[1] The eight of Maie being the daie appointed for to shew themselues before the king,Euerie alder|man with his ward in order o [...] battell. euerie alderman in order of battell with those of his ward came into the fields at Mile end, and then all the gunners seue|red themselues into one place, the pikes into ano|ther, and the archers into an other, and likewise the bilmen, and there cast themselues in rings, and other formes of battell, which was a beautifull sight to be|hold: for all the fields from white Chapell to Mile end, and from Bednall greene to Ratcliffe & Step|nie, were all couered with armour, men, and wea|pons, and especiallie the battell of pikes séemed to be as it had béene a great forrest. Then was euerie part diuided into thrée battels, a for-ward, a midle-ward, and a rere-ward.