254 HISTORY OF KING HENRY VII. 



&quot; is pleased now to say that he beggeth a peace of the 

 &quot; king, so the king will then beg of him a part in 

 &amp;lt;e that war. 



&quot; But now, my lords ambassadors, I am to pro- 

 &quot; pound unto you somewhat on the king s part : the 

 &quot; king your master hath taught our king what to 

 &quot; say anJ demand. You say, my lord prior, that 

 * your king is resolved to recover his right to Na- 

 &quot; pies, wrongfully detained from him. And that if 

 &quot; he should not thus do, he could not acquit his 

 &quot; honour, nor answer it to his people. Think, my 

 &quot; lords, that the king our master saith the same 

 &quot; thing over again to you touching Normandy, 

 &quot; Guienne, Anjou, yea, and the kingdom of France 

 &quot; itself. I cannot express it better than in your 

 &quot; own words : If therefore the French king shall 

 &quot; consent, that the king our master s title to France, 

 &quot; at least tribute for the same, be handled in the 

 &quot; treaty, the king is content to go on with the rest, 

 &quot; otherwise he refuseth to treat.&quot; 



The ambassadors, being somewhat abashed with 

 this demand, answered in some heat : That they 

 doubted not, but the king their sovereign s sword 

 would be able to maintain his sceptre : and they 

 assured themselves, he neither could nor would 

 yield to any diminution of the crown of France 

 either in territory or regality : but, howsoever, they 

 were too great matters for them to speak of, having 

 no commission. It was replied, that the king looked 

 for no other answer from them, but would forthwith 

 send his own ambassadors to the French king. There 



