'* ' CHAP. Vl ÏHÉ'IEMPEROR WINCESLAUS SENDS HIS SISTER A*INE TO KING RICHARD OF ENGLAND* WHO MAKES HER HIS QUEEN; "\/T)Û have heard how king Richard of Éng* land had' for uptvards of a ' year been iii treaty with Wirtceflaufc king of Bohemia, who at this period had taken the title of emperor of Rome^ to obtain his lifter thé lady Arine iii mar-riage ; and. how one of his knights, lir Simon Burnleyj had much laboured in this bufinefs ; and alfo that the duke of .Saxony had been iii England to confirm the marriage. This affair had been fo well conducted that the • (emperor fent his lifter to England, attended by the duke of Saxony arid great numbers of knightà land damfels, with a fuitable *ftatfe becoming fuch a lady. They came through Brabant té BruiTels, where the duke and diichefs received the young queen and her company very grandly ; ipr the duke was her uncle, flie being the daugh«* tex of the emperor Charles his brother. The lady Anne of Bohemia remained with her uncle and aunt at Briiflels upwards of a month. She was afraid of moving, for (he had been informed there were twelve large armed veffels, full of Nor-mans, on the fea between Calais and Holland, that feized and pillaged all that fell into their hands, and it was* indifferent to them who they were. The report was current, that they cruiz-ed