Other ten lords were apparelled in long gownes of blew sattin of the ancient fashion, embrodered with reasons of gold that said Adieu iunesse, Fare|well youth: they had tippeis of blacke veluet, & hats hanging therby, & on their heads hie violet standing caps, and girdels of silke, and purses of cloth of gold after the ancient maner, with visards on their faces of like anciencie. After all these triumphs and braue|ries, great store of spices, fruits, iellies, & banketing viands were brought, which being doone and ended, the king tooke leaue of the French queene and ladies, to whome were brought thirtie horsses trapped in da|maske, white and yellow, and so passed he and his traine the towne of Ard into the field and campe. Right roiallie also was the French K. interteined, and all other after their degree and state. Now when all this solemnitie was ended, the French king tooke leaue of the quéene and ladies of the court. The lord cardinall in statelie attire, accompanied with the duke of Buckingham, and other great lords, conduc|ted forward the French king, and in their way they incountered and met the king of England and his companie right in the vallie of Anderne,The [...] kings [...]. apparelled in their masking apparell, which gladded the French king. After reuerence doone, the said two kings de|parted for that night, the English to Guisnes, and the French to Ard.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 On mondaie, the eighteenth of Iune, was such EEBO page image 861 an hideous storme of wind and weather, [...] that manie coniectured it did prognosticate trouble and hatred shortlie after to follow betwéene princes. On tues|daie the nintéenth of Iune, the two kings came to the campe againe armed at all peeces, and there a|bode them that would come, so that then began the iustes afresh. On wednesdaie the twentith of Iune, the two kings began to hold tournies with all the parteners of their chalenge armed at all péeces. The quéene of France and the quéene of England were in the places for them prepared, and there was ma|nie a goodlie battell performed: the kings dooing as well as the best, so that the beholders spake of them honor. On thursdaie the one and twentith of Iune, the two kings likewise kept the tourneies, so that all those noble men that would prooue their valiancies, were deliuered according to the articles of the tour|neies, which this daie tooke end. On fridaie the 22 of Iune,Barriers. the two kings with their retinue did battell on foot at the barriers, and there deliuered all such as put foorth themselues to trie their forces. On satur|daie the thrée and twentith of Iune, the lord cardinall sang an high solemne masse by note,The cardinall [...] masse [...] the two kings. aloft vpon a pompons stage before the two kings & quéenes, the which being finished, indulgence was giuen to all the hearers. The two kings dined in one chamber that daie, and the two quéenes in another. After din|ner, the two kings with their band entered the field on foot before the barriers, & so began the fight, which continued battell after battell, till all the commers were answered. There were deliuered this day thus at the barriers by battell, an hundred and six persons: the two last battels did the kings trie. And so that sa|turdaie the whole chalenge was performed, and all men deliuered of the articles of iusts, tourneies, and battels on foot at the barriers, by the said two kings and their aids.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 After this, there followed roiall maskes, and on the sundaie the foure and twentith of Iune, [...] the king of England with foure companies, in euerie companie ten, trimlie appointed in masking apparell, rode to Ard: and likewise the French king accompanied with eight and thirtie persons as maskers repaired to Guisnes. They met on the waie, & each companie passed by other without any countenance making or disuisarding. They were honorablie receiued, as well at the one place as the other. And when they had en|ded their pastime, banketting, and danses, they retur|ned and met againe on the way homeward, and then putting off their visards, they louinglie embraced: and after amiable communication togither, they tooke leaue each of other, & for a remembrance gaue gifts either to other verie rich and princelie.