Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 5 The emperour remained in Canturburie till the thursdaie, being the last of Maie, Edw. Hall. and then taking leaue of the king, and of his aunt the queene, depar|ted to Sandwich, where he tooke his ships and sailed into Flanders. The same daie, the king made saile from the port of Douer,The king [...] at Calis and landed at Calis about eleuen of the clocke, and with him the quéene and la|dies, & manie nobles of the realme. His grace was receiued into the checker, and there rested. The fourth of Iune, the king and quéene with all their traine re|mooued from Calis, to his princelie lodging newlie erected beside the towne of Guisnes, the most noble & roiall lodging that euer before was seene. ¶ For it was a palace, the which was quadrant, Ed. Hall. in [...] fol. lxxiij. The descrip|tiõ of the new palace before Guisnes. and euerie quadrant of the same palace was thrée hundred and twentie eight foot long of assise, which was in com|passe thirtéene hundred and twelue foot about. This palace was set on stages by great cunning & sump|tuous worke.

At the entering into the palace before the gate, on the plaine gréene, was builded a fountaine of un|bowed worke, gilt with fine gold, and bice, ingra [...]led with antike works: the old god of wine called Bac|chus birling the wine, which by the conduits in the earth ran to all people plentiouslie with red, white, and claret wine, ouer whose head was written in letters of Romane in gold, Faicte bonne chere qui vouldra. On the other hand or side of the gate was set a piller, which was of ancient Romane worke, borne with foure lions of gold, the pillers wrapped in a wreath of gold curiouslie wrought and intrailed, and on the summit of the said piller stood an image of the blind god Cupid, with his bow and arrows of loue, readie by his séeming to strike the yoong people to loue.

The foregate of the same palace or place with great and mightie masonrie by sight was arched,The forg [...] of the said palace. with a tower on euerie side of the same port, rered by great craft, and imbattelled was the gate and tower, and in the fenesters and windowes were images resem|bling men of warre, readie to cast great stones. Also the same gate or tower was set with compas|sed images of ancient princes, as Hercules, Alex|ander, and other by intrailed worke, richlie limmed with gold and albine colours: and well and warilie was made ouer the gate loups, and inforced with bat|telments, and in the same gate a lodge for the porter, which there appeared, and other sumptuouslie appa|relled like vnto kings officers. By the same gate all people passed into a large court faire and beau|tifull, EEBO page image 857 for in this court appeared much of the outward beautie of this place, [...] for from the first water table, to the raising or reisin péeces, were baie windowes, on euerie side mixed with cleare stories curiouslie glased, the posts or moinels of euerie window was gilt.