Sir Stephã Genings ma|ior of London.Now when the tables were voided, the wafers were brought. Then sir Stephan Genings that time maior of London, whome the king before he sat downe to dinner had dubbed knight, which began the earles table that daie, arose from the place where he sat, to serue the king with ipocras in a cup of gold: which cup, after his grace had dronken thereof, was with the couer giuen vnto the said sir Stephan, like as other his predecessors, maiors of the said citie, were woont to haue at the coronation of the king. Then after the surnap laied, and that the kings grace and the quéene had washed, euerie of them vnder their cloths of estate, the tables being auoided, went vnto their chambers. For the more honour and in|nobling of this triumphant coronation,Iusts and turnement [...] there were prepared both iusts and turneis to be doone in the pa|lace of Westminster, where, for the kings grace and the quéene, was framed a faire house, couered with tapestrie, and hanged with rich clothes of arrais, and in the said palace was made a curious founteine and ouer it a castell, on the top therof a great crowne imperiall, all the imbatelling with roses and pome|granats gilded.

Under and about the said castell, a curious vine, the leaues and grapes thereof gilded with fine gold, the walles of the same castell coloured white & gréene losengis, and in euerie losing either a rose or a pome|granat, and a sheafe of arrowes, or else H. and K. gil|ded with fine gold, with certeine arches and turrets gilded, to support the same castell. And the targets of the armes of the defendants, appointed for the said iusts, therevpon sumptuouslie set. And out at seue|rall places of the same castell, aswell on the daie of the coronation, as on the said daies of the iusts & tur|neies, out of the mouthes of certeine beasts or gar|gels did run red, white, and claret wine. The enter|prisers of these iusts, was Thomas lord Howard,The enterpri|sers of the [...] iusts. heire apparant to the earle of Surrie, sir Edward Howard admerall his brother, the lord Richard bro|ther to the Marques Dorset, sir Edmund Howard, sir Thomas Kneuet, and Charles Brandon esquier. The trumpets blew to the field, the fresh yoong ga|lants and noble men gorgeouslie apparrelled, with curious deuises of cuts and of embroderies, as well in their coates as in trappers for their horsses, some in gold, some in siluer, some in tinsels, and diuerse o|ther in goldsmithes worke, goodlie to behold.

These first entred the field, in taking vp & turning their horsses, netlie and freshlie.Goodlie she [...] & delightfull. Then followed a de|uise (caried by strength of men and other prouision) framed like a castell, or a turret, wrought with fine cloth of gold: the top whereof was spred with roses and pomegranats, hanging downe on euerie side of the said deuise; wherein was a ladie, bearing a shield of christall named Pallas. After whom the said lord Howard with his companions followed, armed at all points, their bases and bards, or trappers, were of gréene veluet, beaten with roses and pomegra|nats of gold, brodred with fringes of damaske gold. The said deuise or turret,Pallas knights the defendants. being brought before the king, the ladie Pallas presented the said persons, whom she named hir scholers, to the kings highnes, beséeching the same to accept them as hir scholers, who were desirous to serue him, to the increase of their honours; which said scholers had about them on foot to the number of an hundred persons, freshlie ap|parrelled, in veluets of sundrie colours, with hose & bonets according to the same. And further, the said ladie desired the king, that it might please his grace, that hir said scholers might be defendants to all commers, which request was granted.