CHAPTER II

FRENCH TUTORS AT COURT--GILES DUWES--JOHN PALSGRAVE--JEAN BELLEMAIN 86

French tutors at Court--John Palsgrave and Giles Duwes--Palsgrave's _Esclarcissement_--The pronunciation of French--His second and third books--The vocabulary--The _Introductorie_ of Duwes--His Dialogues--The methods of the two teachers--Dates of composition and editions--Attitude of the two teachers to each other--Duwes on English teachers of French--Palsgrave's claims--Palsgrave's acquaintance with French literature--Incidents in Duwes's career in England--His royal pupils--Palsgrave's teaching career--Mary Tudor his pupil--The Duke of Richmond, Gregory Cromwell, etc.--Palsgrave in the North, at Oxford, and in London--Jean Bellemain, tutor to Edward VI.--The King's French exercises--Intercourse with Calvin--Bellemain on French orthography--French tutor to Elizabeth--Her translations from the French--A. R. Chevallier.