30 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, turche, 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 April,^ 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 whole 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 



