The number of the gentlemen and yeomen at|tending on foot, apparelled in russet and yellow,Sir Charles Brandon on horssebacke in a long robe of russet satt [...]re like a religi|ous person. was an hundred thréescore and eight. Then next these paui|lions came twelue children of honour, sitting euerie of them on a great courser richlie trapped and em|brodered in seuerall deuises and fashions, where lac|ked neither broderie nor goldsmiths worke, so that e|uerie child and horsse in deuise and fashion was con|trarie to other, which was goodlie to behold. Then on the contrarie part entered sir Charles Brandon, first on horssebacke in a long robe of russet sattin, like a recluse or religious person, and his horsse trapped in the same sute, without drum or noise of minstrelsie, putting a bill of petition to the quéene, the effect wher|of EEBO page image 808 was, that if it would please hir to licence him to run in hir presence, he would doo it gladlie; and if not, then he would depart as he came. After that his re|quest was granted, then he put off his said habit, and was armed at all péeces with rich bases and horsse also richlie trapped, and so did run his horsse to the tilt end, where diuerse men on foot apparelled in russet sattin waited on him.

Henrie Guil|ford esquier in russet cloth of gold, with his deuise.Next after came in alone yoong Henrie Guilford esquier, himselfe and his horsse in russet cloth of gold and cloth of siluer, closed in a deuise, or a pageant made like a castell or a turret, wrought of russet sar|cenet Florence, wrought and set out in gold with his word or posie, and all his men in russet sattin & white, with hosen to the same, and their bonets of like co|lours, demanding also licence of the queene to run; which to him granted, he tooke place at the tilts end. Then came next the marquesse Dorset and sir Tho|mas Bullen like two pilgrims from saint Iames,The mar|quesse Dorset and sir Tho|mas Bullen like pilgrims. in taberds of blacke veluet, with palmers hats on their helmets, with long Iacobs staues in their hands, their horsse trappers of blacke veluet, their ta|berds, hats, and trappers set with scalop shels of fine gold, and strips of blacke veluet, euerie strip set with a scalop shell, their seruants all in blacke sattin with scalop shels of gold in their breasts. Soone after came in the lord Henrie of Buckingham earle of Wilshire, himselfe and his horsse apparelled in cloth of siluer, embrodered with his posie or word, and ar|rowes of gold in a posie, called La maison du refuge, made of crimsin damaske brodered with roses & ar|rowes of gold, on the top a greihound of siluer, bea|ring a tree of pomegranats of gold, the branches whereof were so large that it ouerspred the pageant in all parts.

Then entered sir Giles Capell, sir Rouland with manie other knights richlie armed and apparelled. And thus began the iusts, which was valiantlie atchi|ued by the king and his aids, among whom his grace atteined the prise. These iusts finished, euerie man withdrew, the king was disarmed, and at time con|uenient he and the queene heard euensong, and that night all the ambassadors supped with the king and had a great banket. After supper, his grace with the quéene, lords & ladies came into the White hall with|in the said palace, which was hanged richlie, the hall was scaffolded and railed on all parts. There was an enterlude of the gentlemen of his chapell before his grace, and diuerse fresh songs: that doone, his grace called to him a great man, or a lord of Ireland called O neall,The great O neall made knight. whome in the presence of the said am|bassadors he made knight: then the minstrels be|gan to plaie, the lords & ladies began to danse. Now in the midst of this pastime, when all persons were most attentiue to behold the dansing, the king was suddenlie gone, vnknowen to the most part of the people there, vnlesse it were of the quéene and cer|teine other. Within a little while after his departing, the trumpets at the end of the hall began to sound.