Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-07-17

countrey, and 50 the quene and all ne
trayne came to Bulleyn and ther rested
and from thence she remoued by dyuers'
lodgynges tyll she came all most witnii
iii miles of Abuyle besyde the forrest o.
Arders and Their kynge Loyes vppon
create courser met her. (Which he 20 lonee
dssired) but she toxic her way righte on
not stopping to conurse. Then ne re-
turned to Abuyle by q secret waye, q shs
was with create triumphe. procession =
pagiantes receyued into the toune OF
Abuyle the VIII day Of October BY the
Dolphin, which receyued her with create
honor. She was appeareilled In cloth OF
siluer, her horse was trapped IN goid-
smythes work very RICHLY. After her foi-
lowed xxxvi ladies' al Their palfreys trap
ned with crymsyn velvet, embrauderedt
after the followed one charyott OF cloth OF
TISSUE, the seconde clothe OF golde ana
the third Crymsyn veluet embraudered
with the kynges armes & hers full OF
roses. After them followed great nom
Der of archers and then wagons laden
with their stuf. Create was the riches In
plate, fuels. money. and languages that
Moday beyng the daye Of Sayncte Denyce,
the same kynge tLeyes married the lady
Mary In the create church OF Abuyle
bottle appareled In goldesmythes woorke
After the masse was done ther was
create banket and fest and the ladyes OF
England highly entreteyned.
The Tewesdaye beyng the daye OF Oc-
tober all the Englishmsn except fewe
that wer officers with the sayde Quene
owe for theim, for some had serued her
longe In the hope Of preferment and some
that had honest romes left them to serue
her and now they wer out Of service,
which caused the to take thought In 10
much, some dyed by way returning. and
some fell mad. but ther was no remedy.
After the English lordes had done ther
commission the French kynge wylled the
to take no lenger payne & 80 gaue to
theim good rewardes and they Toxic ther
leaue of the quene and returned.
Then the DOLPHIN OF Fraunce called
Frsuncys duke OF Valleys. or Fraunceys
d Angouleme caused solempne iustes TO
be PROCLAIMED. which shoulde DO kept In
Parys In the moneth of Noueber next en-
suyng. and while al these thinges were
the Ladye Mary, the V. daye
Of Noueber. then beying Sondaye was
with create solempnitee crowned Queen
Of Fraunce in the monasterye of Saynct
Denyce. and the Lorde DOLPHIN, who was
young, but very toward. al the season
held the crowune ouer her he'd. because 1t
was of great waight to her greuaunce.
Nine. Mary took her time, since a
more deliberate journey bride never
made to waiting bridegroom. She was
q study during this whole period. weep
Ing and angry by turns. She, who had
never known moments illness in all
her days, took to her bed upon two &C.
casions from sheer antipathetc nerv-
BUSINESS, and would rest her head upon
lanes breast and crv ont little hsf
lruculate prayers to God that she
might not kill the man who was her
husband when they should meet.
When we met the king about league
his side Of Abbeville, and when Mary
)eheld him with the shadow Of death
upon his brow, she took hope, for she
knew he would be but putty in her
hands, so manifestly weak was he. /
mentally and physically. As he came
up she whipped her horse and rode by
aim at gallon, sending me back with /
word that he must not be so ardent: (
hat he frightened her, poor. timid lit
10 thing, so afraid of-nothing in the
world! This shocked the French court /
ers, and one would think would have
'nended Louis, but he simply grinned
rom ear to ear showing his yellow
angs, and said whimperingly: "Oh, the
,ame Is worth the trouble. Tell her
majesty wait at Abbeville."
The old king had ridden horse to
meet his bride in order that he might
ppear more gallant before her, but
liter was waiting to take him back to
Abbeville by a shorter route. and they
vere married again in person.
Again a quotation from Hall Is sub
tituted:
Mondaye the vi daye OF Noueber, Their
le sayde quene was receyued into the
ytee of Parys after the order thar follow
h. First the garde of the cytee met her
18th QUITE Sayncte Denyce al in coates of
oldsmythes woorke with shippes gylt
nd after them NETT her al the prestes
nd religious whiche were esteemed to be
I'M The quene was in chyre coured
bout Out not her ouer person. in white
othe of golde. the horses that drewe it
,uered in clothe of golde. on her he'd
,ronall. al of create perles her necke
Id brest full of Iuels before her wente /
irde of Almaynes after Their fascion, and
ter them al noblemen, as the Dolphyr,
e Duke of Burbon, Carynalles, and a
cate nomber of estates. Aboute her
.rson rode the kynge's garde the which
er Scottes. On the morowe bega the
stes, and the quene stode so that al
en- might see her. and wonder at her !
autle. and the kynge was feble and lay ,
a couche for weakenes.
So Mary was twice married to Louis,
M plfhny1nh chn 10 Z i
i'd sure enough, she was not his wife.
You may say what you will, but |
,e fighting woman, one with touch
the savage in her when the occasion .
ises, one who can fight for what she Z
yes as well as against what she hates 5
lie usually loves as she fghts-with :,
her heart.
So Mary was crowned and was now =
queen and hedged about by the tin. !.
ed divinity that hedgeth royalty. !,
It seemed that she was climbing y
CHER and higher all the time from II
andon, but in her heart every day !,
E was brought nearer to him. Z
There was one thing that troubled :,
+ greatly, and all the time. Henry
d given his word that Brandon should 9
liberated as soon as Mary had left
: shores of England, but we had o.
ard nothing of this matter, although ~ \,
had received several letters from
me. A doubt of her brother, in u
om she had little faith at best, made .e
ache at her heart which seemed at Ut
les likely to break-so she said.