Pride and Humility.Onthe marriage of Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, with Mary the sister of King HenryVIII.and widow of LouisXII.of France, he appeared at the tournament given in honour of his bride, with an ingenious device, delicately alluding to the event which had brought him within the pale of royalty. To the trappings of his horse, which were one half of cloth of gold, and the other of cloth of freize, was appended the following motto.Cloth of gold, do not despise,Though thou art match’d with cloth of freize;Cloth of freize, be not too bold,Though thou art match’d with cloth of gold.
Pride and Humility.Onthe marriage of Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, with Mary the sister of King HenryVIII.and widow of LouisXII.of France, he appeared at the tournament given in honour of his bride, with an ingenious device, delicately alluding to the event which had brought him within the pale of royalty. To the trappings of his horse, which were one half of cloth of gold, and the other of cloth of freize, was appended the following motto.Cloth of gold, do not despise,Though thou art match’d with cloth of freize;Cloth of freize, be not too bold,Though thou art match’d with cloth of gold.
Onthe marriage of Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, with Mary the sister of King HenryVIII.and widow of LouisXII.of France, he appeared at the tournament given in honour of his bride, with an ingenious device, delicately alluding to the event which had brought him within the pale of royalty. To the trappings of his horse, which were one half of cloth of gold, and the other of cloth of freize, was appended the following motto.
Cloth of gold, do not despise,Though thou art match’d with cloth of freize;Cloth of freize, be not too bold,Though thou art match’d with cloth of gold.
Cloth of gold, do not despise,Though thou art match’d with cloth of freize;Cloth of freize, be not too bold,Though thou art match’d with cloth of gold.
Cloth of gold, do not despise,Though thou art match’d with cloth of freize;Cloth of freize, be not too bold,Though thou art match’d with cloth of gold.
Cloth of gold, do not despise,
Though thou art match’d with cloth of freize;
Cloth of freize, be not too bold,
Though thou art match’d with cloth of gold.