Also there was made as it were manie ships vn|der saile, and windmils going, and about the high pil|ler of timber that flood vpright in the middest, was made stages of timber for organs and other instru|ments to stand vpon, and men to plaie on them, & for other musicians & pageants to be plaied, when the K. of England & the emperor should be at their banket. But in the morning of the same day, the wind began to rise, & at night blew off the canuas,Banketting house defaced by tempest. and all the ele|ments, with the starres, sunne, moone, and clouds, and the wind blew out aboue a thousand torches, and other lights of wax, that were prepared to giue light to the banket, & all the kings seats that were made with great riches, besides all other things, were all dashed and lost.]

The same daie at night that the states were in|terteined,A statelie mask to solace the emperor & his companie. the king and fiftéen persons were ap|parelled all in blacke veluet couered with cloth of gold, cut on the veluet, fastened with knots of gold, on the which knots hoong spangles of gold like tufts, and bonnets of the same, & clothes of crimsin sattin and cloth of gold wrapped trauerse, and their buskins of the same cloth of gold. All these lustie maskers went to the emperours lodging, and were receiued, EEBO page image 862 and in the chamber of presence dansed and reuelled, the which at the emperours request, the king and o|ther disuisarded themselues, whereby the king was knowne: then the king tooke his leaue, and depar|ted for that night. On tuesdaie the twelfe of Iulie, bicause the banketting house could not be finished, the emperour and the ladie Margaret supped with the king & the queene at the checker, where the same night after supper reuelled ninetie and six maskers: after the reuels was a banket, after which banket the king brought the emperour and the ladie Mar|garet to the staple, and after withdrew him.

This night were eight companies of maskers, and in euerie companie twelue persons all in gold, siluer and veluet, richlie apparelled, but bicause the roome was small, the shew was the lesse. In these reuels were put in maskers apparell diuerse gentlemen of the French court vnwéeting to the K. or anie other that bare rule.French gen|tlemen in mas|kers apparell vnwéeting to them that bare rule in the reuels. For diuerse yoong gentlemen of the French court fauored more the French partie, than the emperours partie; through which meanes they saw and much more heard than they should haue doone. On fridaie the thirteenth daie of Iulie, the em|perour did intend to haue departed from Calis, but the counsell was such that he departed not that night.