the Souldan cryed and sayd Sirs vppon him great shame it is vnto you all when by the bodie of one man you are so put barke and you sée well that he hath no succour goe and slay the Mare that hee rydeth vppon with speares and darts then he shall be soone ouercome and you know well that it is he whome I haue suffered at my great losse and dammage it is he that hath slaine my men and by him I haue lost the Battaile if he escape from you yée ought neuer to be séene in any Princes Court When the Paynims and Sarazins had well vnderstood their Souldan then they sore oppressed Huon who did great maruailes in armes but his puissance vertue should but little haue auailed him if he had not béen shortly aided succoured and also by reason of the rich stones and pearles that were vppon him then the Paynims and Sarazins who of fortie were left aliue but twentie eight they saw well that they could not ouercome Huon without they slew the Mare first that hee road vppon therefore they cast at her Darts and Iauelins in such wise that finally they slew her vnder him whereof Huon was right sorrowfull and sore displeased and was as then in great feare of his life then he called vppon our Lord Iesus Christ to haue pitie and compassion of his soule for he saw that his life was at an end and said Deare Lord Iesus Christ I pray thee by thy swéet mercie to haue pitie and compassion of my Wife Escleremond who is in great perrill and pouertie for the loue of mee without any desert of her part and also I recommend into thy sauegard my litle Daughter Clariet After that Huon had made his praier vnto our Lord God he tooke his shéeld and his sword in his hand afoote and he saw where there grew a bush he went thether and set his backe thereunto that the Sarazins and Paynims should not come behind him and so he stood at a bay like a wild Boare baited with Houndes there was not so hardy a Paynim or Sarazin that durst assayle him they cast at him speares and darts but they could neuer hurt his flesh he couered himselfe so well and so surely with his sheeld that nothing could pierce him The Souldan séeing that nothing could hurt him he said to his men Ah yée false and vntrue Cowards of Mahomet be yée cursed when yée cannot slay nor take one man alone and then the Souldan approached vnto Huon and gaue him a great stroake so that he brake his sheeld in two peeces whereof Huon then was in great feare of death Then the Souldan drew backe and looked behind him into the playnes of Rames wheras the great Battaile had beene and then hee sawe comming the Admirall of Persia with twentie Thousand men and they came to seeke for Huon and when the Souldan sawe that succour was comming vnto Huon the which he knew by reason of the great baner of Persia then the Souldan said vnto his men Sirs let vs leaue this enemie who by force of armes cannot be ouercome nor vanquished let vs saue our liues for yonder I sée comming the Admirall of Persia and if we tarie long héere we shal be all slaine and destroyed Néere vnto them was the sea-side about a League from Iaffe the way towardes Surrey there was ready a Galley the which the Souldan had sent thether from the Citie of Escalonne the Souldan road thether and his men left and did forsake Huon who was right wearie and could not long haue endured nor had not endured so longe but for the vertue of the riche stones and pearles that were about him The Souldan to saue his life hee and his men did so much that they came vnto the place whereas the Galley was and entred into it in as great hast as they could by any meanes for the sauegard of their liues and they did forsake their horses vppon the Sea-side Chap. CXXVIII ¶ How the Admirall of Persia and of Media found Huon wheras he had fought with Fortie men Sarazins and how the Souldan fled to Acres and how the Admirall of Persia and Media besieged him there and of the strange Vision that Huon had in the night AFter that the Souldan was thus fled and departed the Admirall of Persia and Media came to the place whereas Huon was sore wearie of trauaile and sawe lying about him a great number of men slaine whereof they had great maruaile the Admirall séeing Huon alone began sore to wéepe for pitie and for ioy that hee hadde and saide Oh right noble and valiant Knight most excellent of all other liuing in the world to whom in Prowesse and valour none can bee compared you are the mirrour of all Knightes the Temple of truth the comfort of widdowes and Orphelings to whom God hath giuen so great vertue and grace that none can report the bountie that is in you by whome the honour of the Persians and Medians