For the declaration of this triumph, he that saw it can tell how goodlie the coursers trotted, bounded, and quicklie turned: how valiantlie the men of armes behaued themselues,A description of the pompe and brauerie in apparell at this solemne tilt. and how the duke of Burbons band was apparrelled and bassed in taw|nie veluet, and cloth of siluer cloudie, the band of the earle of saint Paule apparrelled and barded in pur|ple veluet all to cut on purple sattin, the infant of Arragon, sonne to Frederike last king of Naples, and his band all in cloth of gold and siluer paled. This lord was but yoong, but yet verie toward. The duke of Uandosme and his band in cloth of gold and plun|ket veluet. The Dolphin and his aids were euerie daie new apparrelled at his cost, one daie in siluer and gold, another in crimsin veluet and yellow vel|uet, and another daie in white veluet and greene, some daie mixed with sattin, some daie embrodered, some daie pounced with gold, and so euerie daie in change as the woorkers fantasie could deuise, but the Eng|lishmen had euer on their apparrell red crosses to be knowne for loue of their countrie.

At this triumph the countie Galeas came into the place on a genet trapped in blew satten, and he himselfe likewise apparrelled, and ran a course with a speare, which was at the head fiue inches on euerie side square, that is twentie inches about, and at the butt nine inches square, that is six and thirtie inches, this speare was massie timber, and yet for all that he ran cleane with it a long course and slightlie auoided it to his great honour.Anthonie Bounarme with his ten speares all at once about him. Also there was another gen|tleman called Anthonie Bounarme, which came in|to the field all armed, and on his bodie brought in sight ten speares, that is to wit, three speares set in euerie stirrop forward, and vnder euerie thigh two speares vpward, and vnder his left arme was one speare backward, and the tenth in his hand; and when he came before the quéene, he let his horsse run, and neuer stopped till he had taken euerie speare after o|other and broken it on the ground, and he neuer stop|ped his horsse till all were broken. This gentleman was highlie praised, and so he was worthie. When all this great triumph was doone, the lords of England tooke their leaue, and were highlie thanked of the king, queene, Dolphin, and all the lords, and so depar|ted and came into England before Christmas. ¶In Nouember the quéene was deliuered of a prince which liued not long after.]

Touching the accord of peace betwéene England and France, you shall heare the report of Guicciar|dine, which to this place maketh passage to know|ledge, as oile giueth maintenance of light to the lampe. [At the first opening of this practise for peace, Abr. Fl. e [...] Guic. pag. 6 [...]5. there fell out manie difficulties, for that the king of England demanded Bullongne in Picardie,Difficulties about the practise of peace. with a great summe of monie: but at last all the diffe|rences fell vpon the towne of Tornaie, the king of England striuing to reteine it, and the French ob|iecting some difficultie: in so much as the king of England dispatched in post to the French king the bishop of Tricaro, whome he charged, without im|parting in what nature of particularitie consisted the difficultie, to declare to the king from him, that in regard of so great a benefit, he should not stand vpon so manie subtile difficulties, but to consider that in a prince reason shuld beare more imperie than passion.