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.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 On mondaie, the eighteenth of Iune, was such EEBO page image 861 an hideous storme of wind and weather, [...] that manie coniectured it did prognosticate trouble and hatred shortlie after to follow betwéene princes. On tues|daie the nintéenth of Iune, the two kings came to the campe againe armed at all peeces, and there a|bode them that would come, so that then began the iustes afresh. On wednesdaie the twentith of Iune, the two kings began to hold tournies with all the parteners of their chalenge armed at all péeces. The quéene of France and the quéene of England were in the places for them prepared, and there was ma|nie a goodlie battell performed: the kings dooing as well as the best, so that the beholders spake of them honor. On thursdaie the one and twentith of Iune, the two kings likewise kept the tourneies, so that all those noble men that would prooue their valiancies, were deliuered according to the articles of the tour|neies, which this daie tooke end. On fridaie the 22 of Iune,Barriers. the two kings with their retinue did battell on foot at the barriers, and there deliuered all such as put foorth themselues to trie their forces. On satur|daie the thrée and twentith of Iune, the lord cardinall sang an high solemne masse by note,The cardinall [...] masse [...] the two kings. aloft vpon a pompons stage before the two kings & quéenes, the which being finished, indulgence was giuen to all the hearers. The two kings dined in one chamber that daie, and the two quéenes in another. After din|ner, the two kings with their band entered the field on foot before the barriers, & so began the fight, which continued battell after battell, till all the commers were answered. There were deliuered this day thus at the barriers by battell, an hundred and six persons: the two last battels did the kings trie. And so that sa|turdaie the whole chalenge was performed, and all men deliuered of the articles of iusts, tourneies, and battels on foot at the barriers, by the said two kings and their aids.