Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-03
CHAPTER XX.
DOWN INTO FRANCE.

kS&y lAgain the editor takes the liberty of substituting Halls quaint account of Mary's journey to France. ]
 Then when all things were redy for the conueyaunce of this noble Ladye, the kyng her brother in the rnoneth of Au- guste. and the xV dave, with the quene his wife and his sayde sister and al the court came to Douer and there taryed, for the wynde was troblous and the wether fowle, in so muche that shippe of the kynges called the Iibeck of EXC. tonne was dryuen a shore before Sangate and there brase 6 of VI c. men scantely escaped iiiC and yet the most part of them were hurt with the wrecke. When the wether was fayre, then al her wardrobe, stable, and riches was shipped, and such as were appoyncted to geve their attendance on her as the duke of Norfolke, the Marques of Dorset, the Bysshop of Durham, the Earle of Surrey, the 1orde Delawar. sir Thomas Bulleyn and many other knights, Squyers, gentlemen & ladies, al these went to shippe and the Sayde ladye toke her 1eaue of the quene in the castell of Douer, and the king brought her to the sea syde, and kissed her, and betoke her to GOD and the fortune of the sea and to the gouernaunce Of the French king her hus- band. Thus at the hower of foure of the clock in the morenynge thys fayre ladya toke her shippe with al her noble com paignie: and when they had sayled a quarter of the see, the wynde rose and eeuered some of the shippes to Cayles, and some in Flaunders and her shippe with great dimcultie to Bullsyn, and with great jeopardy at the entrying of the hauen, for the master ran the shippe hard on shore, but the botes were recy and Teceyued this noble lMye, and at the 1andyng Sir Christopher Garnysha stode tn the SYater and toke her in his armes, and so carved her to land, where the Duke of Vandosme and a Cardynalt with many estates receyued her, and her ladies, and welcommed all the noble men into the countrey, and so the quene and all her &rayne came to Bulleyn and ther rested, hnd from thence she remoued by dyuerse aodgynges ty1l she came all most within aii miles of Abuyle beSyde the forrest of Arders, and ther kynge Loves vppon greate courser met her, (which he so longe nesiredl but she toke her way righte on, hot stopping to conurse. Then he re- turned to Abuyle by secret wave, & she was with greate trfumphe, procession G pagiantes receyued into the toune of Abuyle the VIII day of October by the Dolphin, which receyued her with greate honor. She was appearei1led in cloth of Siluer. her horse was trapped in gold Emythes work very rychly. After her fol- lowed xxxvi ladies al ther palfreyS trap- ped with crymsyn veluet, embraudered: after the followed one charyott of cloth of kyssue, the seconde clothe of goide and She third Crymsyn veluet ernbraudered with the kyngeS armes & hers. full of roses. After them followed a great nom- Der of archers and then wagons laden with their stuff. Create was the riches in plate, fuels, money, and hangynges that this ladye brought into France. The Moday ,beyng the dave of Sayncte Denyce, the same kynge Leyes married the lady Mary in the greate church of Abuyle, bothe appareled in goldesmythes woorke. After the masse was done ther was Q greate banket and fest and the ladyes of England highly entreteyned.
 The Tewesdaye beyng the dave of Oc- fober all the Englishmen except fewe that wer officers with the sayde quene were discharged whiche was great sor- owe for theim, for some had serued her 1onge in the hope of preferment and some that had honest romes left them to serue her and now they wer out of seruice, which caused the to take thought in so 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 & so gaue to theim good rewardes and they toke ther leaue of the duene and returned
 Then the Dplphyn of Frannce called Frauncys duke of Valleys, or Fraunceys d'Angou1eTne, caused a solempne iuStes to be proclaymed, which shoulde be kept in Parys in the moneth of Noueber next en- suyng, and while al these thinges were prepearyng, the Ladye Mary, the V. dave of Noueber, then beying Sondaye was with greate solenpnitee crowned Queen of Fraunce in the monasterye Of Saynct Denyce, and the Lorde Dolphyn, 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.
 Mime. Mary took her time, since a more deliberate journey bride never made to waiting bridegroom. She was 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 oc- casions from sheer antipathetic nerv- ousness, and would rest her head upon Jane's breast and cry out little. half articulate 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 this side of Abbeville, and when Mary beheid him with the shadow of death upon his brow, she took hope, for she hands, so manifestly weak was he, mentally and physically. AS he came up she whipped her horse and rode by him at gallop, sending me back with word that he must not be so ardent; that he frightened her, poor, timid lit tie thing, so afraid of-nothing in the world! This shocked the French court iers, and one would think would have offended Louis, but he simply grinned from ear to ear, showing his ,sSellow fangs, and said whimperingly: "Oh, the game is worth the trouble. Tell her majesty wait at Abbeville.'' .. 7.
 The old king had ridden a horse to meet his bride in order that he might appear more gallant before her, but a litter was~waiting to take him back to Abbeville by shorter route, and they were married again in person.
 < Again a quotation from Hall is sub- stitnted:
 Mondaye the wi dave of Noueber. ther the sayde quene was receyued into the cytee of Parys after the order thar follow eth. First the garde of the cytee met her with oute Sayncte ,Denyce al in coates of goldsmythes woorI Se with shippes gylt and after them n ett her al the prestes and religious whidhe were esteemed to be .iiiM. The quene was in a chyre coured about (but not her ouer person. in white clothe of golde, the horses that drewe it couered in clothe of golde, on her he'd coronall, al of greate perles, her necke and brest full of Iuels, before her wente garde of Almaynes after ther fascion, and after them al noblemen as the Dolphyn, the Duke Rurbon C9rvr1 and a