this daye is saued and kept I desire you right hartely my deare Freend to shew mée if you haue any hurt whereby you should bee in any perill or daunger Sir quoth Huon it appertaineth not vnto me to haue such hie words or prayses to be giuen I ought to haue none other praise but as one of your other Knightes whereof you haue so many noble and valiant that they cannot be numbred but Sir know for troth this grace and glorie commeth of our Lord God who hath aided and succored you reporting how that you haue in him perfect affiance and then the Admirall alighted and came and embraced Huon and after him came Barnard sore wéeping for compassion and for ioy that he had found his Coozen Huon in sauegard and came and kissed him more then ten times and sayd My right deare Lord and Maister well you may thanke our Lord God for his goodnesse alwayes towardes you who hath saued you from so many perilous and dangerous aduentures whereof I thanke our Lord Iesus Christ that hath giuen you such grace and then he was of all the Barons greatly feasted and they had al great maruaile of the perils and aduentures that Huon had escaped wherefore they sayde that they ought greatly to laud praise God in that Huon was arriued in their Countrey by whome they were reduced and brought to beléeue in the faith of Iesus Christ Thus deuised the Lordes and Barons amonge themselues and behelde the dead men that lay about Huon and when they had beene there for a season and sawe that the Souldan was fledde then a Horse was brought vnto Huon and hee mounted vppon him and then they departed from thence and came vnto the place whereas the Battaile hadde béene whereas they found thrée-score and fourtéene Thousand men lye dead vppon the earth beside them that were slaine in the flying in that chace whereas there were slaine twelue Thousand men besides the Prisoners Great goods the Persians and Medians wanne there
to thée as thou sayst he wil shew how well he loueth thée he may haue great â—olor wheÌ„ before his eyes he shall sée his coozen and his men hanged then afterward I wil assaile the citie take it perforce so that then Huon in any wise shall not escape out of my hands so to be hanged with other the faire Escleremond shal be burnt or condemned to prison and then I will burne all the Citie and destroy it cleane Sir quoth Gerames you may say your pleasure but in the doing is all the matter when the Emperour saw that Gerames doubted not the death he was sore abashed Then he commanded incontinent Gallows to bée raised vp so great to hang thereon the fortie prisoners to be set on a little rocke neere to the Citie of Bourdeaux to the entent that Huon and his men might sée them plaine therby to abash them the which was done so the matter rested vntill the next day in the morninge And when it was day Huon within the Citie rose and came to his Pallaice and regarded out at his windowes to sée and behold the hoast of his enemies and as he stood he espied the newe Gallowes standing on the rocke then hee called his Lordes and sayd Sirs neuer beleeue but yonder Gallowes that I see newe raysed is for none other entent but for to hang thereupppon my men that bee taken and my good Freende old Gerames whereof I am verie sorrowfull Therefore Sirs quickly make you readie and mount vppon your horses for ere they be hanged we will prooue our selues against them looke toward the Hoast and sée when they bée comming toward the Gallowes and when you sée them be readie on horse-backe and open the gate that we may issue out all at once and let vs neuer thinke to returne vntill we haue rescued our men for I purpose neuer to returne into this Citie vntill I haue deliuered them out of the hands of our enemies Then they armed them about seauen Thousand by tale of good men of armes well horsed readie at the gate to depart when time came Now wée will leaue speaking of Huon and speake of the Emperour Chap. LXXXXII ¶ How Huon yssued out of Bourdeaux and rescued the ould Gerames and his companie whom the Emperor would haue hanged THe Emperour who hadde great desire that Gerames and his company were hanged caused theÌ„ to be brought forth by couples one fast tyed to another and Gerames was the formost who then right tenderly began to weepe when he saw himselfe in that case Ah good Lord quoth he I require thee haue mercie on our soules kéepe and defend my good Lord Duke Huon who by the commandement of King Oberon should giue me his Duchy and he to haue king Oberons dignitie of the Fayrie after foure yeares passed I cannot say what fortune will fall but I may well say that I shall neuer come to greater honor