el throng."

It was so difficult to decide as to the requisite etiquette of escort,
that the emperor and duke agreed to separate on the fairly neutral
ground of the market-place. Each proceeded with his own suite to his
lodgings, Frederic to the archbishop's palace, and Charles to
the abbey of St. Maximin, which had conferred on him, some years
previously, the honorary title of "Protector." His army was quartered
within and without the city. Two days for repose and then the first
official interview took place, which is described as follows, by an
unknown correspondent, evidently in the ducal suite:[4]

"Yesterday, which was Sunday, Monseigneur waited upon the emperor
and escorted him to his own lodging which is in the abbey of St.
Maximin. My said lord was clad in ducal array except for his hat.
The emperor wore a rich robe of cloth of gold of cramoisy, and his
son was in a robe of green damask. As to their people, both suites
were very brave, jewelry and cloth of gold being as common as
satin or taffeta. Monseigneur received the emperor in a little
chamber decorated with hangings from Holland that many recognised.

"The emperor made the Bishop of Mayence his mouthpiece to describe
the stress of Christianity and to urge Charles to lend his
assistance. Having listened to this address, Monseigneur requested
the emperor to please come into a larger place where more people
could hear his answer. Accordingly they entered a hall decorated
with the tapestry of Alexander, while the very ceiling was covered
with cloth of gold. There was a dais whereon stood a double row of
seats. Benches and steps were spread over with tapestry wrought
with my lord's arms. Thither came the emperor and mounted the dais
with difficulty.... Mons., the chancellor, clad in velvet over
velvet cramoisy, first pronounced a discourse in beautiful Latin
as a response to what had been said by the seigneur of Mayence.
Then, showing how the affairs of my said lord were affected by
the king, he began with an account of the king's reception by
Monseigneur, whom God absolve [evidently the late duke], in his
own residence, and he continued down to the present day, dilating
upon the great benefits, services, and honour by him [Louis]
received in the domains of Burgundy, and the extortions he had
made since and desires to make. Never a word was forgotten,