. 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) . ■^-, I 4. r X il Zbc Xa&i? anb tbe *!Lan^ 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 1 shewed not the kynge theboke that 1 hadde
. 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) . ■^-, I 4. r X il Zbc Xa&i? anb tbe *!Lan^ 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 1 shewed not the kynge theboke that 1 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 fayre enlumined andwritten, and covered with crymson velvetwith ten botons of sylver and gylte, androses of gold in the myddes, with two greatclaspses gylte, rychely wrought. Then thekyng demaunded me whereof it treated,
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