yet I am comforted in that I am so old it is good reason that I be content to haue liued so long it is now time that I depart out of this world Then the Emperour called vnto him a Knight and said Sir Othon I will that incontinent you take three Thousand men and take these Prisoners and hang them vp all vppon the Gallowes that were made yester-night late and if it bee so that Huon yssue out looke that you quit your selfe valiantly and if you haue néed of any ayd take my horne and blow it for I haue ready appointed ten Thousand men to succour you if need bée When Othon heard the Emperour hee was right sorrie to haue that euill office for in his youth hée was brought vp in the house of Duke Seuin Father to Huon and somewhat he was of his kin but as then hee had slaine a man wherefore he fled from Bourdeaux and came and serued the Emperor at Mayence wherefore he was right sorrowfull to haue that Commission then hee sayd vnto the Emperour Sir mée thinkes you doe ill to cause them to die so hastily better it were to abide to sée what end your warre will come vnto and also if it fortune that any of your Lords to be taken hereafter for one of them you might recouer him againe and if you slay them then if any of your Barons happen to bee taken they shall die of like death and therefore Sir if you wil beléeue me you shall forbeare slaying them at this time and Sir if you will giue me licence I will doe so much to Duke Huon that for the offence that he hath done vnto you hee shall make you amends at your owne pleasure and hee shall goe vnto some holy Pilgrimage to pray for the Soules of your Nephews and other of your lords that he hath slain and he to haue with him two Hundred men in their shirtes and so to goe to the holy Sepulchre at his owne charge and coste and hee to hould of you all his Landes and to doe you homage Then the Lordes that were there present all with one voice sayd vnto the Emperour Sir the counsaile that sir Othon hath giuen vnto you is worthy to bee beleeued wée all agree thereto and desire you so to doe but when the Emperour heard them he was sorowfull and sore displeased Sir quoth Othon you may surely know if you hang any of them that be taken if Huon happen to take any of your men hee shall neuer escape vnhanged and drawne When the Emperour had heard Othon speake he was so troubled angry that it seemed by his face that for verie anger he was neere hand in a rage and said Behold sirs this Foole who would let mee to take vengeance on them that so sore haue troubled me he hath heard me ere this time sweare and make solemn promise that I would neuer returne into my Countrey vntill I had hanged and drawne Huon of Bourdeaux for by that Lord that made mée to his similitude I knowe no man this day though he were neuer so neere a kin to me except mine owne Brother but I shall make him to be slaine if he speak any more to me for respiting of their liues nor I shall neuer loue him for I make a vow to our Lord God that I will neuer returne into my Country vntill I haue taken this Citie perforâ—e Sir quoth Othon séeing it is your pleasure I shal speake no more thereof but I beleeue it will bee longe hereafter before you finde any that will be glad to doe your pleasure Othon quoth the Emperour dispatch the matter and reuenge me vpon the old Gerames and vpon all his companie Sir quoth Othon it is conuenient that I doe it séeing it is your pleasure then without any more words he departed and tooke Gerames and the other Prisoners and went with them towards the Gallowes Gerames went before with the haulter about his necke sore weeping and all his companie after him so that at the laste they came
of Nauarre and helpe to maintaine his war against you When the King heard him so to threaten him he swoore by God that he should repent it and how there should no man saue the Watch-mans life Then the poore man embraced the Kings Legge and cried for mercie but the King sware and made promise howe he should bee hanged without mercie When the Earle Peter heard that he was verie sorrowfull the poore man wept and beheld the people that were there assembled and desired them to pray for his soule saying how he should die for sauing of his Lord there was many of the poore mans kinred they knéeled all downe before the King desiring him to pardon him the king answeared that hee would not When the Earle Peter heard that he sayd to the King Sir surely he shall not die without it be by iudgement as your Lords and Counsaile shall ordaine When the King heard that he was sore displeased and so entred into the Citie and set the Watch-man in prison then hée