On the eleuenth day of August, being thursday, the king lieng at the siege of Terwine, had knowledge that Maximilian the emperour was in the towne of EEBO page image 820 Aire.The emperor Maximilian and the king of England meet. The king prepared all things necessarie to méet with the emperour in triumph. The noble men of the kings campe were gorgeouslie apparelled, their coursers barded with cloth of gold, of damaske and broderie, their apparell all tissue, cloth of gold and sil|uer, and goldsmiths woorke, great chains of baude|rikes of gold, and belles of bullion: but in especiall the duke of Buckingham, he was in purple sattin, his apparell and his bard full of antelops and swans of fine gold bullion, and full of spangles, & little bels of gold maruellous costlie and pleasant to behold. The K. was in a garment of great riches in iewels and stone, he was armed in a light armour. The ma|ster of his horsse followed him with a spare horsse, the henchmen followed bearing the kings péeces of harnesse, euerie one mounted on a great courser.

The one bare his helmet, the second his grangard, the third his speare, the fourth his axe, and so euerie one had something belonging to a man of armes.The kings harnesse and furniture. The apparell of the nine henchmen were white cloth of gold, and crimsin cloth of gold, richlie embrodered with goldsmithes worke, the trappers of the coursers were mantell harnesse coulpened, and in euerie vent a long bell of fine gold, and on euerie pendent a déepe tassell of fine gold in bullion, which trappers were ve|rie rich. The king and the emperour met betwéene Aire and the campe, in the foulest weather that light|lie hath béene seene. The emperour gentlie intertei|ned the king, and the king likewise him, and after a little communication had betwene them, bicause the weather was foule, they parted for that time. The em|perour & all his men were at that daie all in blacke cloth, for the empresse his wife was latelie deceased.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Within a day or two after this interuiew, and that the king was returned to his campe,A letter of de|fiance sent by the Scotish king to king Henrie. thither came a king at armes of Scotland called Lion, with his cote of armes on his backe, who within short time was by Gartier king of armes brought to the kings presence, where he being almost dismaid to see the king so noblie accompanied, with few words & meet|lie good countenance, deliuered a letter to the king, which his grace receiued and read it himselfe; and therewith hauing conceiued the whole contents thereof, made this answer immediatly to the herald.