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Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII
… if without any studied design, was not without advantage. Cloth of gold and tissue, new year's gifts, Christmas … to the King. They found him standing under a canopy of cloth of gold, leaning against his gilt throne, on which lay … of diamonds. Beneath the mantle he wore a pouch of cloth of gold, which covered a dagger; and his fingers were …
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII
… general of the finances, followed by the accountants, in cloth of silk and splendid furs; then 80 members of the court … trapped, accoutred and covered, both horse and man, with cloth of gold of various fashions and devices;a sight very … knights of the Order, armed, trapped, and accoutred with cloth of gold; amongst whom I recognized M. de Piennes, M. de …
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII
… in every form of tortuous device, on canvas, tapestry and cloth of gold. 12 Posies not less ingenious than intricate, … the ceremonies connected with the Emperor's landing; his cloth of estate, his black eagle "splayed in cloth of gold." The moderation, not to say meagreness, of his …
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII
… sent that day 40,000 florins and 10,000 florins' worth of cloth (as he told Wingfield), only for the want of a small … riches. Their arrayments ben small jackets of coarse light cloth, with bare legs and feet; and commonly they wear long … in one suit of fine green satin all over covered with cloth of gold, under-tied together with laces of gold, and …
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII
… Duke would at many times cause to be provided for him in cloth of gold and other silks to the value of three hundred … "Also of late, when the said Duke had given a doublet of cloth of silver to Sir Edward Neyvell, he rejoiced of it, and … body. The headsman wiped his axe; the attendants threw a cloth over the headless trunk, to conceal the blood which …
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII
… in a chair raised four steps from the ground, under a rich cloth of estate, with a pall of cloth of gold, and a cushion of the same under his feet." 8 … with fleurs-de-lis. Francis was dressed in a robe of cloth of silver, embroidered with flowers, and lined with …
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII
… trace it as far back as the interview at the Field of the Cloth of Gold. Fleuranges, who was present on that occasion, …
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII
… for the merchant strangers brought in all silks, cloth of gold, wine, oil, iron, and such other merchandize, …
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII
… be to eat your beef and mutton here, and wear your country cloth, while others are fighting for your liberty and … (Putney), where his father carried on the business of a cloth- shearer, 42 an employment in which he was certainly … his life (1522) he combined the employments of merchant, cloth-dyer, and scrivener; lending money at interest in the …