And when the said lord with the other came in the quéenes sight, they made their obeisance three times, the said lord knéeled downe:The executiõ of the ceremo|nies & orders at this creatiõ after the which Garter prese [...]ed the letters patents to the lord chamber|leine, and he presented the same to the quéenes high|nesse, who gaue it to sir William Cecill secretarie, who read the same with a lowd voice, & at the words of Creauimus, the lord of Hunsdon presented the man|tle to the quéens maiestie, who put on the same, wher|by he was created baron of Denbigh for him and his heires. Then the patent was read out to the end, after the which he deliuered it to the quéene againe, and hir highnesse gaue it to the said lord, who gaue hir maiestie most humble thanks, and he rose vp and departed to the chamber they came from, the trum|pets sounding before him.
Then he shifted him of those robes,Creation of an earle, and namelie the earle of La|cester. and put on the robes of estate of an earle, and being led by the earle of Sussex on the right hand, and the erle of Hunting|ton on his left hand, the earle of Warwike bearing his sword the pomell vpward, and the girdle about the same, all in their robes of estate, the lord Clinton lord admerall in his parlement robes, bearing his cap with the coronall, Garter before him bearing his patent, and the other officers of armes before him, they proceeded as afore into the chamber of presence, where, after they had made their obeisance, the said earle knéeled downe, and Garter deliuered his pa|tent to the lord chamberleine, who gaue the same to the quéenes maiestie, & hir highnesse gaue the same to sir William Cecill secretarie to read, who read the same. And at the words Cincturam gladij, the earle of Warwike presented the sword to the quéenes highnesse,The quéene hir selfe gir|teth the sword and girdle about the earles necke. who girt the same about the necke of the said new earle, putting the point vnder his left arme, and after hir maiestie put on his cap with the coro|nall. Then his patent was read out to the end, and then the said secretarie deliuered it againe to the quéene, and hir highnesse gaue it to the said new erle of Leicester, who gaue hir humble thanks for it.
And then he arose and went into the councell chamber to dinner, the trumpets sounding before, and at dinner he sat in his kirtle, and there accompa|nied him the foresaid ambassador of France, and the said Italian, with diuerse other erles and lords. And after the second course, Garter with the other offi|cers of armes, proclamed the quéenes maiesties stile, and after, the stile of the said earle,The officers fées fiftéene pounds at this creation for the which they had fiftéene pounds, to wit, for his baronie fiue pounds, & for his earledome ten pounds, and Garter had his gowne of blacke veluet garded with thrée gards of the same, laid on with lace, lined through with blacke taffata, and garded on the inner side with the same, and on the sléeues eight and thirtie paire of aglets of gold. The earles stile was as fol|loweth: Du tresnoble & puissant seigneur Robert conte de Leicestre, baron de Denbigh, cheualier du tresnoble ordre de la iarretièrre, & grand esquier de la royne nostre souuereigne. On whole scutchion, conteining sundrie cotes, inui|roned with the cognisances of both orders, as well S. Michaels as S. Georges, with other ornaments, were made these verses, now common to be read:
Quot clypeos atauûm clypeo coniungis in vno, [...]Tot tibi virtutes atauûm sunt pectore iunctae:EEBO page image 1208Somerij pietas, vis imperterrita Greij,Intemerata fides Hastingi, nobile pectusFerrarij, Quinci probitas, bonitásque Boghani,Martia Talbotti virtus, fidissima dextraBeauchampi, Herculei mens inconcussa Guidonis,Barklaei vigor, & generosa modestia Lisli.]