Note 164 — THE PROLOGUE. (continued 3)
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During the visit of the Emperor Charles V. to Henry VIII. “on Monday at nine of the clocke at night, was begun a banquet, which endured till the next morning at three of the clocke, at the which banquet the emperor, the king, and the Queene did wash together, the Duke of Buckingham giving the water, the Duke of Suffolke holding the towel. Next them did washe the Lord Cardinall, the Queene of Fraunce, and the Queene of Arragon. At which banquet the emperor kept the estate, the king sitting on the left hand, next him the French Queene; and on the other side sate the Queene, the Cardinall, and the Queene of Aragon; which banquet was served by the emperor’s owne servants.” Stowe’s Annals, p. 510. edit. 1615. W.