chin his face groweth small. His pace is princely,
and gait so straight and upright as he loseth no inch of his height;
with a yellow head and a yellow beard; and thus to conclude, he is so
well proportioned of body, arm, leg, and every other limb to the same,
as nature cannot work a more perfect pattern, and, as I have learned,
of the age of 28 years. His majesty I judge to be of a stout stomach,
pregnant-witted, and of most gentle nature."[337]

[Footnote 337: John Elder to the Bishop of
Caithness: _Queen Jane and Queen Mary_, appendix
10. Elder adds that his stature was about that of a
certain "John Hume, my Lord of Jedward's kinsman,"
which does not help our information. Philip,
however, was short.]

Sir Anthony Brown approached, leading a horse with a saddlecloth of
crimson velvet, embroidered with gold and pearls. He presented the
steed, with a Latin speech, signifying that he was his highness's
Master of the Horse; and Philip, mounting, went direct to Southampton
church, the English and Spanish noblemen attending bareheaded, to
offer thanks for his safe arrival. From the church he was conducted to
a house which had been furnished from the royal stores for his
reception. Everything was, of course, magnificent. Only there had been
one single oversight. Wrought upon the damask hangings, in conspicuous
letters, were observed the ominous words, "Henry, by the Grace of God,
King of England, France, and Ireland, and Supreme Head of the Church
of England."[338]

[Footnote 338: Baoardo.]

Here the prince was to remain till Monday to recover from his voyage;
perhaps to ascertain, before he left the neighbourhood of his own
fleet, the humour of the barbarians among whom he had arrived. In
Latin (he was unable to speak French) he addressed the lords on the
causes which had brought him to England, the chief among those causes
being the manifest will of God, to which he felt himself bound to
submit. It was noticed that he never lifted his cap in speaking to any
one,[339] but he evidently endeavoured to be courteous. With a stomach
unrecovered from the sea, and disdaining precautions, he sate down on
the night of his arrival to a public English supper; he even drained a
tankard of ale, as an example, he said, to his Spanish companions.[340]
The first evening passed off well, and he {p.142} re