WARWICK, in the mean time, was negociating, with rapid success, his embassy to the court of Savoy; and was soon enabled to return triumphant to his royal master, particularly happy to find that inclination, more than duty, was the motive which actuated the princess to listen to the overtures of Edward. /

Warwick, the idol of all ranks of people, was almost sure of succeeding in any mission he might be sent upon. To a majestic and elegant person he united pleasure, and which he chose, on this important occasion, should be of the most fascinating politeness. He knew the art of appearing ‘all things to all men;’ for, while his natural disposition bordered on the morose, he could, while at the court of Savoy, seem possessed of all those gay and volatile French manners, which, at that time, were so highly in vogue. He threw off his naturally repellent humour, and was the life of every party. He spoke several languages with precision, grace, and fluency; which rendered him a desirable acquisition at the tables of the different foreign ambassadors, to whom, in return, he gave the most sumptuous / entertainments; and which he was well enabled to support, by his great revenues, and the natural munificence of his heart. By grants from the crown, together with his own hereditary fortune, he was possessed of eighty thousand a year. This he employed, as became a nobleman, in continual acts of beneficence and splendid hospitality. We are assured, from respectable historians, that not less than thirty thousand persons lived daily at his board, in the different castles and manors which he possessed in England. Peculiar for his courage, spirit, and generosity, he was dear to all men, while the military adored him for his valour.