90 Painters in the Reign of Henry VIII. 



kind of romantic politenefs. In one * which 

 he held on the birth of his firft child, he 

 flyled himfelf Coeur Loyal, In his inter- 

 view with Francis I. in the vale of Cloth 

 of Gold, he revived the pageantry of the 

 days of Amadis. He and his favorite 

 Charles Brandon, were the prototypes of 

 thofe illuflrious heroes, with which Made- 

 moifelle Scuderi has enriched the world 

 of chivalry. The Favorite's motto on his 

 marriage with the monarches filler retained 

 that moral fimplicity, now totally exploded 

 by the academy of fentiments -, 



Cloth of gold do not defpife, 



Tho' thou be matched with cloth of fn' zc ; 



Cloth of frize, be not too bold, 



Tho* thou be matched with cloth of gold. 



Francis the firft was the ftandard which 

 thefe princely champions copied. While he 

 contended with Charles V. for empire, he 

 rivalled our Henry in pomp and protedion 

 of the arts. Francis handelled the pencil 

 himfelf J I do not find that Henry pufhed 



* See a defcriptlon and exhibition of this tourna- 

 ment among the prints publifhed by the Society of An- 

 tiquaries, vol. i. 



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