went to his Pallaice and Peter followed him and accompanied with many other Knightes such as loued him and in like wise so did the poore mans kindred When the Kinge was in his Pallaice he commaunded a Scaffold to be made whereon hee would haue the Watch-man to loose his head When his Kins-men heard that they cried for mercie but the king would doe nothing at their desire When the Earle Peter saw the ill will of the king he made a token to the Watch-mans freends who were in number about a Hundred and Fiftie that they should goe to such a Tower where there was great plentie of Armour and to breake it vp and to arme them and so they did and came againe to the Pallaice and when the king saw them comming armed hee cryed to his men that they should arme them and take them that were so bolde to come into his presence all armed and when euerie man was armed they came again to the Pallaice to haue taken the Watch-man and all his kindred but the Watch-man and his Fréendes who were readie in armour set vpon the kinges men and also Peter of Aragon and his companie aided them so that there was so great a Skirmish in the Pallaice that it was pitie to sée it they cut off armes legs and heads each of other Finally the king and his men were so sore constrained that of force they abandoned the Pallace and fled away and the king fled into his Chamber for sauegard Anon the newes ran in the Towne that the king was sore assaulted in the Pallaice and in ieopardie of his life Then all the Communaltie went and armed them and sounded the larum bell there was such a noyse and brute as though all the world had béen lost Then a Spie went out and shewed the king of Nauarre howe king Garyn was assembled in his Pallaice within the Citie because of a Watch-man that the King would put to death in that hee had deliuered out of prison Florence and the Damsell his Loue. Then the King of Nauarre right ioyfull of those newes commanded hastely his men to be readie in Armour for he sayd that it was then time or else neuer to assaile the Citie Great desire I haue quoth he to bee reuenged of this King who had wedded my Sister whom he hath slaine I shall neuer haue ioy at my heart vntill I bee reuenged then euerie man armed them and so assembled together with banners displayed and so came in good order toward the Citie to assayle it but when they within the Towne heard the crye and noise without and sawe their enemies comming towards them they went and shewed it at the Pallaice wherby the strife there ceased and then the king and all his Lordes with all his people yssued out in Battaile Then there began a sore Battaile and many a man slaine and maymed but there were so many Nauarnes that whether king Garyn would or not perforce they were faine to abandon the Victorie to their enemies and were faine to retire into the Towne but their enemies followed them so néere that the kinge of Nauarre and his men entred in with them Then the kinge of Nauarre commanded that none should be slain without they were found in defence for he sayd that he cared not so he might be reuenged of the king Then the Nauarnes spread abroad in the Citie taking prisoners then kinge Garyn fled to the Minster-church then hee stoode in the Church dore to make defence but it could not auaile him there was so many of his enemies that he fledde to the hye Aulter for sauegard but the kinge of Nauarre who was entred into the Church commanded his men to take king Garyn the which they did Sirs quoth king Garyn yée doe me great wrong to take me in this holy place whereas euerie man should be saued aboue all thinges the house of God ought to be refuge for euerie man Then the king of Nauarre who was holden for a good holy man hearing what king Garyn sayd he knewe well that he sayd the truth and repented himselfe and sayd Faire Nephewe for the offence that I haue committed against our Lord God I shall amend it to the double so that you will pardon the Watch-man that hath deliuered my Nephew Florence out of your prison I shall then shew you this courtesie for the offence that I haue made I and all my men shall yssue out of this Citie without taking of any prisoner or any manner of goods for the loue of my Nephewe Florence whome I loue entirely and for the goodnes of the people I shall goe to my Tents without and I will graunt you a Truce to endure for a Moneth and I promise you the Moneth once expired I shall approach againe so nere to this Citie that as long as life is in my bodie I shall not depart vntill I haue taken this Citie and you whome I take for mine enemie to haue you as my prisoner for I shall neuer haue