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.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 Then part of the gentlemen bearing torches de|parted, and shortlie returned, after whom came in six ladies, apparelled in garments of crimsin sattin em|brodered and trauersed with gloth of gold, cut in pomegranats and yokes, stringed after the fashion of Spaine. Then the said six men dansed with these six ladies: and after that they had dansed a season, the ladies tooke off the mens visors, whereby they were knowen: whereof the quéene and the strangers much praised the king, and ended the pastime. It is to be noted, that at this time the quéene was great with child, & shortlie after this pastime, she tooke hir cham|ber at Richmond, for the which cause the king kept his Christmasse there. And on Newyeares daie the first daie of Ianuarie the quéene was deliuered of a prince to the great gladnesse of the realme,The birth of [...] first [...] sonne of king Hen| [...] the eight. for the ho|nour of whome fiers were made, and diuerse vessels with wine set for such as would take thereof in cer|teine stréets in London, and generall processions therevpon to laud God. As touching the preparation of the princes christening, I ouerpasse, which was ho|norablie doone, whose godfathers at the font were the archbishop of Canturburie, and the earle of Sur|reie, & godmother the ladie Katharine countesse of Deuonshire, daughter to king Edward the fourth: his name was Henrie.