New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-12-10
rNPFRORS IN ENGLAND.
xorARLE GUESTS WHOSE VISITS
ARE RECALLED by THAT OF
THE KAISER.
49,, The Saturday Review

HoiA au Tho downfall Of the Roman Empire
|, Wast and the beginning or our own cen
Wv ,,r- emper0rs have landed upon our Eng
W ,D-es The first OF these, BALDWIN III o.
-'-.artin0ple though ne was the son-ln-iaN
q - 'c-7isadjng hero Jean de Brienne-fol
VIC yaars II war and strain the oCtO
seven - h,r,reror OF the East-waS at frs
La - suffered % st foot upon the coast (April
~, as ne came without an invitation on tn'
--'o' ~ mis- first visit. Though given 81
2--,ns n welcome he managed TO leave th'
c-.-.-S 5-OO richer than he entered il; anC
70 came A second tlme-a penniless, fugl
W. hsccar who had been forced 10 sell tn
80 w. treasures Of ChriStendom, the cross OF
Or Christ had suffered ana the crown o.
- -, nat once had CirCled the Saviour's head
Fms IN have got nothing at all, even though
-,y, trumped up tale Of kinship to the
K.ng u2io ...,,, ,.,sito- vas ono ~ unit,
- tirS II was the last year Of the four
-.S injury lIUO \. ID and Henry ~ OF
INA had last -upplantod his unfortunate
.r pi.b3rd IT Uu the throne, when all Eu
..-s mas startled iy the news that Manuel ii
--rorcr of Con-tantinople, had already started
~ pilgrimage Oh the West 70 peg me lcdulIs
--r s There f.r aid against the Turks His
was long triumphant march
irtsrorsr he went there was revelry and feast
A, Venice Doe was lodged in the palace OF
q ,rsrlus. at ialua the cltizeQs turned out
o., Gaming torches 10 escort him TO his house
t~ In England hc received a welcome suCf
o.. rs.-r set had been given 10 any foreign
,--es AZ E'aOhceath Henry ~ met him anc
st.r1 through London in state december ID
rrstm2s was spent at Ethan, There were
....-s and ret..tl-S # every kind. The grave
..-.rrap If London with their little "sOneS'
..r., 10 help them came out 10 the old Kent
! r5rhouse in Christmas week and NADER
BIN a gret n0wmyug' 81. @. masquerade VIII
KIN. n Nisru,. or UnreaSOn in the true ole
--.1... tr..fr hl. fhankp \
-. tournament, Henrys eldest daughter, lit
d. maiden of some nine winters. was queer
g Beauty: and in the affected style Of the age
strangely clad warriors from every realm OF
tyland or fact pr scented Their homage OF rar
r-.r courses iU the lists before her-Manue
III King down upon this strange scene either IN
sri3erment 0r delight. Every one was de-
...tsd with the visit. Manuel had never met
With 50 gracious q host as Henry-who, so he
vrl.e 10 q Greek friend at Florence, was full
q charms" and friendly unto ALL
The English on the other hand. could not gaze
enough on this splendid looking Emperor oil
ifs this model Of manly activity and well pro
;,ti0ned yigOr. They doubtless Whispered 70
no another the Ia IS that came from Paris as
20 his almost supernIman agility; how when the
French King met him outside Paris. Onerlns
him a splendid U Ks white horse, Manuel had
D. n and there ie8pt from his own steed onto
IL strange cOuIseT without so much as setting
even one foot upon the ground They wondertl
a. his snow white baard-Once Of fun. rich
golden hue-that fell down IN profusion over ms
l0ad breast-likc the boards Of the FIencA
t-r0es in the greatest Of all medgevaf epics
Icy wondered at his simple dress of flowing
safe ami at q piety as manifested in the daily
s-Vces he re4uented-serVicesc conducted in his
vl Greek tongue and not in the foreign Latir
2 % which they We're accustomed Anc
10y heard perhaps, with deeper interest sun
/ -15rs Of a strange band of mobiles still liNnl
1 r C0rstauunople who claimed descent from
Il sh heroes now dead a thousand years auC
/ ,a-"nohI,s" who still in the far off me
| Polls ~ the East spoke their own EnghSf
cue and stu bore in their hands the same
| q battle axes that had crushed the Norman
i II al Hastings.
i he next Emperor to visit England was Sgis
| -,i-the Emperor Of the West He IKE
| --uel came to England from Paris and he
Il had great hopes Of inducing the King %
/ ,yand Henry v 10 make peace with the kinl
l France ani Join in one common effort agans
i con1ueriug Turk. He was welcomed witt
slender that surpassed even the welcome
l4ruel Richard De Beauchamp the great Ear
\ Z Warwick called the Prince Of Courtesy By
4 -s contemporaries, met him at CALAIS. me
s-ys YOUNGEST brother the Good Duke
Il ~phrpy" ~ Gloucester the founder OF the
Il tean Library at oxford. was sent down 70
| eye him az Dover At Canterbury he wa
i g..-taned lv Archbishop Chicheley, the founder
| al Souls College: al Rochester ana i)art1orl
| . sas met by two more OF the royal brotneis
Dukes " Bedford and Clarence; while al
| lcaheath stood the King himself-Henry '
| n with all The glory ~ Agincourt round MS
| -.E and round him gathered some five thou
| i-i Of his greatest knights and nobeS-alone
| q the Manor u London, Master NichoIaS
| 1t0n the Draper accompanied by ms AldcI-
| 2, and the city companies in all the splendoI
| heir scarlet robes and many colored liveries
| 10 characteristic modesty Henry quartered
| Is imperial guest in his own palace at West
| ,s.er, while he himself sought an humber
| eng a. lambeth. Parliament was not al
A7t 10 break Up till the Emperor had arrived
| - few DAYS later. Sgismund was hurried
| % Windsor % be made a Knight Of the Gar
| :, Under circumstances Of unusual splendor.
>'efal Of our old English chronicles nave
| sryed an elaborate account or the Inaugural
| banquet on this occasion and Of the won
s-,I dishes set upon the royal table-dishes
are up to represent the exploits OF that 81
,ge the champion, saint OF England. IN