ioy at my heart vntill I haue reuenged the death of my Sister your Wife Then King Garyn sayd King of Nauarre of the courtesie and bountie that you shewe vnto me I thanke you and as for the Watch-man I doe pardon him all mine ill will whereas you say that you will come so néere my Citie to winne it when that commeth by the grace of God and by the helpe of my true Subiects I shall doe the best I can to defend my selfe and my Citie Then the King of Nauarre yssued out of the Church and leapt vpon his horse and road to the gate and taried there vntill all his men were cleane auoided out of the Citie to the entent that neither Prisoners nor goods should be caried out of the Citie whereof his men were angrie and especially they that were poore the other cared not greatly because the two Kinges had béene so long fréendes together wherefore the warre displeased them and they were
Castle had great maruaile who it should bee that they would hang vp there and when the minstrell was aboue on the ladder hee turned him towards the Castle and cryed with an high voyce Ah Huon how will ye suffer me here to die yet remember the goodnes that I haue done to you and the courtesie that I did when yee came all naked I gaue you then cloathing and meate and drinke and I abandoned to you all that I had ill it hath béen employed without ye reward mée better When Huon heard the Minstrell hée knew wel that it was Mouflet who had béen his maister then hée said to his company Sirs I require you arme you quickely for the Paynims héere without haue reared vp a gybet whereon they will hang a Minstrell who hath done me great pleasure I would be right sorie if he should haue any ill Then Gerames and al his companions made them ready and issued out of the Castle with Huon by a secret posterne so that they that were about the gibet were not aware of of them till Huon and his companie was among them Huon ranne at him that should haue hanged the minstrell and strake him with his speare cleane through and so hee fell downe dead and then Huon tooke downe the Minstrell and made him to flie away to the posterne and his violl about his necke he that had séene him flie away could not haue kept himselfe from laughing for he ranne so fast that he séemed to bee no old man but rather of the age of thirtie yéere and Huon and Gerames and his companie slew and beate downe all the thirtie Paynimes so that none escaped the death When King Iuoryn and Galaffer perceiued that there was much adoe about the gibet they sayd Sirs the Frenchmen are come out of the Castle goe and looke that ye doe so much that none of thē enter againe Then Paynims on euerie part issued out of their lodgings and ranne thither hée that best might without kéeping of any good order Huon and Gerames when they saw them comming they made semblance to returne to the citie a soft pace and the Paynims came after them crying and howling like dogges and when they approched néere Huon sodainely turned and with his speare he met so the first that he ranne him cleane through the body with his speare so that he fell downe dead and Gerames and his companie strake so among the paynims that the place ranne like a riuer of bloud of the dead Paynims Huon strake with his sword with both his hands hée strake none with a full stroke but that he claue the head to the téeth but finally the force of the paynims was so great that at length they could not abide it Then Huon who was expert in déedes of armes perceiued that it was time to depart he called his men together and went toward the posterne the which with much payne they got in thereat and so they entred in al xiii companions but yet they were so hasted and pursued that Garyn of Saint Omer abode without and defended himselfe valiantly but at last he was slaine by the Paynims then Huon was right sorrowfull when hee saw that Garyn was not entered into the Castle and pitiously complayned for him and sayd A déere cousin who for the loue of mee haue left your wife and children and land and signories I am sory of your death Sir quoth Gerames leaue your sorrow and thinke to make good chéere and to kéepe well our fortres our Lord God hath alwayes ayded you and shall doe through his grace go we vp and make good chéere for with this sorrow wee can winne nothing Then when they came into the Pallace they met with Escleremond and when Huon saw her hee sayd My faire Loue this day haue I lost one of my good friends whereof I am sorrowfull Sir quoth she I am sorie thereof but that thing that cannot be recouered must be left wee be all made to die God will haue mercy on his soule with such like