[1] [2] But what so euer the commons talked, it was determined that the cardinall should go ouer into France as high ambassadour for the king, and to take with him twelue score thousand pounds, to be emploied on the warres to be made by the confede|rats against the emperour, if he would not condes|cend to such demands as the English ambassadours on the kings behalfe should exhibit vnto him.The cardinall goeth ambas|sadour into France. The third of Iulie this triumphant cardinall passed tho|rough London with twelue hundred horsse towards the sea side, and comming vnto Canturburie rested there, and there declared to the people what had chan|ced vnto the pope, and caused the moonks of Christes church to sing their Letanie after this maner:A procession. A new deut|sed letanie. Sancta Maria ora pro Clemente papa, &c. Then he exhorted the people to fast and praie for the popes deliuerance, ac|cordinglie as he had alreadie sent commissions vnto all the bishops within the realme to follow that or|der, which was to fast three daies in the weeke, and to vse in euerie parish solemne processions. The ele|uenth of Iulie the cardinall tooke shipping at Do|uer, and landed the same daie at Calis, from whense he departed the two and twentith of Iulie, and with him was the bishop of London Cutbert Tunstall, the lord Sands chamberleine to the king, the earle of Derbie, sir Henrie Guilford, sir Thomas Moore, with manie other knights and esquiers, in all to the number of twelue hundred horsse, and of carriages there were foure score wagons, and three score mules and sumpter horsses.