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Great were the ceremonies and demonstrati|ons of amitie betwéene them: oftentimes they she|wed themselues togither in places publike: and as often did they passe in secret familiar discourses.The French king marrieth the emperors sister accor|ding to a clause in the capitulation. They went togither in one coch vnto a castell not halfe a daies iournie from thence, where was quéene Eleanor, whom the king married. And yet in all these great signes of peace and amitie, he was ob|serued with as carefull and streict gard as before, without anie aduantage of libertie. So that he was embraced as a brother, and garded as a prisoner. A matter which made manifest to the world, that it was an accord full of discord, an aliance without amitie, and that vpon euerie occasion their ancient gelou|sies and passions would be stronger in them, than the regard of that aliance, made more by force than freendship. Manie daies were spent in these offices and ceremonies of amitie, when was brought from the ladie regent the ratification, togither with the de|claration, that with the Dolphin of France they would rather giue in hostage the kings second son, than the twelue barons.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Then the king departed from Madrill, taking his waie to the frontier of his realme, where was to be exchanged his person for his sonnes, who bare verie small age. There was sent to accompanie him the viceroy the worker and author of his deliuerie, to whome the emperour had giuen the citie of Al [...], with other estates in Flanders and in the kingdome of Na [...]les. The king of England hearing that the French king should now be deliuered,The king of England glad of the French kings deliue|rance. sent to him a knight of his chamber, called sir Thomas Ch [...]nie, to signifie to him the great ioy and gladnesse, which he conceiued for his restitution to libertie, and the con|clusion of the generall peace. For which kindnesse & EEBO page image 890 courteous remembrance, the French king thought himselfe much bound (as he confesseth himselfe here after) to the king of England, & thanked him great|lie hereafter.

Guic. pag. 966. The maner of the deliuerie of the French king.After much a doo and manie remoouings, the French king was come on the confines of Fonta|rabie, a towne apperteining to the emperour, stand|ing vpon the Ocean sea, and is a frontier betwéene Biskaie and the duchie of Guien. And on the other side, the ladie regent was ariued with the children of France, at Baion, not manie leagues from Fon|tarabie. The torments of the gowt tooke hir by the waie, which was the cause that she had lingred some time longer than the daie appointed of permutation. But at last, the eighteenth daie of March, the French king accompanied with the viceroy and capteine A|larcon with fiftie horsse, was presented vpon the shore of the riuer that diuideth the realme of France from the kingdome of Spaine. And on the other side, vpon the shore opposite appéered monsieur Law|trech with the kings children and like number of horsse. There was in the middest of the riuer a great barke made fast with anchors, in which was no per|son. The king was rowed néere to this barke in a little boat, wherein he was accompanied with the viceroy, capteine Alarcon, and eight others, all ar|med with short weapons: and on the other side of the barke were likewise brought in a little boat, mon|sieur Lawtrech with the ostages & eight others, wea|poned according to the others.

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