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Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 The eleuenth daie of December at the turne pike on this side Graueling, was the ladie Anne of Cleue receiued by the lord deputie of the towne of Calis, and with the speares and horssemen belong|ing to the retinue there. When she came within little more than a mile of the towne of Calis, she was met by the erle of Southampton high admerall of Eng|land, who had in his companie thirtie gentlemen of the kings houshold, as sir Francis Brian, sir Tho|mas Seimer, and others, beside a great number of gentlemen of his owne retinue clad in blue veluet, and crimsin satin, and his yeomen in damaske of the same colours. The mariners of his ship were appa|relled in satin of Bridges,Ladie Anne of Cleue is receiued into Calis. cotes & slops of the same colour. The lord admerall brought hir into Calis by Lanterne gate. There was such a peale of ordi|nance shot off at hir entrie, as was maruellous to the hearers. The maior presented hir with an hun|dred markes in gold, the merchants of the staple with an hundred souereignes of gold in a rich purse. She was lodged in the kings place called the Chec|ker, and there she laie fiftéene daies for want of pro|sperous wind.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 During which time, goodlie iusts and costlie ban|kets were made to hir, for hir solace and recreation. And on S. Iohns daie in Christmasse,She landeth in Kent. she with fiftie saile tooke passage about noone, and landed at Dele in the Downes about fiue of the clocke, where sir Tho|mas Chenie lord Warden of the ports receiued hir. She taried there a certeine space in a castell newlie built, and thither came the duke of Suffolke, and the dutches of Suffolke, and the bishop of Chichester with a great number of knights and esquiers, and ladies of Kent and other, which welcomed hir grace, and brought hir that night vnto Douer castell, where she rested till mondaie, on which daie (notwithstand|ing it was verie foule and stormie weather) she pas|sed towards Canturburie, and on Baram downe met hir the archbishop of Canturburie, with the bi|shops of Elie, S. Asse, S. Dauies, and Douer, and so brought hir to S. Augustins without Canturburie, where she laie that night. The next daie she came to Sittingburne, and laie there that night. As she pas|sed towards Rochester on Newyeares euen, on Reinam downe met hir the duke of Norffolke, and the lord Dacres of the south, and the lord Montioie, with a great companie of knights and esquiers of Norffolke and Suffolke, with the barons of the es|cheker which brought hir to Rochester, where the laie in the palace all Newyeares daie. On which daie, the king (longing to sée hir) accompanied with no more but eight persons of his priuie chamber, both he and they all apparelled in marble cotes,The king commeth to see hir at Ro|chester. priuilie comming to Rochester, suddenlie came to hir pre|sence, wherof at the first she was somewhat astonied, but after he had spoken to hir and welcomed hir, she with louing countenance and gratious behauiour him receiued, and welcomed him on hir knées, whom he gentlie tooke vp and kissed, and all that after noone communed and deuised with hir, supped that night with hir, and the next daie he departed to Gréene|wich, and she came forward to Dartford.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 On the morrow the third daie of Ianuarie being saturdaie, in a faire plaine of Blackeheath, more neere to the foot of Shooters hill, than the ascendent of the same, called Blackheath hill, was pitched a paui|lion of rich cloth of gold, and diuerse other tents and pauilions, in which were made fiers and perfumes for hir and such ladies as were appointed to receiue hir:The order of receiuing hir on Blacke|heath. and from the tents to the parke gate of Greene|wich, all the bushes and fixs were cut downe, and a large open waie made for the shew of all persons. And first next to the parke pale on the east side stood the merchants of the stilliard, and on the west side stood the merchants of Genoa, Florence and Uenice, and the Spaniards in cotes of veluet. Then on both sides the waie stood the merchants of the citie of Lon|don, and the aldermen, with the councellors of the said citie, to the number of a hundred and thréescore which were mingled with the esquiers; then the fiftie gentlemen pensioners: and all these were apparel|led in veluet and chaines of gold, trulie accounted to the number of twelue hundred & aboue, beside them that came with the king and hir, which were six hun|dred in veluet cotes and chaines of gold. Behind the gentlemen stood the seruingmen in good order well horssed and apparelled, that who so euer had well viewed them, might haue said, that they for tall and comelie personages, and cleane of lim and bodie, were able to giue the greatest prince in christendome a mortall breakefast, if he had béene the kings eni|mie.

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