[1] [2] In the winter following were roiall iustes holden in Smithfield,A iust holden in Smithfeld at the which were present the kings of England, France, and Scotland, with manie great estates of all their thrée kingdoms, of the which the more part of the strangers were as then priso|ners. It was reported, that the French king could not so dissemble nor cloake his inward thought, but that there appeared some tokens of gréefe in his countenance, whilest he beheld these warlike pa|stimes. And when the king of England, & his sonne prince Edward with comfortable words required him after supper to put all pensiue cares out of his fantasie,The French k. sorowfull. and to be merrie and sing as other did, he should make this answer with a smiling counte|nance, alluding to the complaint of the Israelits in time of their captiuitie vnder the gentiles, & saieng,

Psalm. 137. Thom. Wals. Froissard. Quomodo cantabimus canticum in terra aliena?