On thursdaie the thirtéenth daie of Iune by the noonetide the two quéenes met in the campe & tooke their places, the people were come to behold the ho|nour, and to sée the two kings,The two kings armed enter the field. who all readie armed entered the field, to receiue and deliuer all men by answer of iusts. Then entered the earle of Deuon|shire, on his band the lord Montacute, lord Herbert, lord Leonard Greie, maister Arthur Poole, maister Francis Brian, maister Henrie Norris, and foure other all richlie apparelled, the one side blew veluet embrodered with a mans heart burning in a ladies hand holding a garden pot stilling with water on the heart:A deuise o [...] conceipt. the other side was white sattin embrodered with letters of gold. This companie rode about the tilt, and did reuerence to the queenes, and so abode at the end of the same.

The earle of Deuonshire charged his speare, and the French king likewise charged his course to meet the same earle, and ran so hard togither, that both their speares brake, and so mainteined their courses noblie. Then ran the king of England to monsieur Memorancie, and him encountered, & both bare to|gither and gaue great strokes; the kings most noble grace neuer disuisored nor breathed vntill he ran the fiue courses & deliuered his counterpartie. Dukes, EEBO page image 860 marquesses, knights, esquiers, and others ran as fast as euer they might, there was none that abode when the courses came, vntill the earle of Duonshire and his band were deliuered of demands.The lord Ho|ward and his eleuen compa|nions in armes. Then ente|red the lord Howard sonne to the duke of Norffolke and eleuen companions apparelled and barded in crimsin sattin full of flames of gold, the borders rib|bed with crimsin veluet, and with much honor (after due reuerence doone to the quéenes) were brought with heralds of armes about the tilts; and so tooke the place to them appointed: right rich was their ap|parell.

Then ran the French king and incountered the same lord Edmund, they brake both their staues va|liantlie course after course, the incounter ceassed not till they had furnished their fiue courses; so was the lord Edmund deliuered by the French K. Then ran the king of England to a strong gentleman named Rafe Brooke and brake his speare, and ran course af|ter course, vntill he had finished his courses right no|blie and like a prince of most valiancie. The residue ceassed not vntill they had ech deliuered other of their chalenge.The king of England and his band with their deuise on their appa|rell. On fridaie the fiftéenth daie of Iune the king of England mounted on a courser roiall, his person armed at all peeces, his apparell and trappers was the one side rich cloath of gold of tissue, the other side cloath of tissue of siluer, and cloath of gold of tis|sue entered ound the one with the other.