and if you, or any others, will return hither during the fitting of parliament, you fhall receive fuch anfwer as the three eftates of thfe kingdom fhall think proper to give/ The French knights hearing this, and feêhîg pro probability' of having any other anfwer, refftfed?— c In the name of God, we are fatisfiéd with' what you notf fay : write and feal your letters, and we will fet out on our return/ This being done, %they took leave pi the king;, and went to London to make preparations for tjbeir departure, f The king ordered all their expends to be paid, and had them conducted to Dover, where the bailiff had?pro-vided a veffel for them and their horfes j but they were detained at Dover five days waiting- for 9. wind. On the fixth it w|s favourable, and they landed at Boulogne. They.took their road through Amiens, and by fhort fays journey arrived at Paris, when they found the king and his lords, for it was Whitfuntide. They delivered their letters, which were, immediately read, but I believe no great reliance was put on them, and in a fhort time, _ they had other afiahrs of greater conference at home to attend to. • A a 4 ' CHAP. 359