. A mediaeval Princess; being a true record of the changing fortunes which brought divers titles to Jacqueline, countess of Holland, together with an account of her conflict with Philip, duke of Burgundy ( 1401-1436). que No. 831. OEuvres de Froissart, ed. Aug. Scheler, Bruxelles,1870, i., p. XV. 3o6 a nDebiaeval princees Nulle si belle dit Warigny. Cest bien raison dit JacqueSans plus vous belle Gloucestre. At the bottom of this page is a heartcomposed of two hearts. This last seemsto be of a later date. Froissart has left his own statement inregard to the contents of this little collectionof
. A mediaeval Princess; being a true record of the changing fortunes which brought divers titles to Jacqueline, countess of Holland, together with an account of her conflict with Philip, duke of Burgundy ( 1401-1436). que No. 831. OEuvres de Froissart, ed. Aug. Scheler, Bruxelles,1870, i., p. XV. 3o6 a nDebiaeval princees Nulle si belle dit Warigny. Cest bien raison dit JacqueSans plus vous belle Gloucestre. At the bottom of this page is a heartcomposed of two hearts. This last seemsto be of a later date. Froissart has left his own statement inregard to the contents of this little collectionof his verses.^ When he mentions his de-sire to revisit England in 1395, he adds:And I had engrosed in a fay re boke wellenlumyned, all the matters of amours andmoralytees that in four and twentie yeresbefore I hadde made and compyled, whichegreatly quickened my desyre to go into Englande to se king Rycharde . Also I hadde this said fayre boke well cov-ered with velvet garnysshed with elapsesof sylver and gylte, therof to make a pre-sent to the kynge at my fyrst commyngeto his presence. The project was carried out, and Froissartcrossed the sea armed with letters from ^Froissart, vi., pp. 130, 147. X ^ I •J , a. 6p ^0I ^--- ^-L. ^ ZTbe %n^^ anb tbe %nnt> 307 Counts Albert and William to recommendhim to King Richard, whom the poet hadonly seen on the day when he was carriedto the font. The court was at the traveller journeyed, was ad-mitted to the royal presence, and deliveredup his letters, but Richard was so busy that**on that day I shewed not the kynge theboke that I hadde brought for hym. Many days elapsed before the momentseemed ripe for presentation of the cherishedgift. It was at Eltham that lorde ThomasPercy and syr Rycharde Sury shewed mybusynesse to the kynge. Then the kyngedesired to se my book that I had broughtfor hym; so he sawe it in his chambre, for Ihad layde it there redy on his the kynge opened it, it pleasedhym well for it was fay
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