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Major, Charles, 1856-1913

"When Knighthood Was in Flower or, the Love Story of Charles Brandon and Mary Tudor the King's Sister, and Happening in the Reign of His August Majesty King Henry the Eighth"

tonne was dryuen a shore before Sangate and
there brase & of VI C. men scantely escaped iiiC and yet the most
part of them were hurt with the wrecke. When the wether was fayre,
then al her wardrobe, stable, and riches was shipped, and such as
were appoyncted to geue their attendaunce on her as the duke of
Norfolke, the Marques of Dorset, the Bysshop of Durham, the Earle
of Surrey, the lorde Delawar, sir Thomas Bulleyn and many other
knights, Squyers, getlemen & ladies, al these went to shippe and
the sayde ladye toke her leaue of the quene in the castell of
Douer, and the king brought her to the sea syde, and kissed her,
and betoke her to GOD and the fortune of the see and to the
gouernaunce of the French king her husband. Thus at the hower of
foure of the clock in the morenynge thys fayre ladye toke her
shippe with al her noble compaignie: and when they had sayled a
quarter of the see, the wynde rose and seuered some of the shippes
to Cayles, and some in Flaunders and her shippe with greate
difficultie to Bulleyn, and with greate ieopardy at the entrying
of the hauen, for the master ran the shippe hard on shore, but the
botes were redy and receyued this noble ladye, and at the landyng
Sir Christopher Garnysha stode in the water and toke her in his
armes, and so caryed her to land, where the Duke of Vandosme and a
Cardynall with many estates receyued her, and her ladies, and
welcommed all the noble men into the countrey, and so the quene
and all her trayne came to Bulleyn and ther rested, and from
thence she remoued by dyuerse lodgynges tyll she came all most
within iii miles of Abuyle besyde the forrest of Arders, and ther
kynge Loyes vppon a greate courser met her, (which he so longe
desired) but she toke her way righte on, not stopping to conurse.


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