From thense the whole court remooued to Wind|sor, then begining his progresse, & exercising himselfe dailie in shooting, singing, dansing, wrestling, casting of the barre, plaieng at the recorders, flute, virgi|nals, in setting of songs, and making of ballads; he did set two full masses, euerie of them fiue parts, which were soong oftentimes in his chappell, and af|terwards in diuerse other places. And when he came to Oking, there were kept both iustes and turneies: the rest of this progresse was spent in hunting, haw|king, Abr. Fl. ex I.S. pag. 894. Pouls schoole. and shooting. ¶ Doctor Colet deane of Poules erected a frée schoole in Poules church yard in Lon|don, and committed the ouersight thereof to the ma|sters and wardens of the mercers, bicause himselfe was borne in London, & was sonne to Henrie Co|let mercer, sometime lord maior of the citie of Lon|don. On Midsummer night,The king [...]|parel [...]ed [...] one of the gard. the king came priuilie into Cheape, in one of the cotes of his gard; and on saint Peters night, the king and quéene came ri|ding roiallie to the kings hed in Cheape, there to be|hold the watch of the citie.]

Now when the said progresse was finished, his grace, the quéene, with all their whole traine, in the moneth of October following, remooued to Gréene|wich. The king not minded to sée yoong gentlemen vnexpert in martiall feates, caused a place to be pre|pared within the parke of Greenwich, for the quéene and the ladies to stand & sée the fight with battle axes that should be doone there,The king fighteth wit [...] a battle are against an Almaine. where the king himselfe armed, fought with one Giot a gentleman of Al|maine, a tall man, and a good man of armes. And then after they had doone, they marched alwaies two and two togithers, and so did their feats and enter|prises euerie man verie well. Albeit, it happened the said Giot to fight with sir Edward Howard, which Giot was by him striken to the ground. The morow after this enterprise doone, the king with the quéene came to the Tower of London. And to the intent that there should no displeasure nor malice be borne by anie of those gentlemen, which fought with the ax against other; the king gaue vnto them a certeine summe of gold, valued at two hundred markes, to make a banket among themselues withall. The which banket was made at fishmongers hall in Thames stréet, where they all met to the number of foure and twentie, all apparelled in one sute or liuerie, after Al|maine fashion; that is to say, their vtter garments all of yellow sattin, yellow hosen, yellow shooes, gir|dels, scabberds, and bonnets with yellow feathers, their garments and hosen all cut & lined with white sattin, and their scabberds woond about with sattin. After their banket ended, they went by torchlight to the Tower, & presented themselues before the king, who tooke pleasure to behold them.

From thence the eight day of Nouember, his grace remooued to Richmond,The king (with his [...]|sistants) cha|lengeth all commers at tilt. and willed to be declared to all noble men and gentlemen, that his grace with two aides, that is to wit, maister Charles Brandon, and maister Compton, during two daies would an|swer all commers; with speare at the tilt one daie, and at turneie with swords the other. And to accom|plish this enterprise, on the thirtéenth day of Nouem|ber, his grace armed at all péeces with his two aides entered the field, their bases and trappers were of cloth of gold, set with red roses, wrought with gold of broderie. The counterpart came in freshlie appa|relled, euerie man after his deuise. At these iustes the king brake more staues than anie other, & therefore had the prise. At the turneie in likewise, the honour was his. The second night were diuerse strangers of Maximilian the emperours court and ambassadors of Spaine with the king at supper. When they had supped, the king willed them to go into the quéenes chamber, who so did.