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Calendar of State Papers Relating to English Affairs in the Archives of Venice
… by the Pope, who gave to each of them a gown of cloth of gold and a chain; and on their departure they were … X. a hackney, which was very richly trapped in cloth of gold and silver. (Minio's Letter Book, Letter no. 76.) Don …
Calendar of State Papers Relating to English Affairs in the Archives of Venice
… were providing themselves with apparel of cloth of gold and of silk to attend these jousts, the proclamation of … were to follow. Nothing was thought of but cloth of gold and finery; so he had been unable to speak to the King, … ability, has presented, according to custom, the gold chain given to him by the King of England, which was …
Calendar of State Papers Relating to English Affairs in the Archives of Venice
… pillions, but empty; the pillions were all of cloth of gold, one of them being embroidered with fine pearls and … desk for two persons, in the English fashion, covered with gold brocade and furnished with two cushions to correspond. … then rose, and were conducted under a canopy of cloth of gold to the high altar, where in like manner a kneeling desk …
Calendar of State Papers Relating to English Affairs in the Archives of Venice
… noblemen and gentlemen, richly clad in silk, with massive gold chains. On approaching the Emperor's boat the Cardinal … which were hung with very costly tapestries and cloths of gold. A collation was then served. Returning to his lodgings, … were present in most pompous array, and with massive gold chains, forming as fine a sight as could possibly be …
Calendar of State Papers Relating to English Affairs in the Archives of Venice
… On this stage was a high chair with its canopy of cloth of gold. In this chair Cardinal Wolsey seated himself, having on …
Calendar of State Papers Relating to English Affairs in the Archives of Venice
… A ship has arrived at Seville from the Indies with 40,000 gold pieces; the vessel comes from a land more to the …
Calendar of State Papers Relating to English Affairs in the Archives of Venice
… the Kings of France and England [Field of the Cloth of Gold, 1520], which was attended by the Cardinal; and when the …
Calendar of State Papers Relating to English Affairs in the Archives of Venice
… Majesty's sons, by giving the Emperor two millions of gold in two instalments. [Cognac], 7th May. Registered by … the church being most sumptuously hung with cloth of gold and silk, a mass was sung by the Cardinal of Lorraine, … ( zipon), which he showed to him (Rosso), of cloth of gold, on which were 28 diamonds, a very handsome ruby, and …
Calendar of State Papers Relating to English Affairs in the Archives of Venice
… was a large and varied assortment of vases, all of massive gold, the value of which it would be difficult to estimate, … The floor was covered with cloth of silk embroidered with gold lilies. The ceiling, which was well nigh flat, was all … five feet and a half [English measure], all gilt with fine gold, the inside of the arch being decorated with a number of …
Calendar of State Papers Relating to English Affairs in the Archives of Venice
… carried by 110 Capigi. They consisted of gowns of cloth of gold, and many of silk of various colours, of very beautiful …