Note 386 — BOOK II.
Reading edition
This will remind the reader of the livery and device of Charles Brandon, a private gentleman, who married the Queen Dowager of France, sister of Henry VIII. At a tournament which he held at his wedding, the trappings of his horse were half Cloth of gold, and half Frieze, with the following Motto:—
"Cloth of Gold, do not despise, Tho' thou art matcht with Cloth of Frize, Cloth of Frize, be not too bold, Tho' thou art matcht with Cloth of Gold."
See Sir W. Temple's Misc. vol. iii. p. 356.