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Compare 1577 edition: 1 The two kings méeting in the field, either saluted other in most louing wife, first on horsebacke, and after alighting on foot estsoones imbraced with cour|teous words, to the great reioising of the beholders: and after they had thus saluted ech other, they went both togither into a rich tent of cloath of gold, there set vp for the purpose, in the which they passed the time in pleasant talke, banketting, and louing deuises, till it drew toward the euening, and then departed for that night, the one to Guisnes, the other to Ard. At this meeting of the two kings in open sight, I then well perceiued (saith Hall) the habillements roiall of the French king. Edw. Hall. in H. 8. fol. lxxvij. The French kings roiall ornaments. His garment was a chemew, of cloath of siluer, culponed with cloath of gold, of da|maske, cantell wise, and garded on the borders with the Burgon bands.

Ouer that he had a cloake of broched sattin, with gold of purple colour, wrapped about his bodie tra|uerse, beded from the shoulder to the wast, fastned in the loope of the first fould: this said cloake was richlie set with pearles and pretious stones. This French king had on his head a coife of damaske gold set with diamonds, and his courser that he rode on was co|uered with a trapper of tissue, brodered with deuise, cut in fashion mantell wise, the skirts were embow|ed and fret with frized worke, and knit with cor|belles & buttons tasseled of Turkie making, raines and headstall answering of like worke: and verelie of his person the same Francis the French king, a goodlie prince,The descrip|tion of the French kings person. statelie of countenance, merie of chéere, browne coloured, great eies, high nosed, big lipped, faire brested, broad shoulders, small legges, & long féet.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 On saturdaie the ninth of Iune, [...] in a place with|in the English pale were set vp in a field called the campe, two trées of much honour, the one called the Aubespine, that is to saie, the hawthorne in English, for Henrie: and the other the Framboister, which in English signifieth the raspis berie, after the signi|fication in French. These trees were curiouslie wrought, the leaues of gréene damaske, the bran|ches, boughs, and withered leaues of cloath of gold; and all the bodies and armes of the same cloath of gold laid on timber: they were in height from the foot to the top thirtie foure foot of assize, in compasse a|bout an hundred twentie and nine foot, & from bough to bough fortie thrée foot: on these trées were flowers and fruits in kindlie wise, with siluer and Uenice gold: their beautie shewed farre.

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