4.两位国王在马背上相互拥抱致意，这样做是为了体现相互间名分上的平等。法国国王弗朗西斯是一个标准的美男子，一脸自然黝黑的肌肤，一双明亮灵动的眼睛，鲜红的嘴唇。寒暄之后，他开口说道：“仁兄如此远道而来，寄望晤兄一面可真不容易。我真诚希望，你我二人若能平等互敬互爱，自然彼此共赢。我的疆域财产也显示了我的权力，我等大有可为。”
5.为了礼貌而妥当地回敬他，亨利国王略作思忖，答道：“我所关心的既不是您的疆域，也不是您权力的其他象征，而是您是否坚守承诺，是否对你我二人达成的协议条款的忠贞不渝。我从未对一个王室显贵如此倾注感情，同时也蒙您眷顾，此次走出国门专程渡海远行，也是为了能亲炙吾兄。”
6.二人于是下马来，手挽手走进帐篷，感觉好像相互仰慕，是非常亲密的朋友。他们在此享用了非常丰盛的晚餐，有各类珍馐佳肴，加之美酒飘香，陶醉得不亦乐乎。
7.接下来的几天便是骑士比武，两位王后坐在王座之上，优雅地看着他们的丈夫在比赛中各自取得头筹。这样的虚伪表演一共持续了六天，两位国王把所有对手都打下马来，赢得了比赛。我们可别立即淳朴地以为，国王就一定比他们的对手更a 金缕之地位于吉尼斯加阿德雷斯之间，加来南方的两座小镇。
厉害，因为当时大家都明白一种向国王表忠心的谄媚方式，就是在交战时假装从马上滑落，跌倒在地，以显示国王的枪法又准又狠，根本无法抵挡，完全天下无敌。
8.其中两天比赛对枪，两天在马上比赛大刀，另外两天比赛徒步搏斗。傍晚则比赛投球或者举行化装舞会，舞会上两国的人分别用山楂和覆盆子区别身份，这在当时是十分流行的装扮方式。
9.这场隆重会面的活动持续了整整两个星期，双方各自都花费了不少银子。不过并没有给两国的人民带来什么好处，当然珠宝商和裁缝们可是发了大财，因为他们要给贵宾们提供名贵珠宝与华丽服饰，让这场会面有了一个名垂千秋的名字--金缕地之会。
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THE RISE AND FALL OF WOLSEY
沃尔西的起伏人生
arrangements，plans.
delighted，greatly pleased.disappointed，foiled；not successful.discussion，talk；argument.
dismissed，sent away；turned out of office.
divorce，legal separation.haughty，proud.humbled，brought low.
neglecting，not attending to.
pronounced，spoken.
relenting，softening；showing pity.
relish，like.required，needed.splendour，grandcur.swooning，fainting.
1.After some years spent as a schoolmaster and a clergyman at Oxford and elsewhere，Thomas Wolsey worked himself into the favour of Henry the Seventh by showing uncommon talent in business of the State.One proof of his energy especially pleased Henry.The arrangements for a proposed marriage between the King and a foreign Princess required a man of clear head and ready tongue to go to Flanders.One Sunday evening Wolsey was told to go.Next Thursday morning he entered the bedroom of the King，who began to speak to him very harshly for neglecting his commands；but Wolsey handed His Grace letters which proved that he had been over the sea and back in this wonderfully short time.
2.Thus he pleased the father.The son，who afterwards became Henry the Eighth，was delighted on another way with the clever churchman，who danced and sang at the court revels，and who yet could be very grave when he saw that the young King was in a mood for quiet discussion.
3.So he won his way step by step，until he was made English Legatebythe Pope；and then he showed the splendour of his tastes and the pride of his heart.His train numbered 800；his dress was of bright red，as was fitting for a Cardinal to wear；and he caused his hat to be carried before him on a cushion，as he walked or rode in state through the streets.
a English Legate.-Representative at the English Court；ambassador.
4.The thing he desired most was to be made Pope；and to gain this great object he tried to secure the friendship of Charles the Fifth，Emperor of Germany.But in this aim he was twice disappointed.And not long after these hopes were blighted，things began to happen which ended in his fall.
5.The very year in which he came to the throne，Henry the Eighth married a Spanish Princess，who had formerly been the wife of his brother.Her nameawas Catherine of Aragon，and she was the aunt of the Emperor Charles.
Now，at the end of eighteen years，Henry wished to separate from her and to marry Anne Boleyn：so he employed Wolsey to manage a divorce from Queen Catherine.The Pope was not willing to grant the divorce，and Henry was very impatient to have it.
6.There was a great trial in the hall of the Blackfriars‘Monastery in London，bwhere Wolsey and an Italian Cardinaltook their seats to hear the case.When
his name was called，Henry shouted “Here，”in his gruff voice；but Catherine refused to speak when her name was pronounced.
7.Instead of answering，she went over to the place where the King was sitting，and knelt before him.And in that humble attitude she spoke for a long time，earnestly striving to melt her cruel husband’s heart with meek and pitiful words.When he gave no sign of sorrow or relenting，she rose and walked proudly out of the room，and never returned to meet that court again.The Pope，by means of his Envoy to England，managed to put off a decision of the case，until Henry grew furious at the delay，of which he laid all the blame on Wolsey.
8.The King then dismissed the haughty priest from the Court；and all the servants and officials who had been in the habit of bowing low before the Lord Cardinal of York，when the sun was shining on him，now，when a dark cloud was gathering over his head，began to treat him with all kinds ofdisrespect.
DISMISSAL OF WOLSEY.
a Catherine of Aragon.-Second daughter of Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castile.Their elder daughter，Joanna，married Philip of Austria，and Charles was their son.He became Charles I.of Spain in 1516，on the death of his grandfather Ferdinand；and he became Emperor of Germany in 1519，on the death of his grandfather Maximilian of Austria.
b Italian Cardinal.-Campeggio was his name.He was sent to London by the Pope to take part in the trial.
9.He was charged with having broken the English laws，in exercising his power as Legate of the Roman Pontiff；and he was so humbled by his misfortunes and his fears，that he gave up to the King his grand house calledaYork Place，with all its gorgeous furniture and its rich contents of gold andjewellery.Coming out of the lofty archway，he made his way to the river-side，rode up to Putney，and then took horse for Esher，d
a house which he owned
near Hampton Court.
10.As Wolsey was riding slowly and sorrowfully in the direction of Hampton Court，he saw a horseman spurring quickly after him.This turned out to be one of the royal chamberlains，whom Henry had，in a moment of pity，sent after him with some words of forgiveness and the present of a ring.Getting off his mule，Wolsey knelt，took off his cap，and thanked God for this comfort.Then he gave the welcome messenger，as a token of his thankfulness，a little chain of gold with a crucifix attached.