So she with all hir companie and the maior rode foorth to Temple barre, which was newlie painted and repared,The quéene commeth to Westminster hall and the maner of hir receiuing. where stood also diuerse singing men and children, till she came to Westminster hall, which was richlie hanged with cloth of arras, and new glased. And in the middest of the hall she was taken out of hir litter, & so led vp to the higher deske vnder the cloth of estate, on whose left hand was a cupbord of ten stages maruellous rich and beautifull to behold and within a little season was brought to the quéene with a solemne seruice in great standing spice plates, a void of spice and subtilties with ipo|cras and other wines, which she sent downe to hir ladies, and when the ladies had dranke, she gaue har|tie thanks to the lords and ladies, with the maior and other that had giuen their attendance on hir, and so withdrew hir selfe with a few ladies to the Whitehall and so to hir chamber, and there shifted hir, and after went into hir barge secretlie to the king to his ma|nour of Westminster, where she rested that night.

On sundaie the maior [...]lad in crimsin veluet and with his collar,Sundaie be|ing Whitsun|daie the firs [...] daie of Iune, and the daie of hir coronatiõ. and all the aldermen and shiriffes in scarlet, and the counsell of the citie tooke their barge at the crane by seauen of the clocke and came to Westminster, where they were welcomed & brought into the hall by master treasuror and others of the kings house, and so gaue their attendance till the quéene should come foorth. Betwéene eight and nine she came into the hall, and stood vnder the cloth of estate, and th [...]n [...]ame in the kings chappell, and the moonks of Westminster all in rich copes, and manie bishops and abbats in copes and miters which went into the middest of the hall, and there stood a season. Then was there a raie cloth speed from the quéenes standing in the hall through the palace and sanctua|rie, which was raised on both sides to the high altar of Westminster. After that the raie cloth was cast, the officers of armes appointed the order accusto|med.

EEBO page image 933First went gentlemen, then esquiers, then knights,The comelie [...]der & araie k [...]pt on the coronation daie of euerie attendant in his degrée. then the aldermen of the citie in their cloks of scarlet, after them the iudges in their mantels of scarlet and coiffes. Then followed the knights of the bath being no lords, euerie man hauing a white lace on his left sléeue, then followed barons and vicounts in their parlement robes of scarlet. After them came earls, marquesses and dukes in their robes of estate of crimsin veluet furred with ermine poudered ac|cording to their degrées. After them came the lord chancellor in a robe of scarlet open before, bordered with lettise: after him came the kings chapell and the moonks solemnelie singing with procession, then came abbats and bishops mitered, then sargeants and officers of armes, then after them went the ma|ior of London with his mace and garter in his cote of armes, then went the marquesse Dorset in a robe of estate which bare the scepter of gold, and the earle of Arundell which bare the rod of iuorie with the doue both togither.