Before masse, two barons gaue him water, and after the gospell two earles; and at the last lauatorie, two dukes: which pride the Spaniards sore disdained. The emperour thus remained with the king certeine daies and rode to diuerse places with him, being still feasted & banketted, and had all the pleasure shewed to him that might be imagined. At Windsor they taried a whole weeke and more, where on Corpus Christi daie, the emperour ware his mantell of the garter, and sate in his owne stall.The emperor and the king of England sweare each to other to ob|serue the league made betwixt them. On the same daie both the princes receiued the sacrament, and after that seruice was ended, they tooke their corporall othes to kéepe and obserue the league, which was concluded betwixt them. On the morrow after, they departed from Windsor, and by soft and easie iour|neies they came to Winchester, on the two & twen|tith of Iune.

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