On sundaie the maior [...]lad in crimsin veluet and with his collar,Sundaie be|ing Whitsun|daie the firs [...] daie of Iune, and the daie of hir coronatiõ. and all the aldermen and shiriffes in scarlet, and the counsell of the citie tooke their barge at the crane by seauen of the clocke and came to Westminster, where they were welcomed & brought into the hall by master treasuror and others of the kings house, and so gaue their attendance till the quéene should come foorth. Betwéene eight and nine she came into the hall, and stood vnder the cloth of estate, and th [...]n [...]ame in the kings chappell, and the moonks of Westminster all in rich copes, and manie bishops and abbats in copes and miters which went into the middest of the hall, and there stood a season. Then was there a raie cloth speed from the quéenes standing in the hall through the palace and sanctua|rie, which was raised on both sides to the high altar of Westminster. After that the raie cloth was cast, the officers of armes appointed the order accusto|med.

EEBO page image 933First went gentlemen, then esquiers, then knights,The comelie [...]der & araie k [...]pt on the coronation daie of euerie attendant in his degrée. then the aldermen of the citie in their cloks of scarlet, after them the iudges in their mantels of scarlet and coiffes. Then followed the knights of the bath being no lords, euerie man hauing a white lace on his left sléeue, then followed barons and vicounts in their parlement robes of scarlet. After them came earls, marquesses and dukes in their robes of estate of crimsin veluet furred with ermine poudered ac|cording to their degrées. After them came the lord chancellor in a robe of scarlet open before, bordered with lettise: after him came the kings chapell and the moonks solemnelie singing with procession, then came abbats and bishops mitered, then sargeants and officers of armes, then after them went the ma|ior of London with his mace and garter in his cote of armes, then went the marquesse Dorset in a robe of estate which bare the scepter of gold, and the earle of Arundell which bare the rod of iuorie with the doue both togither.

Then went alone the earle of Oxford high cham|berleine of England which bare the crowne, after him went the duke of Suffolke in his robe of estate also for that daie being high steward of England, ha|uing a long white rod in his hand, and the lord Wil|liam Howard with the rod of the marshalship,The quéene vnder a cano|pie borne by [...]ure of the [...]que ports. and e|uerie knight of the garter had on his collar of the or|der. Then proceeded foorth the quéene in a circot and robe of purple veluet furred with ermine in hir here coiffe and circlet as she had the saturdaie, and ouer hir was borne the canopie by foure of the fiue ports, all crimsin with points of blue and red hanging on their sléeues, and the bishops of London and Win|chester bare vp the laps of the queenes robe. The queenes traine which was verie long was borne by the old duches of Norffolke: after hir folowed ladies being lords wiues, which had circots of scarlet with narow sléeues, the brest all lettise with bars of bor|ders according to their degrées, and ouer that they had mantels of scarlet furred, and euerie mantell had lettise about the necke like a neckercher like|wise poudered, so that by the pouderings their de|gree was knowen. Then followed ladies being knights wiues in gownes of scarlet, with narow sléeues without traines, onlie edged with lettise, and likewise had all the queenes gentlewomen.