This Christmasse on Newyeares night, the king, the duke of Suffolke, [...] Hall. in [...]. fol. lv, vlj. [...] gorgious & [...] maske [...] the [...]ing was [...]. & two other were in mantels of cloath of siluer lined with blew veluet, the siluer was pounst in letters that the veluet might be séene thorough, the mantels had great capes like to the Portingall slops, and all their hosen, dublets, and coats were of the same fashion cut, and of the same stuffe. With them were foure ladies in gowns, after the fashon of Sauoie, of blew veluet, lined with cloath of gold, the veluet all cut, and mantels like tipets knit togither all of siluer, and on their heads bonets of burned gold, the foure torch-bearers were in sattin white and blew. This strange apparell plea|sed much euerie person, and in especiall the quéene. And thus these foure lords & foure ladies came into the quéenes chamber with great light of torches, and dansed a great season, and then put off their visors, and were all well knowne, and then the quéene har|tilie thanked the kings grace for hir goodlie pastime and disport.

A tent of cloth [...]f gold with a [...]h [...]w of [...]r [...]ed men.Likewise on the Twelfe night, the king and the quéene came into the hall of Greenewich, & suddenlie entered a tent of cloath of gold, and before the tent stood foure men of armes, armed at all points with swords in their hands; and suddenlie with noise of trumpets entered foure other persons all armed, and ran to the other foure, and there was a great and a fierce fight. And suddenlie came out of a place like a wood eight wildmen, all apparelled in gréene mosse, made with sleued silke, with ouglie weapons & ter|rible visages, and there fought with the knights eight to eight; and after long fighting, the armed knights droue the wild men out of their places, and followed the chase out of the hall: and when they were depar|ted, the tent opened, and there came out six lords and six ladies richlie apparelled, and dansed a great time: when they had dansed their pleasure, they entered the tent againe, which was conueied out of the hall; then the king & the quéene were serued with a right sump|tuous banket.

On the third day of Februarie, the king made a so|lemne iusts,The king and the marquesse Dorset make a challenge at iusts. and he and the marquesse Dorset would answer all commers, their apparell and bar [...]s were of blew veluet and cloath of siluer, all to cut in sub|till knots, richlie embrodered, all the seruitours in white & blew silke. The counterpart, which were foure|teene in number, richlie apparelled in veluet, cloath of gold, and embroderie, euerie man after his owne deuise. The king was that daie highlie to be praised, for he brake thrée and twentie speares beside atteints and bare downe to ground a man of armes and his horsse: the lord marquesse and all other did valiant|lie, and had much praise, for euerie man did passing well, which is seldome séene in such a case. But the king for a suertie excéeded all other.