[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] This noble companie came to the citie of Tours in Touraine, Anno Reg. 23. 1445 where they were honorablie receiued both of the French king and of the king of Sicill. The marquesse of Suffolke as procurator to king Henrie, espoused the said ladie in the church of saint Martins. At the which mariage were present the fa|ther and mother of the bride; the French king him|selfe, which was vncle to the husband; and the French quéene also, which was aunt to the wife. There were also the dukes of Orleance, of Calabre, of Alanson, and of Britaine, seauen earls, twelue barons, twen|tie bishops, beside knights and gentlemen. When the feast, triumph, bankets and iusts were ended, the la|die was deliuered to the marquesse, who in great e|state conueied hir through Normandie vnto Diepe, and so transported hir into England, where she lan|ded at Portesmouth in the moneth of Aprill. This la|die excelled all other, as well in beautie and fauour, as in wit and policie, and was of stomach and cou|rage more like to a man than a woman.