Before hir went a gard of Almans after their fashion, and after them all noblemen, as the Dol|phin, the duke of Alanson, the duke of Burbon, the duke of Uandosme, the duke of Longeuile, and the duke of Suffolke, the marquesse Dorset, fiue cardi|nals, and a great number of estates; about hir person rode the kings gard, which were Scots. Thus was this queene receiued into Paris, and so conueied to the cathedrall church, and there offered, & from thence to the palace, where she offered at the holie chappell; and from thence she went to hir lodging for that night: for whome was prouided a great supper, and the heralds cried a largesse, and had to them giuen a ship of siluer and gilt, and other plate,The heralds reward. to the value of two hundred marks, and after supper began dansing and pastime. On the morow began the iusts, and the Dolphin with his aids entered the field, the apparell and bards were cloth of gold, cloth of siluer, and crim|sin veluet kanteled togither all in one sute, they shewed themselues before the king and quéene, who were on a goodlie stage, and the queene stood so that all men might sée hir, and woondered at hir beautie: but the king was feeble & laie on a couch for weakenesse.

Then entered the counter part by a raile for com|bring the place. These iusts continued thrée daies,The time hor [...] lõg these iusts lasted and the maner therof. in the which were answered thrée hundred and fiue men of armes, and euerie man ran fiue courses, and with sharpe speares; diuerse were slaine & not spoken of. At the randon and turneie the duke of Suffolke hurt a gentleman, so that he was like to die. The Marques Dorset stroke monsieur Grue an Albanois with his speare, persed his headpéece, and put him in ieopar|die. The duke of Suffolke in the turneie ouerthrew a man of armes, horsse & man; and so did the lord Mar|quesse another, and yet the Frenchmen would in no wise praise them. At this turneie the Dolphin was hurt in the hand, so that he could not performe his chalenge at the barriers, and put one of his aid in his roome. The next daie after began the fight at the bar|riers. And bicause the Dolphin was not present, the duke of Suffolke and the lord Marques Dorset that daie began the field, and tooke the barriers with speares in his hand abiding all commers.

The Dolphin brought a man secretlie,The duke of Suffolke in|countreth a tall and strong Alman. which in all the court of France was the tallest & the strong|est man, and he was an Alman, and put him in the place of an other person to haue had the duke of Suf|folke rebuked. The same great Alman came to the bars fiercelie with face hid, bicause he would not be knowne, and bare his speare to the duke of Suf|folke with all his strength, and the duke him receiued and for all his strength put him by strong strokes from the barriers, and with the but end of the speare strake the Alman that he staggered: but for all that the Alman strake stronglie and hardlie at the duke, and the iudges suffered manie more strokes to be foughten than were appointed; but when they saw the Alman reele and stagger, then they let fall the raile betwéene them. The lord marquesse Dorset at the same time, euen at the same barre fought with a gentleman of France that he lost his speare, and in maner withdrew. When the raile was let fall, these EEBO page image 834 two noble men put vp their visers and tooke aire, and with swords, the points and edges abated, they came to the barriers.