3° Lionel's Journey to Italy 



(i) To Violante, 100,000 gold florins^^ [in addition to the 

 dowry already paid]. 



(2) To her chamberlain, 1282 florins, for the furnishing of 

 her house. 



(3) To Lionel, 10,000 florins. 



(4) To Lionel, as provision for himself and his company, 

 10,000 gold florins a month for June, July, August, [Septem- 

 ber]," October, and half of November — (say) 55,000 florins.^' 



(5) To Lionel, six pieces of cloth of gold made up into various 

 garments — mantles, doublets, turchc, and hoods — all thickly set 

 with pearls ; every one of these being carried away to England. 



(6) For other expenses of Lionel and his company, 20,000 

 gold florins. 



Here, then, we have a total of 186,252 florins (not to speak 

 of the cloth of gold), or, let us say, $2,095,335, to add to the 

 $1,125,000 mentioned above. 



The ornaments provided for Violante were two crowns of 

 gold, set with numerous sapphires, emeralds, balas rubies, and 

 large pearls; eleven jewels, with pearls and other gems; thirty- 

 five garments of various fashions, made of silk and gold, and 

 embroidered with pearls and precious stones ; a large number of 

 collars and necklaces ; innumerable ornaments for fastening the 

 hair; together with 294 vessels of silver and gold of various 

 shapes. 



IV. LIONEL'S JOURNEY TO ITALY 



I. DOVER TO PARIS 



Lionel left England early in ApriV but we can not be sure of 

 the exact day. Froissart- informs us that Lionel spent Easter, 



" Perhaps Corio and Jovius include this in their 200,000. 



" Omitted, but almost certainly through inadvertence. 



^^ The chronicler complains that, since Lionel died on Oct. 15 (wrong 

 for 17), he had been overpaid by 10,000 florins. 



^ Walsingham (i. 306) merely says 'mense Aprilis.' 



" Froissart's account of the w^hole journey is subjoined (from Kervyn 

 7. 246-7), with interpolations of the chief variants from his second 

 redaction : 



'En ce temps fu treties li mariaiges entre monseigneur Lion, due 

 de Clarense, fil au roy Edouwart d'Engleterre et a le royne, et la 



