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.

The ound is a worke wauing vp & downe, and all the borders as well trappers as other was garded with letters of fine gold, and all the other side that was ound was set with signes called cifers of fine gold, the which were set with great and orientall pearles. The cifers signified letters knit togither in a knot, which was to wit; God my freend, my realme and I maie. This was the deuise and reason thereof. All the kings band were apparelled in like apparell. The French K. likewise armed at all points moun|ted on a courser roiall,The French king, his fur|niture and de|uise vpon his ornaments. all his apparell as well bards as garments were purple veluet entered the one with the other, embrodered full of little books of white sattin, & in the bookes were written A me. About the borders of the bards and the borders of the garments a chaine of blew like iron, resembling the chaine of a well or prison chaine, which was interpreted to be Li|ber, a booke. Within this booke was written (as is said) A me. Put these two togither and it maketh Li|berame. The chaine betokeneth prison or bonds, and so maketh togither in English, Deliuer me of bonds. Then they tooke the end of the tilt.