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174 HENRY VIII. AND WOLSEY
occasions, and expressed the greatest satisfaction
when he heard that Francesco Gonzaga was training
some more for his use. His Highness also set great
store on a musician from Brescia, who had been
sent to his court with a recommendation from the
Marquis, and was desired by the King to wait on
His Excellency, when he returned to Italy, and take
him Henry’s cordial salutations. Both the King
and his brother-in-law, the Duke of Suffolk, sent
the Marchesa word how gladly they would wel-
come a visit from one of her sons, and Cardinal
Wolsey told Chiericati that, if it pleased Her Excel-
lency to send Federico, or either of his brothers, to
England, he would be a father and protector to the
young prince. In June 1517, Count Jacques de
Luxembourg, accompanied by several Spanish cour-
tiers and prelates, arrived in London on an embassy
from Charles V., to invite Henry to join in a new
league with him and the Emperor. The nuncio
was present at the magnificent reception given to
these envoys by the King, who wore a sumptuous
robe of cloth of gold, in the Hungarian style, while
his nobles were all clad in gold brocade, and wore
the finest chains and collars which Chiericati had
ever seen. A week of festivities followed ; banquets
were given by the Cardinal and Lord Mayor, and
one day the King invited the ambassadors and the
nuncio to dine privately with him in the Queen’s
rooms. “ This, I am told, is a very unusual thing,” re-
marks the writer. “ The King himself sang and played
all kinds of different instruments with rare talent, and
then danced, and made the Count dance, and gave
him a fine horse with rich trappings, and a vest of
gold brocade trimmed with sables, worth 700 ducats.”
occasions, and expressed the greatest satisfaction
when he heard that Francesco Gonzaga was training
some more for his use. His Highness also set great
store on a musician from Brescia, who had been
sent to his court with a recommendation from the
Marquis, and was desired by the King to wait on
His Excellency, when he returned to Italy, and take
him Henry’s cordial salutations. Both the King
and his brother-in-law, the Duke of Suffolk, sent
the Marchesa word how gladly they would wel-
come a visit from one of her sons, and Cardinal
Wolsey told Chiericati that, if it pleased Her Excel-
lency to send Federico, or either of his brothers, to
England, he would be a father and protector to the
young prince. In June 1517, Count Jacques de
Luxembourg, accompanied by several Spanish cour-
tiers and prelates, arrived in London on an embassy
from Charles V., to invite Henry to join in a new
league with him and the Emperor. The nuncio
was present at the magnificent reception given to
these envoys by the King, who wore a sumptuous
robe of cloth of gold, in the Hungarian style, while
his nobles were all clad in gold brocade, and wore
the finest chains and collars which Chiericati had
ever seen. A week of festivities followed ; banquets
were given by the Cardinal and Lord Mayor, and
one day the King invited the ambassadors and the
nuncio to dine privately with him in the Queen’s
rooms. “ This, I am told, is a very unusual thing,” re-
marks the writer. “ The King himself sang and played
all kinds of different instruments with rare talent, and
then danced, and made the Count dance, and gave
him a fine horse with rich trappings, and a vest of
gold brocade trimmed with sables, worth 700 ducats.”