On saturdaie the seuentéenth daie of Iune,The French king [...] to Guisnes the king of England [...] to [...]. the French king with a small number came to the castle of Guisnes about the houre of eight in the morning. The king being in his priuie chamber had thereof knowledge, who with glad hast went to receiue the same French king, and him met and welcomed in friendlie and honorable maner; and after communi|cation betwéene them had, the king of England de|parted, leauing the French king there in the sump|tuous place before named. Then was busie the lord chamberleine, the lord steward, and all other officers, to make readie feast and cheare. It were too long to rehearse all, for such a feast and banket was then made, that of long time before the like had not bene séene. The king of England thus departing, he tooke his horsse, and with a companie of noblemen rode to Ard, where the French quéene and other noble men receiued him with much honour.

After which receiuing,The king of England in|terteined of the French queene. he was by the said quéene and lords brought into a chamber hanged with blew veluet embrodered with flowers delice of cloth of gold, wherein was a great bed of like worke, from whence he was conueied to another chamber, in the which was a kings state. This chamber was hanged and sieled with cloth of gold, embrodered with great cordels or friers knots of cloth of siluer. In the same chamber were two [...]upboords, on either side one, fur|nished with great and goodlie plate gilt. Noble fea|sting and cheare was there made. After dinner the ladies dressed them to danse, and certeine yoong ho|nourable lords of England, apparelled after the ma|ner of Rusland or farre Eastland, whose hosen were of rich gold sattin called anreat sattin,A masa [...] the French court of Eng|lish lords. ouerrolled to the knée with scarlet, and on their feet shooes with little pikes of white nailes after the Estland guise, their dublets of rich crimsin veluet and cloth of gold; with wide sléeues lined with cloth of gold: ouer this they had clokes of crimsin veluet short, lined with cloth of gold, on euerie side of the clokes rings of sil|uer, with laces of Uenice gold, and on their heads they had hats made in the towne of Danske, and purses of seales skinnes, and girdels of the same: all these yoong lords had visards on their faces, and their hats were drawne with like hatbands full of da|maske gold.

Other ten lords were apparelled in long gownes of blew sattin of the ancient fashion, embrodered with reasons of gold that said Adieu iunesse, Fare|well youth: they had tippeis of blacke veluet, & hats hanging therby, & on their heads hie violet standing caps, and girdels of silke, and purses of cloth of gold after the ancient maner, with visards on their faces of like anciencie. After all these triumphs and braue|ries, great store of spices, fruits, iellies, & banketing viands were brought, which being doone and ended, the king tooke leaue of the French queene and ladies, to whome were brought thirtie horsses trapped in da|maske, white and yellow, and so passed he and his traine the towne of Ard into the field and campe. Right roiallie also was the French K. interteined, and all other after their degree and state. Now when all this solemnitie was ended, the French king tooke leaue of the quéene and ladies of the court. The lord cardinall in statelie attire, accompanied with the duke of Buckingham, and other great lords, conduc|ted forward the French king, and in their way they incountered and met the king of England and his companie right in the vallie of Anderne,The [...] kings [...]. apparelled in their masking apparell, which gladded the French king. After reuerence doone, the said two kings de|parted for that night, the English to Guisnes, and the French to Ard.