worde Escleremond and Gerames appeased Huon and when they were in the hall they vnarmed them and went to dinner and afterwardes they looked out at the windowes to sée the countenance of the Paynims then Gerames sayd to the Minstrell Mouflet my friend I pray thée take thy violl and giue vs a song to make vs merrie then the Minstrell tooke his Instrument and gaue them a most sweete song the which was so melodious for to heare that they all beleeued that they had beene in Paradice and they all made excéeding great ioy with such a cheerefull noyse that the Paynims that were without did heare it and sayd among themselues Ah these French-men are people to be feared and doubted and they were right sorrowfull for the men that they had loste by the prowesse of these Fourtéene persons Chap. LX. ¶ How the good Prouost Guyer Brother to Gerames arriued at the Port of Anfalerne WHen that King Iuoryn sawe and knewe the great losse that hée had receiued hee was right sorrowfull and then the Admirall Galaffer said Sir for the honour of Mahound bee not so sore troubled for a thing the which you shall well atchieue and bring to an end you knowe well these French-men are as a bird being in a Cage for they cannot escape neither by land nor by water and they are without hope of any rescue to day they were Fourtéene and now they be but Thirteene you are lodged in a good Towne and haue the féelds and the Sea at your pleasure it is not possible for them to escape they haue neither Shippe nor Galley to flye in Therefore Sir appease your selfe suffer them to waste their victuals By these woordes somewhat King Iuoryn was appeased and the French-men in the Castle deuised together and Huon sayd vnto Gerames Fréend you sée well wée be héere inclosed and wee can neither depart by Land nor by Sea nor wee looke for no succour of any man liuing and héere before vs are lodged Paynims who haue sworne our deaths Sir quoth Gerames true it is but I hope in our Lord God that he will send vs some good aduenture and if it please you let vs two go downe and sport vs by the water side néere to the Port vntill night come I am content quoth Huon wee may goe thether and not bee séene by the Paynims for thether might come Shippe or Galley without daunger of the Towne thether they went and when it was néere hand night Huon looked into the Sea and saw a Ship comming thether-ward Then Huon sayd vnto Gerames Fréend behold yonder commeth a Ship with full sayle they will arriue at this Port they be Christian men I sée well by the tokens that the Ship doth beare for vppon the Mast I sée a red crosse Sir quoth Gerames by all that I can sée the shippe is of Fraunce and therefore as I haue said to you before God will send vs some good aduenture
the great Church of Saint Peter where his obsequy was done solemnly and layd in his Tombe the which was ordained for him as it appertained his Sonne in lawe and his Daughter mourned according to the custome then vsed and then after Eight daies were passed all the noble Lords of the Countrey came to the Court and crowned Ide Emperour and Oliue his Wife Empresse great ioy and feasting was made at their Coronation And when Oliue the Empresse approached her time she was deliuered of a faire Sonne and when hée was christened he was named Croissant that is to say growing because the Moone the same time was increasing Of the chéere that Ide and his Lordes made at the birth of his Child néede not to bee rehearsed for you may well thinke it was as great as euer was any before Then the time came that the Empresse was churched whereof great ioye was made this Child was well nourished and two notable Ladies had the kéeping of him vntill he was Seauen yéeres of age then a noble Knight and an ancient was sette about him and a wise and a great Clarke to teach him cunning for commonly it is sayd that a King without learning or cunning is compared to an Asse crowned Often times the Father and the Mother would visit their Child he was kept to Schoole vntill he was Fiftéene yéeres of age he was so good a Clarke that there was none in the Citie of Rome but that hee could well dispute with him and assoile his questions of his beautie greatnesse force humilitie good vertues wherewith he was indued if I should describe them it would be ouer-long to rehearse whereof Ide and his Mother Oliue had such ioy that they wist not what to doe but alonely to thanke God of his grace for their Child grew so in bignes strength that euerie man was thereof abashed in such wise that at that time there could not be found in the Citie of Rome of his age none so great nor so hye of stature