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.

Against the twelfe daie or the daie of the Epipha|nie at night, [...] goodlie [...] of a moue| [...] pageant. before the banket in the hall at Rich|mond, was a pageant deuised like a mounteine, glistering by night as though it had béene all of gold and set with stones, on the top of which mounteine was a tree of gold, the branches and boughes frised with gold, spreading on euerie side ouer the moun|teine with roses and pomegranats, the which moun|teine was with vices brought vp towards the king, and out of the same came a ladie apparelled in cloth of gold, and the children of honour called the hench|men, which were freshlie disguised, and dansed a mo|rice before the king; and that doone, reentred the mounteine, which then was drawen backe, and then was the wassaill or banket brought in, and so brake vp Christmasse. Shortlie after and before the quéenes churching, the K. rode to Walsingham. The quéene being churched or purified, the king and she remooued from Richmond to Westminster, where was prepa|ration for solemne iusts in the honor of the quéene;A s [...]lemne [...] at West|minster. the king being one, and with him thrée aides: his grace being called Cure loial, the lord William erle of Deuonshire called Bon voloire, sir Thomas Kne|uet named Bon espoir, sir Edward Neuill called Va|liant desire, whose names were set vpon a goodlie table, & the table hanged in a tree curiouslie wrought, and they were called Les quater cheualiers de la for|rest saluigne, these foure to run at the tilt against all commers, with other certeine articles comprised in the said table.