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After diuerse iusts & feasts made for the said am|bassadours by the king and lords: sir Thomas Ex|mew maior of London made to them a costlie din|ner at Goldsmiths hall, which dinner they highlie praised, it was so well ordered. And when the time came, they tooke their leaue of the king, the quéene, and the kings councell, and deliuered into the kings possession their foure hostages (as you haue heard be|fore.) At which departing the king gaue to the adme|rall of France a garnish of gilt vessell, a paire of co|uerd basens gilt,The king of Englands [...]nific [...]nce and bounti|fulnesse to the French am|bassadours & [...]entlemen. twelue great gilt boles, foure paire of great gilt pots, a standing cup of gold, garnished with great pearles: and to some other also, he gaue plate, to some chains of gold, to some rich apparell, and to some great horsses with rich bards, so that euerie gentleman was well rewarded; which liberalitie the strangers much praised: and after that all their trus|ses were readie they departed towards the sea, and tooke ship and landed at Bullogne.]

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Ambassadors sent from king Henrie [...] the French [...].Shortlie after their departure, the earle of Wor|cester, lord chamberleine, the bishop of Elie, the lord of saint Iohns, sir Nicholas Uaux, sir Iohn Pe|chie, sir Thomas Bullen, as ambassadours from the king of England, accompanied with thrée score and ten knights, gentlemen and yeomen, to the num|ber of foure hundred and aboue, passed the sea to Ca|lis, and so from thense went to Paris, where they were noblie receiued, & being brought to the French kings presence, the bishop of Elie made a solemne oration touching the mariage and peace concluded. [To interteine the English ambassadours and gen|tlemen, Edw. Hall in H. 8 fol. lxv [...]. A banketting house of the French kings descri|bed. the French king had made a banketting house in the bastill of Paris betwéene foure old walles. This house was couered with cords streined by craft, and euerie cord was woond about with box, and so laid crossewise one ouer an other in fret, and at the méetings a great knop gilt with gold foile. O|uer their cords was streined woollen cloaths of light blew: this roofe was foure score foot high, and on e|uerie side three stages high: all the pillers of the sta|ges were couered with antike works, & the brests of the stages curiouslie wrought with armes, viniets, and branches: the roofe was set full of starres gilt & furnished with glasses betwéene the frets. In this house was two hundred and twelue branches gilt hanged, & on euerie branch a great number of lights of white wax.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Diuerse sorts of maskes were shewed also that night: and at euerie side of the palace a great cup|boord of massie plate of much greatnesse was set, the French king welcomming the lords and ambas|sadours with good countenance.] Here is to be re|membred, that immediatlie after the conclusion of the marriage, a rumor was raised, that the Dolphin was dead before, and that this marriage was but a colourable pretext, deuised of the Frenchmen for a policie to come by their purpose: and therefore, after that the English ambassadours had beene feasted and interteined with banketting and princelie pastime, the bishop of Elie, with sir Thomas Bullen, and sir Richard Weston, were appointed to go vnto Coniacke to see the Dolphin, where they were hono|rablie receiued, and brought vnto the presence of the Dolphin, being a goodlie yoong child, whome they kis|sed and imbraced in most louing wise.

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