whereof his Father and his Mother and all the noble Lordes and Knightes were right ioyfull Chap. CLXXI. ¶ How King Florence sent two Knights to Rome to the Emperour his Sonne desiring him to come and see him and leaue the Empire of Rome to his Sonne Croissant and to set noble men about him to guide him And also to bringe with him the Empresse the faire Oliue THe Emperour and the Empresse séeing their Sonne to grow and amend euerie day in all good workes they thanked God praying him to giue him the grace from better to better to perseuer so it fell that vppon a Whitsunday the Emperour and the Empresse held estate Royall at their Pallaice for the solemnitie of that day there was many Kinges Dukes Earles Barons Duchesses and Ladies and whiles they were in the middest of their dinners there arriued Two notable ancient Knightes and when they were entred into the Pallaice they came before the Emperor and kneeled downe and sayd God that created vs saue and kéepe the noble King Florence of Aragon and of Nauarre and Duke of Bourdeaux and the same God saue the right noble and excellent Emperour of Rome his déere Sonne and his faire Daughter the Empresse Oliue When the Emperor I de heard speaking of his Father hee was fearefull in his heart because of the shamefull thing not faileable the which hee would haue done against him right intentiuely he beheld the two Knights and demaunded how the King his Father did euer since he departed from him Then one of the Knightes answeared and sayd Right déere Sir if the dolour displeasure and the great rage wherein your Father was for your departing if I should shew it too long it would be to rehearse but shortly I shal shew you the substance of the matter The same Morning after your departing tidings was brought to the King your Father how that the King of Nauarre your Vncle was come to sée him then your Father went and met him and brought him into the City of Courtoys with great ioy and mirth and they alighted at the Pallaice and there tidings was brought to the King your Father how you were fled away whereby such sorrow dolour displeasure tooke him at the heart that there was none that durst looke him in the face for he looked like a spirit because of the foolish loue that he had on you and he ran about in the Pallaice like a desperate man so that for feare of him there was neither Ladie nor Damsell that durst abide him for the great furie displeasure that he was in so that by reason of his great yre he fell into a gréeuous maladie wherein hee thought that he should haue died and so was confessed and made ready to receiue the holy Ghost Then the King of Nauarre and Sorbar and diuers other Princes came to visit him and desired him to put the folly out of his mind and to crie to God for mercie many notable Docttors were there and they shewed him many good reasons and examples and sayd without he would leaue and forsake his folly he should be condemned bodie and soule When the King your Father sawe himselfe in that doubt knowing that hee had done ill to cause you to flye away that no tidings could be heard of you such a contrition and repentaunce tooke him that great aboundance of drops fell from his eyes in such sort that all his face was wet and he had such dolour and gréefe in himselfe that euerie man that saw him wept for pittie and the King of Nauarre had so great pittie of him that he was so sorrowfull that a gréeuous sicknesse tooke him so that the Fourth day he died whereof the Kinge your Father was right sorrowfull At last his sickenesse determined hee was recouered and in good health a certaine space but by reason of the dolour that he had for you could not be ceased but he fell againe sore sicke and so he continueth and hath no power to ayd and reléeue himselfe but he eateth and drinketh inough And after nowe of late it hath béene shewed him all your life and how by the grace of God it is fallen to you whereby such ioy is come to his heart that there was neuer so much ioy in no mans heart and yet he sayth that hee shall neuer haue perfect ioy at his heart vntill hee may sée you and therefore hee hath sent vs hether to you and he desireth and commandeth asmuch as the Father can commaund his Child that both you and the Empresse your wife should leaue this your countrey in the guiding of your Sonne and to leaue notable persons about him to kéepe and conduct him for it shall be to you more profitable and better to vse your life in peace in the Realmes of Aragon and Nauarre with the Duchy of Bourdeaux the which to you appertaineth by iust inheritance and he hath giuen vs in charge not to depart