140) Whitsunday, the two sovereigns proceeded to Canterbury, where the Queen and Court had come on the way to France to spend their Pentecost.
Five days the Emperor remained with his aunt, whom he now saw for the first time; but the days were devoted to business rather than to elaborate ceremonial and show, for which there had been little time to prepare.[385] [Footnote 382: _L.

and P._, iii., 672; _cf._ iii., 742.] [Footnote 383: _Ibid._, iii., 681, 725.] [Footnote 384: _Ibid._, iii., 697.] On the last day of May Charles took ship at Sandwich for Flanders.
Henry embarked at Dover for France.

The painting at Hampton Court depicting the scene has, like almost every other picture of Henry's reign, been ascribed to Holbein; but six years were to pass before the great artist visited England.

The King himself is represented as being on board the four-masted _Henry Grace a Dieu_, commonly called the _Great Harry_, the finest ship afloat; though the vessel originally fitted out for his passage was the _Katherine Pleasaunce_.[386] At eleven o'clock he landed at Calais.

On Monday, the 4th of June, Henry and all his Court proceeded to Guisnes.