Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 With these two kings were associate by the order of armes, the duke of Uandosme, the duke of Suf|folke, the countie saint Paule, the marquesse Dor|set, monsieur de Roche, sir William Kingston, mon|sieur Brian, sir Richard Ierningham, monsieur Ca|naan, sir Giles Capell, monsieur Buccall, maister Nicholas Carew, monsieur Montafilion, and mai|ster Anthonie Kneuet. On mondaie the eleuenth of Iune,The two quéenes [...] at the camp [...]. the two quéenes of England and of France came to the campe, where either saluted other right honourablie, and went into a stage for them prepa|red. At the houre assigned, the two kings armed at all peeces mounted on horssebacke, and with their companies entered the field; the French king on a courser barded, couered with purple sattin, broched with gold, Ed. Hall in [...] fol. lxxv [...], &c. The French kings rich a|raie at these iusts. & embrodered with corbins fethers round and buckled, the fether was blacke and hatched with gold: on his head péece he bare a sléeue. All the par|teners of the French kings chalenge were in like ap|parell, euerie thing correspondent in cloath of silke embrodered, on his person were attendant on horsse|backe noble persons, and on foot foure persons all ap|parelled in purple sattin.

The king of England was vpon a fresh courser, the trappers of cloth of gold, of tissue,The king [...] Englands sumptu [...]us furniture at the same iusts. the arson man|tell wise, and on the brunt of the trapper bard fashion, cut in waues of water worke, and euerie waue raw wrought and frized with damaske gold: this worke was laid loose on russet veluet, and knit togither with points of gold, which waues signified the lordship of the narrow seas. All the parteners of the kings chalenge were in the same sute, their horsses as well as their persons. Attendant on the king on horsse|backe were sir Henrie Guilford maister of the kings horsse, sir Iohn Pechie deputie of Calis, sir Edward Guilford maister of the kings armie, and monsieur Moret of the French court. All these foure were appa|relled in the kings liuerie, which was white on the right side, and the left side gold and russet both hose and garment: on him were attendant on foot six ho|nourable knights, twentie esquiers, and officers to EEBO page image 859 the number of an hundred and twelue persons, of the which number all the knights and gentlemen had coats, the one halfe siluer, and the other cloath of gold and russet veluet, and the other officers coats were of right sattin of the same colour, and all their hosen were of the same sute verie costlie.

Thus with honour and noble courage these two noble kings with their companies entered into the field,The two kings enter [...] the field. and them presented vnto the quéenes. After re|uerence doone, they rode round about the tilt, and so tooke their places appointed, abiding the answers: which was for the first the duke of Alanson and ten men of armes on his band, on coursers barded, the bards couered with white and blacke veluet, fastened the one within the other, garded with Burgon bands of tinsell sattin, as well their garments as their bards. Then entered on coursers barded twelue gen|tlemen of the band of the lord admerall of France, their garments and bards were russet sattin, broched with gold and white and purple sattin, after the deuise of their pleasure with great plumes. When these bands were entred the field, they shewed themselues about the tilt, and did reuerence vnto the queenes. The band of the duke of Alanson tooke first place, they made them prest on both sides, the French king was the first that ran, he did valiantlie and brake speares mightilie.