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.

In the meane season, the king with fifteene other,A roiall [...]. apparelled in Almaine iackets of crimsin and purple sattin, with long quartered sléeues, and hosen of the same sute, their bonnets of white veluet, wrapped in flat gold of damaske, with visards and white plumes, came in with a mununerie; and after a certeine time that they had plaied with the quéene and the stran|gers, they departed. Then suddenlie entered sir min|strels richlie apparelled, plaieng on their instru|ments; and then followed fourtéene persons,A maske of fourteene [...] gentle|men, all apparelled in yellow sattin, cut like Al|mains, bearing torches. After them came six disgui|sed in white sattin and gréene, embrodered and set EEBO page image 807 with letters and castels of fine gold in bullion, the garments were of strange fashion, with also strange cuts, euerie cut knit with points of fine gold, and tas|sels of the same, their hosen cut and tied in likewise, their bonnets of cloth of siluer woond with gold. The first of these six was the king, the earle of Essex, Charles Brandon, sir Edward Howard, sir Thomas Kneuet, and sir Henrie Guilford.