signatories of the treaty concluded with Henry VIII. of
England, after the-battle of Pavia in 1525. We know that
Louise, as Regent of France, at that time sent John Brinon
and John Joachim de Passano as ambassadors to England, and
possibly William de Montmorency accompanied them, since
Desormeaux expressly states that he guaranteed the loyal
observance of the treaty then negotiated. William was the
father of Anne, the famous Constable of France, and died May
24, 1531. "Geburon," in the dialogue following the above
tale, mentions that he had well known the Montmorency
referred to, and speaks of him as of a person dead and gone.
It is therefore scarcely likely that Queen Margaret alludes
to Francis de Montmorency, Lord of La Rochepot, who was only
sent on a mission to England in 1546, and survived her by
many years.--L. and Ed.

One day, at a banquet that the King gave to him, he was seated beside a
lord (2) of high lineage, who had on his doublet a little glove, such
as women wear, fastened with hooks of gold and so adorned upon the
finger-seams with diamonds, rubies, emeralds and pearls, that it was
indeed a glove of great price.

2 The French word is _Millor (Milord)_ and this is probably
one of the earliest instances of its employment to designate
a member of the English aristocracy. In such of the _Cent
Nouvelles Nouvelles_ in which English nobles figure, the
latter are invariably called _seigneurs_ or _chevaliers_,
and addressed as _Monseigneur_, Later on, when Brantôme
wrote, the term _un milord anglais_ had become quite common,
and he frequently makes use of it in his various works.