th the quenes grace seruyce.
Before y{e} said seruyce came y{e} duke of Suffolke high constable y{t}
day and stewarde of y{e} feest on horsbacke and meruaylously trapped in
aparell w{h} rychesse. Than w{h} hym came y{e} lorde Wyllyam Hawarde as
depute to y{e} duke of Norfolke in y{e} rome of y{e} marshal of Englande
on horsbacke. The erle of essex caruer. Therle of Sussex sewer. Therle of
Darby cupberer. Therle of Arundell butteller. The visconte lysle panter.
The lorde Bray awmoner. These noble men dyd theyr seruyce in suche humble
sorte and fassyon that it was wonder to se the payne and dylygence of them
beynge suche noble personages. The seruyce borne by Knyghtes whiche were
to me to longe to tell in order the goodly seruyce of kyndes of meate with
their deuyses from the hyest vnto the lowest there haue not ben sene more
goodlyer nor honorablyer done in no mannes dayes. There was foure tables
in y{e} great hall alonge the sayde hall. The noble women one table
syttyng al on y{e} one syde. The noble men an other table. The mayre of
London an other table w{h} his bretherne. The barons of the portes with
y{e} mayster of the chauncery the fourth table. And thus all thynges nobly
and tryumphantly done at her coronacyon her grace retourned to Whyte hall
with great ioy and solempnyte and the morowe was great iustes at y{e}
tylte done by xviij. lordes and knyghtes where was broken many speares
valyauntly: but some of their horses wolde nat come at their pleasure nere
unto the tylte whiche was displeasure to some that there dyd ronne.
Thus endeth this tryumphe: Imprinted
at London in Flete-strete
by Wynkyn de Worde
for Johan Goughe,
_Cum Priuilegio._
Footnotes:
[1] I believe the woodcut represents Henry VIII. although the horsecloth
has a _fleur de lys_ on it, and not the Tudor rose; probably Henry wore
the _fleur de lys_ in compliment to Francis.
[2] The title of the Second Edition is as follows:--
The Maner of the
Tryumphe at Caleys and Bulleyn.
The second pryntyge with more addicions as it was
done in dede.
Cum Priuilegio Regali.
[3] In the Museum copy are two MS. Latin lines:
"Congressus lector fuma et foedera Regum
Et quas vix credas pretiosas perlege pompas."
[4] In the Second Edition, the text begins with:
"The names of the noble men of Fraunce.
Fyrst the frensshe Kynge.[A]
The kynge of Nauerne.[B
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