Yet partlie to describe his apparell, it is to be no|ted,K. Henries apparell at his coronatiõ. his grace ware in his vppermost apparell, a robe of crimsin veluet, furred with ermins, his iacket or coat of raised gold, the placard imbrodered with dia|monds, rubies, emerands, great pearles, and other rich stones, a great bauderike about his necke of great balasses. The trapper of his horsse damaske gold, with a deepe purfle of ermins. His knights and esquiers for his bodie in crimsin veluet; and all the gentlemen, with other of his chappell, and all his offi|cers and houshold seruants were appareled in scar|let. The barons of the fiue portes bare the canopie or cloth of estate. For to recite vnto you the great estates by name, the order of their going, the number of the lords spirituall & temporall, knights, esquiers, and gentlemen, and their costlie and rich apparell of seuerall deuises and fashions, who tooke vp his horsse best, or who was richest beseene; it would aske long time, and yet I should omit manie things, and faile of the number, for they were verie manie: wherefore I passe ouer. But this I dare well saie, there was no lacke or scarsitie of cloth of tissue, cloth of gold, cloth of siluer, broderie, or of goldsmiths works: but in more plentie and aboundance than hath beene séene or read of at anie time before, and thereto manie and great numbers of chaines of gold, & bauderikes both massie and great.

Also before the kings highnesse rode two gentle|men richlie apparelled,The kings traine and the [...] of the [...]. and about their bodies ouer|thwart, they bare two robes, the one of the duchie of Guien, and the other for the duchie of Normandie, with hats on their heads powdered with ermins, for the estate of the same. Next followed two persons of good estate, the one bearing his cloke, the other his hat, apparelled both in goldsmiths worke and brode|rie, their horsses trapped in burned siluer, drawen o|uer with cordes of gréene silke and gold, the edges and borders of their apparell being fretted with gold of damaske. After them came sir Thomas Brandon master of the kings horsse, clothed in tissue, brodered with roses of fine gold, and ouerthwart his bodie a great bauderike of gold, great and massi [...]; his horsse trapped in gold, leading by a raine of silke; the kings spare horsse trapped bard wise, with harnesse brodred with bullion gold, curiouslie wrought by goldsmiths. Then next followed the nine children of honor vpon great coursers, appareled on their bodies in blue vel|uet, powdered with floure delices of gold, & chaines of goldsmiths worke, euerie one of their horsses trap|ped with a trapper of the kings title, as of England and France, Gascoigne, Guien, Normandie, An|giou, Cornewall, Wales, Ireland, &c: wrought vp|on veluets, with imbroderie, and goldsmiths worke.

Then next following in order, came the quéenes retinue, as lords, knights, esquiers,The quéenes traine and the sumptuous|nesse of the same. and gentlemen in their degrées, well mounted, and richlie apparelled in tissue, cloth of gold, of siluer, tinsels, and veluets imbrodered, fresh and goodlie to behold. The quéene then by name Katharine, sitting in hir litter borne by two white palfries, the litter couered and richlie appareled, and the palfries trapped in white cloth of gold; hir person apparelled in white satin imbrodered, hir haire hanging downe to hir backe of very great length, beautifull and goodlie to hehold, & on hir head a coronall set with manie rich orient stones. Next af|ter, six honorable personages on white palfries all ap|parelled in cloth of gold, and then a chariot couered, and the ladies therein all apparelled in cloth of gold. And another sort of ladies, and then another chariot, then the ladies next the chariot, and so in order, euerie one after their degrées in cloth of gold, cloth of siluer, tinsels, and veluet, with imbroderies. Euerie couple|ment of the said chariots, and the draught harnesses were powdered with ermins mixt with cloth of gold: & so with much ioy & honour they came to Westmin|ster, where was high preparation made, aswell for the said coronation, as also for the solemne feasts and iusts therevpon to be had and doone