The feast was all of fish: for the ordering of the seruice whereof were diuerse lords appointed head of|ficers, as steward, controller, surueior, and other ho|nourable officers. For the which were appointed the earles of Northumberland and Westmerland, the lord Fitz Hugh, the lord Furneuall, the lord Graie of Wilton, the lord Ferres of Grobie, the lord Poi|nings, the lord Harrington, the lord Darcie, the lord Dacres, and the lord de la Ware. These with o|thers ordered the seruice of the feast as followeth; and thus for the first course.The first course. Brawne and mustard, eeles in burneux, frument with balien, pike in herbarge, lamprie powdered, trowt, codling, plaice fried, mar|tine fried, crabs, leech lumbard flourished, tartes; and a deuise called a pellican, sitting on hir nest with hir birds, and an image of saint Katharine holding a booke, and disputing with doctors, holding this poe|sie in hir right hand, written in faire and legible let|ters, Madame le Royne; and the pellican answering,

C [...]eest la signe & du roy, pour tenir ioy,

Et a tout sa gent, elle mette sa entent.

The second course.The second course was: gellie coloured with co|lumbine flowers, white potage or creame of al|monds, breame of the sea, coonger, soles, cheuen, bar|bill and roch, fresh salmon, halibut, gurnard, rochet broiled, smelts fried, creuis or lobster; léech damaske, with the kings po [...]sie flourished therevpon, Vne sans plus; lamprie fresh baked, flampeine flourished with a s [...]utchion roiall, and therein thrée crownes of gold planted with flourdeluces and floure of camomill wrought of confections: with a deuise of a panther, and an image of saint Katharine with a whéele in one hand, & a scroll with a poesie in the other, to wit,

La royne mafile, in cestaile,

Per bon resoun, aues renoun.

The third course was, dates in compost,The third course. creame motle, carpe deore, turbut, tench, pearch with goion, fresh sturgion with welks, porperous rosted, mennes fried, creuisse de cau doure, pranis, éeles rosted with lamprie, a léech called the white leech flourished with hawthorne leaues & red hawes; a marchpane garni|shed with diuerse figures of angels, among which was set an image of S. Katharine, holding this pos [...]e,

Il est escrit, pur voir & eit,

Per marriage pure, cest guerre ne dure.