A tent of cloth [...]f gold with a [...]h [...]w of [...]r [...]ed men.Likewise on the Twelfe night, the king and the quéene came into the hall of Greenewich, & suddenlie entered a tent of cloath of gold, and before the tent stood foure men of armes, armed at all points with swords in their hands; and suddenlie with noise of trumpets entered foure other persons all armed, and ran to the other foure, and there was a great and a fierce fight. And suddenlie came out of a place like a wood eight wildmen, all apparelled in gréene mosse, made with sleued silke, with ouglie weapons & ter|rible visages, and there fought with the knights eight to eight; and after long fighting, the armed knights droue the wild men out of their places, and followed the chase out of the hall: and when they were depar|ted, the tent opened, and there came out six lords and six ladies richlie apparelled, and dansed a great time: when they had dansed their pleasure, they entered the tent againe, which was conueied out of the hall; then the king & the quéene were serued with a right sump|tuous banket.

On the third day of Februarie, the king made a so|lemne iusts,The king and the marquesse Dorset make a challenge at iusts. and he and the marquesse Dorset would answer all commers, their apparell and bar [...]s were of blew veluet and cloath of siluer, all to cut in sub|till knots, richlie embrodered, all the seruitours in white & blew silke. The counterpart, which were foure|teene in number, richlie apparelled in veluet, cloath of gold, and embroderie, euerie man after his owne deuise. The king was that daie highlie to be praised, for he brake thrée and twentie speares beside atteints and bare downe to ground a man of armes and his horsse: the lord marquesse and all other did valiant|lie, and had much praise, for euerie man did passing well, which is seldome séene in such a case. But the king for a suertie excéeded all other.

On the fourth daie of October,A parlement wherein sir Thomas Ne|uill was pro|s [...]quutor or speaker. the king remooued to Lambeth, and on the morow began the high court of parlement, sir Thomas Neuill was then speaker. In this parlement were diuerse acts made, but in e|speciall two, which were much spoken of: the one was the act of apparell, and the other act for labou|rers: of these two acts was much communing, and much businesse arose. For the labourers would in no wise labour by the daie, but all by taske & in great, and therefore much trouble fell in the countrie, and in especiall in haruest time, for then husbandmen could skarse get workemen to helpe in their haruest. This parlement continued vntill Easter, in the which di|uerse subsidies were granted to the king, toward his great costs and charges that he had béene at in his viage roiall to France.