The king of England was vpon a fresh courser, the trappers of cloth of gold, of tissue,The king [...] Englands sumptu [...]us furniture at the same iusts. the arson man|tell wise, and on the brunt of the trapper bard fashion, cut in waues of water worke, and euerie waue raw wrought and frized with damaske gold: this worke was laid loose on russet veluet, and knit togither with points of gold, which waues signified the lordship of the narrow seas. All the parteners of the kings chalenge were in the same sute, their horsses as well as their persons. Attendant on the king on horsse|backe were sir Henrie Guilford maister of the kings horsse, sir Iohn Pechie deputie of Calis, sir Edward Guilford maister of the kings armie, and monsieur Moret of the French court. All these foure were appa|relled in the kings liuerie, which was white on the right side, and the left side gold and russet both hose and garment: on him were attendant on foot six ho|nourable knights, twentie esquiers, and officers to EEBO page image 859 the number of an hundred and twelue persons, of the which number all the knights and gentlemen had coats, the one halfe siluer, and the other cloath of gold and russet veluet, and the other officers coats were of right sattin of the same colour, and all their hosen were of the same sute verie costlie.

Thus with honour and noble courage these two noble kings with their companies entered into the field,The two kings enter [...] the field. and them presented vnto the quéenes. After re|uerence doone, they rode round about the tilt, and so tooke their places appointed, abiding the answers: which was for the first the duke of Alanson and ten men of armes on his band, on coursers barded, the bards couered with white and blacke veluet, fastened the one within the other, garded with Burgon bands of tinsell sattin, as well their garments as their bards. Then entered on coursers barded twelue gen|tlemen of the band of the lord admerall of France, their garments and bards were russet sattin, broched with gold and white and purple sattin, after the deuise of their pleasure with great plumes. When these bands were entred the field, they shewed themselues about the tilt, and did reuerence vnto the queenes. The band of the duke of Alanson tooke first place, they made them prest on both sides, the French king was the first that ran, he did valiantlie and brake speares mightilie.

Then ran the king of England to monsieur Grandeuile with great vigor;The king of England run| [...]eth against Grandeuile. so that the speares brake in the kings hand to the vantplate all to shi|uers. And at the second course he gaue the said mon|sieur Grandeuile such a stroke, that the charnell of his headpéece, although the same was verie strong, was broken in such wise that he might run no more, wher|by the king wanted three courses. Then ran the duke de Uandosme, & met his counter part right noblie, and brake speares right valiantlie. The noble duke of Suffolke charged his course, and met right vali|antlie his counter part, and furnished the fiue cour|ses right noblie togither like good men of armes. And when all parties of the chalenge had right vali|antlie furnished their courses, then ran againe the two noble kings, who did so valiantlie, that the be|holders had great ioy, after which courses the heralds tried Desarmee, and the trumpets sounded to lod|ging.