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.

Thus the outward part of the place lumined the eies of the beholders, by reason of the sumptuous w [...]ke. Also the tower of the gate (as séemed) was builded by great masonrie, and by great engine of mans wit, for the sundrie countenances of euerie i|mage that there appeared, some shooting, some ca|sting, some readie to strike, and firing of gunnes, which shewed verie honorablie. Also all the said qua|drants, baies, and edifices, were roiallie intrailed, as [...]a [...]re as vnto the same court apperteined. [...] And direct against the gate was deuised a halpas, and at the entrie of the staire, were images of sore and terri|ble countenances, all armed in curious worke of argentine. The baie of the same halpas pendant by craft of timber, & vnder it antike images of gold in| [...]roned with verdor of olifs cast in compasse, moun| [...]ring their countenances toward the entring of the palace. The staire of the said halpas was cast of pas|sage by the wents of brode steps, so that from the first foot or lowest step, anie person might without paine go vnto the highest place of the same halpas.

[...] On euerie hand was their chamber doores and enterings into the chambers of the same palace, which were long and large, and well proportioned, to receiue light and aire at pleasure: the roofes of them from place to place, and chamber to chamber were sieled, and couered with cloth of silke, of the most faire and quicke inuention that before time was séene. For the ground was white ingraild, embowed, and batoned with rich clothes of silkes, knit and fret with cuts and braids, and sundrie new casts, that the same clothes of silke shewed like bullions of fine burned gold: and the roses in losenges, that in the same roofe were in kindlie course, furnished so to mans sight, that no liuing creature might but ioy in the beholding thereof. For from the iaw péece of the said sieling (which péece was gilt with fine gold) were workes in pane paled, all the walles to the crest in|countering the cleare stories, the same crest which was of large deepnesse, the worke was antike knots with bosses cast and wrought with more cunning than I can write, all which works and ouerages were gilt, and to set it the more to the glorie, the flouri|shing bise was comparable to the rich ammell.