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Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 The French K. agreed to call backe the duke of Al|banie out of Scotland, that the suertie of K. Iames might the better be prouided for, and lesse occasion of trouble ministred to the king of England. And fur|ther the French king was contented that the said king Iames should be receiued as a confederat in this peace. When all things were concluded, the king and the ambassadours road to the cathedrall church of saint Paule in London from Durham place, where the cardinall of England sang the masse in most pompous maner: and after that masse was ended, doctor Pace the kings secretarie made an eloquent oration in praise of peace: and that doone, the king and his nobles with the ambassadours went to the bishops palace, and there dined, and after din|ner, the king rode againe to Durham place. Edw. H [...]ll [...]n H. 8. fol. l [...]. That night the cardinall of Yorke made to the ambassa|dors a solemne banket, and them accompanied ma|nie lords and ladies of England. And when the ban|ket was doone, in came six minstrels, richlie disgui|sed, and after them followed thrée gentlemen in wide and long gownes of crimsin sattin, euerie one ha|uing a cup of gold in their hands.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 The first cup was full of angels and roials, the se|cond had diuerse bales of dice, and the third had cer|teine paires of cards. These gentlemen offered to plaie at mumchance, and when they had plaied the length of the first boord, then the minstrels blew vp, and then entered into the chamber certeine ladies disguised, on whome attended twelue knights dis|guised bearing torches. All these thirtie & six persons were in one sute of fine gréene sattin, all couered o|uer with cloth of gold, vnder tied togither with laces of gold, and masking hoods on their heads: the ladies had tiers made of braids of damaske gold with long haire of white gold. All these maskers dansed at one time, and after they had dansed, they put off their vi|sors, and so were they all knowne. The admerall and lords of France hartilie thanked the king, that it pleased him to visit them with such disport. Then the king & his companie were banketted, and had high chéere: and so they departed euerie man to his lod|ging. EEBO page image 849 The eight of October at Gréenewich, was soong a solemne masse by the bishop of Durham, and after masse, [...] maister [...] rolles. doctor Tunstall, maister of the rolles, made an eloquent proposition in praise of the matri|monie to be had betwixt the Dolphin and the ladie Marie. All that daie were the strangers feasted, and at night they were brought into the hall, where was a rocke full of all maner of stones, [...] verie artificiallie made, and on the top stood fiue trées, the first an oliue tree, on which hanged a shield of the armes of the church of Rome; the second a pineaple trée, with the armes of the emperour; the third a rosier, with the armes of England; the fourth a branch of lillies, bea|ring the armes of France; and the fift a pomegra|nat trée, bearing the armes of Spaine: in token that all these fiue potentats were ioined togither in one league against the enimies of Christes faith.

In and vpon the middest of the rocke sate a faire ladie, richlie apparelled with a dolphin in hir lap. In this rocke were ladies and gentlemen apparelled in crimsin sattin, couered ouer with floures of purple sattin, embrodered vpon with wrethes of gold, knit togither with golden laces, and on euerie floure a hart of gold moouing. The ladies apparell was after the fashion of Iude, with kerchifes of pleasance, hat|ched with fine gold, and set with letters of Gréeke in gold of bullion; and the edges of their kerchifes were garnished with hanging perle. These gentlemen and ladies sat on the nether part of the rocke, and out of a caue in the said rocke came ten knights, armed at all points, and fought togither a faire tournie. And when they were seuered and departed, the disguisors descended from the rocke, and dansed a great space: and suddenlie the rocke mooued and receiued the dis|guisors, and immediatlie closed againe.

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