into any engagement.  Charles V. being forced by contrary winds to touch at the Island of Sainte-Marie, made a proposal to Francis I. for an interview at Aigues Mortes; Francis repaired thither on the 14th of July, 1538, and went, the very same day, in a small galley, to pay a visit to the emperor, who stepped eagerly forward, and held out a hand to him to help him on to the other vessel.  Next day, the 15th of July, Charles V., embarking on board one of the king’s frigates, went and returned the visit at Aigues-Mortes, where Francis, with his whole court, was awaiting him; after disembarkation at the port they embraced; and Queen Eleanor, glad to see them together, “embraced them both,” says an eyewitness, “a round the waist.”  They entered the town amidst the roar of artillery and the cheers of the multitude, shouting, “Hurrah! for the emperor and the king!” The dauphin, Henry, and his brother Charles, Duke of Orleans, arriving boot and spur from Provence, came up at this moment, shouting likewise, “Hurrah! for the emperor and the king!” “Charles V. dropped on his knees,” says the narrator, and embraced the two young princes affectionately.  They all repaired together to the house prepared for their reception, and, after dinner, the emperor, being tired, lay down to rest on a couch.  Queen Eleanor, before long, went and tapped at his door, and sent word to the king that the emperor was awake.  Francis, with the Cardinal de Lorraine and the Constable de Montmorency, soon arrived.  On entering the chamber, he found the emperor still lying down and chatting with his sister the queen, who was seated beside him on a chair.  At sight of the king Charles V. sprang from the couch and went towards him without any shoes on.  “Well, brother,” said the king, “how do you feel?  Have you rested well?” “Yes,” said Charles; “I had made such cheer that I was obliged to sleep it off.”  “I wish you,” said Francis, “to have the same power in France as you have in Flanders and in Spain;” whereupon he gave him, as a mark of affection, a diamond valued at thirty thousand crowns, and having on the ring in which it was set this inscription:  “A token and proof of affection” (Dilectionis testis et exemplum).  Charles put the ring on his finger; and, taking from his neck the collar of the order (the Golden Fleece) he was wearing, he put it upon the king’s neck.  Francis did the converse with his own collar.  Only seven of the attendants remained in the emperor’s chamber; and there the two sovereigns conversed for an hour, after which they moved to the hall, where a splendid supper awaited them.  After supper the queen went in person to see if the emperor’s room was ready; she came back to tell him when it was, and Charles V. retired.  Next morning, July 16, Francis went to see him again in his room; they heard mass together; Charles re-embarked the same day for Spain; Francis I. went and slept, on the 17th, at Nimes; and thus ended this friendly meeting, which left, if not the principal actors, at any rate the people all around, brimful of satisfaction, and feeling sure that the truce concluded in the previous month would really at last be peace.  The people are easily deceived; and whenever they are pleased with appearances they readily take them for realities.