Also at the foot of the same palace was another crest all of fine set gold, [...] whereon hanged rich & maruelous clothes of arras wrought of gold and silke, compas|sed of manie ancient stories, with which clothes of ar|ras euerie wall and chamber were hanged, & all the windowes so richlie couered, that it passed all other sights before séene. In euerie chamber and euerie place conuenient were clothes of estate, great and large of cloth of gold, of tissue, and rich embroderie, with chaires couered with like cloth, with pommels of fine gold, and great cushins of rich worke of the Turkie making, nothing lacked of honourable fur|nishment. [...] Also to the same palace was reared a chappell with two closets, the quire of the said chap|pell sieled with cloth of gold, and thereon fret ingrai|led bent clothes of silke, all was then silke and gold. The altars of this chappell were hanged with rich re| [...]esture of cloth of gold and tissue, embrodered with perles. Ouer the hie altar was hanged a rich canopie of maruellous greatnesse, the altar was apparelled with fiue paire of candlesticks of gold, and on the al|tar an halpas, and thereon stood a crucifix all of fine gold, and on the same halpas stood twelue images of the bignes of foure yeares of age, all gold.

All the copes and vestments were so rich as might be prepared or bought in the citie of Florens, for they were all but of one péece, so wouen for the purpose, cloth of tissue and powdered with red roses purpled with fine gold. The Orfris set with pearles and pre|cious stones. And all the walles and deskes of this chappell were hanged with right cloth of gold,Great cost vpõ popish trum|perie & super|sticious trash. & thrée rich great crosses were there readie to be borne at festiuall times, and basens and censers, gospellers, paxes, crewets, holie water vessels, and other orna|ments all of gold. Also in the first closet was a tra|uerse for the kings person of cloth of gold, & in it his place & chaire, with cushins of cloth of gold:The kings closet. before the trauerse was an altar of presence, which altar was adorned with cloth of broderie, and rich pearles and precious stones, set in goldsmiths worke of fine gold. On the altar was a deske or halpas, whereon stood a patible of the crucifix of fine gold, with an image of the Trinitie, an image of the virgine Marie, and twelue other images, all fine gold & precious stones, two paire of candlesticks of fine gold, with the ba|sens, crewets, paxes, and other ornaments.

The said closet was hanged with tapets embro|dered with rich worke fret with pearles and stones, the roofe of the same closet was sieled with worke of inmouled, gilt with fine gold, and senoper, and bise. The second closet was for the queens person, in which was a trauerse of rich cloth of gold,The quéenes closet. the altar so richlie apparelled, that there lacked neither pearles nor stones of riches. On the altar were twelue great i|mages of gold, the closet hanged with cloth of gold, all other iewels missall I suppose neuer such like were séene, and the roofe of the same closet was sieled with like worke that the kings closet was,A priuie gallerie. as is be|fore rehearsed. And from this palace or place into the mightie & strong fortresse & castell roiall of Guisnes, was a gallerie for the secret passage of the kings person into a secret lodging within the same castell,Houses of of|fices both ho|nourable and otherwise necessarie. the more for the king ease. Also to this palace was all houses of offices, that to such an honourable court should apperteine, that is to wit, the lord chamberlein, lord steward, lord treasuror of the houshold, for the comptrollor, the office of gréene cloth, wardrobes, iewell house, and office of houshold seruice, as ewrie, pantrie, cellar, butterie, spicerie, pitcher house, larder and poultrie, and all other offices so large and faire, that the officers might & did maruell, as in the craft of viands, by ouens, harthes, reredorses, chimnies, ranges, & such instrumens as there were ordeined.