The following week was devoted to tourneys, which the two Kings opened by holding the field against all comers.

The official accounts are naturally silent on the royal wrestling match, recorded in French (p.

142) memoirs and histories.[391] On the 17th Francis, as a final effort to win Henry's alliance, paid a surprise visit to him at breakfast with only four attendants.

The jousts were concluded with a solemn mass said by Wolsey in a chapel built on the field.

The Cardinal of Bourbon presented the Gospel to Francis to kiss; he refused, offering it to Henry who was too polite to accept the honour.