[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] The English ambassadors said there was no doubt, but that either the king himselfe, or his vncles shuld be there at the day assigned, with full authoritie to conclude anie agréement that should seeme reasona|ble, and so those ambassadors returned with great gifts presented on the kings behalfe to ech of them, sir Robert Briquet excepted,Sir Robert Briquet a Frenchman of king Richard his priuie chamber. vnto whome it séemed the French king bare no great good will, for that be|ing a Frenchman borne, he had euer serued the Na|uarrois or Englishmen, and was now one of king Richards priuie chamber. The king of England (as some write) was once minded to haue passed the seas himselfe,

The dukes of Lancaster & Yorke, the earls of Der|b [...]e and Hun|tington, the lord Thomas Persie, the bishops of Durham and London were sent o [...]er, as Fro [...]ssard saith.

A roiall am|bassage.

The duke of Lancaster, a prince of great renowme.

to haue met the French king at Amiens, at the time appointed, but finallie the duke of Lanca|ster, the bishop of Durham, and others, were sent thi|ther with a traine néere hand of a thousand horsses. At their comming into France, they were roiallie receiued: for the French king had made no lesse pre|paration for the duke of Lancasters comming, than if he had béene emperor. The duke of Lancaster ve|relie was estéemed to be a verie mightie prince, and one of the wisest and sagest princes in all christen|dome, in those daies; so that it séemed the French king reioised greatlie, that he might come to haue conference with him. There were with the French king héere at Amiens, his brother the duke of Thou|reigne; his vncles, the dukes of Berrie, Burbon, and Burgognie, & a great number of earles, lords, and other nobles of the realme of France. Before the Englishmens comming, for auoiding of strife and debate that might arise betwixt the English and French, a proclamation was set foorth conteining certeine articles, for the demeanor which the French men should obserue towards the Englishmen.