Now before the quéen and hir traine should come, Cornehill and Gratious stréet were hanged with fine scarlet, crimsin, and other grained cloths, and in some place with rich arras, tapistrie, and carpets; and the most part of the Cheape was hanged with cloth of tissue, gold, veluet, and manie rich hangings, which made a goodlie shew, and all the windowes were replenished with ladies and gentlewomen, to behold the quéene and hir traine as they should passe by.The attire of certeine Frenchmen belonging to the French embassador The first of the queenes companie that set for|ward were twelue Frenchmen, which were belong|ing to the French ambassador clothed in coates of blew veluet, with sléeues of yellow and blew veluet, and their horsses trapped with close trappers of blew sarsenet powdered with white crosses: after them marched gentlemen, esquires and knights two and two: after them the iudges, and after them the knights of the bath in violet gownes, with hoods purfled with miniuer like doctors; after them ab|bats, then barons; after them bishops, then earls and marquesses; then the lord chancellor of Eng|land; after him the archbishop of Yorke, and the ambassador of Uenice, after him the archbishop of Canturburie and the ambassador of France, after rode two esquiers of honor with robes of estat rolled and worne bauldrike-wise about their necks, with caps of estate, representing the dukes of Norman|die & Aquitaine: after them rode the maior of Lon|don with his mace and garter in his cote of armes, which maior bare his mace to Westminster hall.

After all these rode the lord William Howard with the marshalles rod,The two dukes of Norffolke and Suffolke in their offi|ces. deputie to his brother the duke of Norffolke marshall of England, which was ambassador then in France: and on his right hand rode Charles duke of Suffolke, for that daie high constable of England, bearing the verder of siluer apperteining to the office of constableship, and all the lords for the most part were clothed in crimsin vel|uet and all the queenes seruants or officers of armes in scarlet. Next before the queene rode hir chancel|lor hareheaded, the sargeants and officers of armes rode on both the sides of the lords. Then came the quéene in a litter of white cloth of gold, not couered, nor bailed, which was lead by two palfries clad in white damaske downe to the ground, head and all, led by hir footmen. She had on a circut of white cloth of tissue,Quéene Annes attire verie sumptu|ous and roiall and a mantell of the same furred with er|mine, hir haire hanged downe, but on hir head shee had a coise with a circlet about it full of rich stones. Ouer hir was borne a canopie of cloth of gold, with foure guilt slaues and foure siluer belles. For the bearing of which canopie were appointed sixtéene knights, foure to beare it one space on foot, and o ther foure another space according to their owne appoint|ment.

Next after the quéene rode the lord Borough hir chamberleine, next after him William Coffin mai|ster of the horsses, leading a spare horsse with a side saddle trapped downe with cloth of tissue. After him rode seauen ladies in crimsin veluet turned vp with cloth of gold and of tissue, and their horsses trapped with cloth of gold,Thrée chari|ots with goodlie ladies and gentle|women. after them two chariots couered with red cloth of gold. In the first chariot were two ladies, which were the old dutchesse of Norffolke, and the old marchionesse Dorset. In the second chariot EEBO page image 932 were foure ladies all in crimsin veluet. Then rode seauen ladies in the same sute, their horsses trappers and all. Then came the third chariot all white, with six ladies in crimsin veluet; next after them came the fourth chariot all red with eight ladies also in crimsin veluet: after whom followed thirtie gentle|women all in veluet and silke in the liuerie of their ladies, on whom they gaue their attendance. After them followed the gard in cotes of goldsmiths worke.