The day following she entered Paris with great pomp, and the
morrow after, the justs begun, of which the king and queen
were both spectators, the king being yet so weak that he lay
on a couch. These justs continued three days, in which three
hundred and five men-at-arms were answered by the defend-
ants, among which some were so hurt that they died not long
after. At Random and Toumay, the Duke of Suffolk hurt a
gentleman very dangerously, and the Marquis of Dorset did
no less. Then the duke overthrew a man, both horse and
arms, and so did the marquis. Francis, at last being hurt,
desires the duke and marquis to fight at barriers, who there-
fore took the first place against all comers. In the meanwhile,
Francis, intending an affront, as was thought, to the duke,
causeth a German, the strongest person in all the court, to be
armed secretly, and present himself at the barriers ; they both



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