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222 Aecount of ihe Embassy of Louis de Bourbon, &c. [April 1, 
trades, each dressed alike, and many 
people to see them enter. 
On the 15th, the ambassadors were ad- 
mitted to an audience of the King, and 
found him on a high sallette [a littie hall. 
Cotgr.J without a bed, hung with blue 
tapestry, diapred with the livery ef the 
late King, i. e. to say, with broom plants, 
and his motto, Jamais, worked in gold; 
and throne of tapestry, of ladies, who 
were presenting to a lord the arms of 
France: it was all worked upon gold, 
very rich, and a high chair stood under 
the said throne, covered even to the 
ground with a vermillion cloth of gold.” 
[Here M. Galliard, Frenchman like, 
(for there cannot be a doubt, but Clarke's 
Naval Tasiics, will one day be affirmed 
to bea plagiarism from the French!) di- 
gresses to shew, that the broom-plants 
were borrowed from the order of the 
geniste in France, and adopted by Henry 
V. when he took the title of the King of 
France; whereas every body knows, that 
this wasthe cognizance and Plantagenet 
(Plantagenistz) the name, of our Kings 
from Henry IIl.—* Menestrier (adds Mr. 
G.) is right in making the word Jamais, 
James, being a word in the order ”— 
So much for French criticism upon 
English affairs. The order was not 
founded till long after the death of our 
Henry II. not till 1234! The throne 
and audience chamber of Henry VI. are 
engraved by Strutt. Dresses, Pl. cxv. 
Lransiator.} 
Henry, proceeds the MS. received the 
French Ambassador witb every mark of 
distinction ; and as soon as the Comte de 
Vendosme andthe Archbishop of Rheims, 
who were tlie first, entered into the 
chamber, and the King saw them, he de- 
scended, and, standing upright before 
his throne, there waited for the said am- 
bassadors, et toucha tous ceur du Roi bien 
humblement,* in taking off his hood a ht- 
tie to the Count and Archbishop. 
The Count presented the letters, and 
the Archbishop porta la purele;f took up 
the word, and spoke in French, announ- 
cing the rank of each of the ambassadors. 
He observed, that the Comte de Laval 
was nephew by affinity of the King of 
France, and cousin german by affinity of 
' the King of England. 
[Here Mr. Galliard adds the pedigree. ] 
"The King had by him at this audience 
the Cardinal of York, and the Chancel- 
— 
#* The translator is not certain as to the 
gense of this passage. 
+ It is contrary to modern etiquette te 
speak first to the King, but ambassadors may 
‘ke privileged, 
right. 
lor Archbishop of Canterbury, both crea- 
tures of the Cardinal of Winchester and 
the Duke of Suffolk: these were on his 
At his left were the Duke. of 
Gloucester and some others. 
The instructions and discourse of the 
French ambassadors breathed nothing but 
peace and amity; and on hearing these 
words, the King of England made a very 
fine aspect * of being exceedingly con- 
tented and rejoiced, and especially when 
they spoke of the King his unele, and 
the love which he had tor him, his heart 
seemed to leap for joy—il sembloit que le 
cueur lui rist. Athis window was Mons. 
de Glocestre, whom he looked at ecca- 
sionally, and then turning to his nght, 
to the Chancellor, Duke of Suffolk, and 
Cardinal of York, who were there, smiled 
upon them, and seemed to make a sign. 
He was observed even to squeeze the 
hand ‘of the Chancellor, and was over- 
heard saying in English, “ I am extreme- 
ly glad that some people, who are pre- 
sent, hear these words: they are not at 
their ease.” 
The Chancellor. of England replied 
also, in the name of his master, with some 
words of peace and amity ; nevertheless. 
the King complained to him, in English, © 
that he had not said enough. And the 
King came to. the ambassadors, and, - 
putting his hand to his hood, and hiting 
it from his head, cried two or three 
times, Saint Jehan, grand mercy! Saint 
Jehan, grand mercy !—i. e. “ Thank you, 
Saint John! Thank you, Saint John !’— 
and clapped them on the back, and made 
many very joyful gestures, and bid the 
Comte de Suffolk tell them, that he did 
not consider them as strangers; and that 
they should make the same use of his 
house as that of the King his uncle, and 
_come and go at all bours, the same as 
in the house of that King. 
On the 16th they returned tp the King’s, 
audience chambers, and, wlnle waiting, 
conversed with the Comte de Suffolck, as 
the MS. frenchifies the English title.— 
Efe said to them, purposely loud enough 
for every body to hear,—Zt si avout “ la 
plusiewrs ; princes and seigneurs—that he 
wished them all to know, that he was the. 
servant of the King of France, and that, 
except the person of the King of England, 
his master, he would serve him with per- 
son and property against all the world ; 
and added: I say, except my master, /us 
person : 1 do not speak of the Lords, and 
do not except neither the Dauphin nor ~ 
Gloucester, nor any others, beyond fis | 
person; and he repeated these words 
% Tres bel semblant. 
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