Chapter II French Tutors at Court — Giles Duwes — John Palsgrave — Jean Bellemain
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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.
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