To whome the king answered, that he had cho|sen them of his councell, both for the maintenance of his honour, and for the defense of all things that might blemish the same: wherefore if they saw anie about him misuse themselues, he committed it vnto their reformation.Certeine of the priuie chamber re|mooued, and others in [...] roome app [...]ted. Then the kings councell caused the lord chamberleine to call before them diuerse of the priuie chamber, which had béene in the French court, and banished them the court for diuerse consi|derations, laieng nothing particularlie to their char|ges, & they that had offices were commanded to go to their offices. Which discharge out of court gréeued sore the hearts of these yoong men, which were called the kings minions. Then was there foure sad & an|cient knights put into the K. priuie chamber, whose names were; sir Richard Wingfield, sir Richard Ierningham, sir Richard Weston, and sir William Kingston; and diuerse officers were changed.

In this summer the queene desired the king to bring to hir manor of Hauering in the Bower in Essex the gentlemen of France being hostages,The king [...] quéene at H [...]uering in [...] Bower. for whose welcomming the purueied all things in the most liberall manner: and especiallie she made to the king such a sumptuous banket, that the king thanked hir hartilie, & the strangers gaue hir great praise. The king lieng there did shoot, hunt, and run dailie with the hostages to their great ioy. This yéere in September the king laie at his manor of New|hall in Essex, otherwise called Beaulieu,Newhall in Essex called Beaulieu. where the king had newlie builded a costlie mansion, there to welcome the queene, the lords, and the French gen|tlemen, he made to them a sumptuous banket, and all along the chamber sat a ladie & a lord, or a knight, which were plentiouslie serued.

After the banket ended, with noise of minstrels entered into the chamber eight maskers with white beards,A maske of graue and ancient cour|tiers. and long and large garments of blew sa [...]tin paned with sipers, poudered with spangles of bulli|on gold, and they dansed with ladies sadlie, and com|muned not with the ladies after the fashion of mas|kers, but behaued themselues grauelie. Wherfore the quéene plucked off their visors, and then appeared the duke of Suffolke, the earle of Essex, the marquesse Dorset, the lord Aburgauennie, sir Richard Wing|field, sir Robert Wingfield, sir Richard Weston, sir William Kingston: all these were somewhat aged, the yoongest man was fiftie at the least. The ladies had good sport to see these ancient persons maskers.