Dimas knights.Then immediatlie on the other part came in the forenamed eight knights, readie armed, their bases and bards of their horsse gréene sattin, embrodered with fresh deuises of bramble branches, of fine gold curiouslie wrought, powdered all ouer. And after them a great number of hornes blowne, by men ap|parrelled in gréene cloth, with caps and hosen of like sute, as foresters or kéepers; & a pagent made like a parke,A conceipt or deuise of a p [...]rke with [...], &c. paled with pales of white and gréene, wherein were certeine fallow deare, and in the same parke curious trees made by cra [...], with bushes, fernes, and other things in likewise wrought, goodlie to behold. The which parke or deuise, being brought before the quéene, had certeine gates thereof opened, the deare ran out therof into the palace, the greiehounds were let slip and killed the deare: the which deare so killed, were presented to the quéene and the ladies by the foresaid knights.

Crocheman, which the daie before brought in the speare of gold, there declared, that the same knights were seruants to Diana, and being in their pastime of hunting, newes were brought vnto them, that dame Pallas knights were come into those parts, to doo déeds of armes: wherefore they had left their hunting and chase, and repaired also thither, to en|counter with the knights of Pallas, and so to fight with them for the loue of ladies, to the vtterance: saieng, that if Pallas knights vanquished the other, or made them to leaue the field, then they to haue the deare killed, and the greiehounds that slue them. And in case Dianas knights ouercame the other, they to haue their swords, and none other thing more. Wherevpon the queene and ladies sent to the king to haue his aduise and pleasure in this behalfe.The kings wisedome in preuenting an inconuenients His grace conceiuing that there was some grudge and displeasure betwéene them, thinking if such request were to them granted some inconuenience might insue, would not therevnto agrée: so that for the ap|peasing thereof it was awarded, that both parties should tourneie togither, giuing but some certeine strokes, which doone they departed: and so these iusts brake vp, and the prises giuen to euerie man after his deserts.]

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 The king pardoned the lord Henrie brother to the duke of Buckingham,Henrie y^e duke of Bucking|hams brother created erle of Wilshire. committed to the Tower (as yee haue heard) vpon suspicion of treason: but when nothing could be prooued against him, he was set at libertie, and at the parlement after created earle of Wilshire. Also this yeare the king ordeined fiftie gentlemen to be speares, euerie of them to haue an archer, a demilance, and a custrell; and euerie speare to haue thrée great horsses to be attendant on his person, of the which band the earle of Essex was lieu|tenant, and sir Iohn Pechie capteine. This ordinance continued but a while, the charges was so great; for there were none of them, but they and their horsses were apparrelled and trapped in cloth of gold, siluer & goldsmithes worke.A great plague in Calis. This yeare also was a great pe|stilence in the towne of Calis, so that the king sent one sir Iohn Pechie with thrée hundred men to tar|rie there vpon the defense of that towne till the sick|nesse was ceassed. Furthermore,A parlement. this yeare the king summoned his parlement in the moneth of Nouem|ber, to begin in the moneth of Ianuarie next ensu|ing: whereof sir Thomas Inglefield was chos [...] speaker.