The recei|uing and con|ueieng of the quéen through London.To the intent that the horsses should not slide on the pauement, nor that the people should not be hurt by horsses, the high stréets where the queene should passe were all grauelled from the tower to temple barre and railed on the one side, within which railes stood the crafts along in their order from Grace church, where the merchants of the still [...]rd stood till the little conduit in Cheape, where the aldermen stood: and on the other side of the stréet stood the con|stables of the citie, apparelled in veluet and silke, with great slaues in their hands, to cause the people to kéepe roome and good order. And when the stréets were somwhat ordered, the maior clothed in a gowne of crimsm veluet, and a rich collar of SSS,The maior in a gowne of crimsm vel|uet. with two footmen clad in white and red damaske, rode to the tower to giue his attendance on the quéene, on whome the shiriffs with their officers did wait till they came to tower hill, where they taking their leaue, rode downe the high stréets, commanding the constables to sée roome and good order kept, and so went and stood by the aldermen in Cheape.

Now before the quéen and hir traine should come, Cornehill and Gratious stréet were hanged with fine scarlet, crimsin, and other grained cloths, and in some place with rich arras, tapistrie, and carpets; and the most part of the Cheape was hanged with cloth of tissue, gold, veluet, and manie rich hangings, which made a goodlie shew, and all the windowes were replenished with ladies and gentlewomen, to behold the quéene and hir traine as they should passe by.The attire of certeine Frenchmen belonging to the French embassador The first of the queenes companie that set for|ward were twelue Frenchmen, which were belong|ing to the French ambassador clothed in coates of blew veluet, with sléeues of yellow and blew veluet, and their horsses trapped with close trappers of blew sarsenet powdered with white crosses: after them marched gentlemen, esquires and knights two and two: after them the iudges, and after them the knights of the bath in violet gownes, with hoods purfled with miniuer like doctors; after them ab|bats, then barons; after them bishops, then earls and marquesses; then the lord chancellor of Eng|land; after him the archbishop of Yorke, and the ambassador of Uenice, after him the archbishop of Canturburie and the ambassador of France, after rode two esquiers of honor with robes of estat rolled and worne bauldrike-wise about their necks, with caps of estate, representing the dukes of Norman|die & Aquitaine: after them rode the maior of Lon|don with his mace and garter in his cote of armes, which maior bare his mace to Westminster hall.

After all these rode the lord William Howard with the marshalles rod,The two dukes of Norffolke and Suffolke in their offi|ces. deputie to his brother the duke of Norffolke marshall of England, which was ambassador then in France: and on his right hand rode Charles duke of Suffolke, for that daie high constable of England, bearing the verder of siluer apperteining to the office of constableship, and all the lords for the most part were clothed in crimsin vel|uet and all the queenes seruants or officers of armes in scarlet. Next before the queene rode hir chancel|lor hareheaded, the sargeants and officers of armes rode on both the sides of the lords. Then came the quéene in a litter of white cloth of gold, not couered, nor bailed, which was lead by two palfries clad in white damaske downe to the ground, head and all, led by hir footmen. She had on a circut of white cloth of tissue,Quéene Annes attire verie sumptu|ous and roiall and a mantell of the same furred with er|mine, hir haire hanged downe, but on hir head shee had a coise with a circlet about it full of rich stones. Ouer hir was borne a canopie of cloth of gold, with foure guilt slaues and foure siluer belles. For the bearing of which canopie were appointed sixtéene knights, foure to beare it one space on foot, and o ther foure another space according to their owne appoint|ment.