e, the
fourth day of Nouember, 1553, noted by Master Anthony Ienkinson, present
at that time.

There marched before the Grand Signior, otherwise called the great Turke,
6000 Esperes, otherwise called light horsemen very brave, clothed all in
scarlet.

After, marched 10000 men, called Nortans, which be tributaries to the Great
Turke, clothed all in yellow veluet, and hats of the same, of the Tartary
fashion, two foote long, with a great role of the same colour about their
foreheads, richly decked, with their bowes in their hands, of the Turkish
fashion.

After them marched foure Captaines, men of armes, called in Turkish
Saniaques, clothed all foure in crimson veluet, euery one hauing vnder his
banner twelue thousand men of armes well armed with their morrions vpon
their heads, marching in good order, with a short weapon by their sides,
called in their language, Simiterro.

After came 16000 Ianizaries, called the slaues of the Grand Signior, all a
foote, euery one hauing his harquebush, who be his gard, all clothed in
violet silke, and apparelled vpon their heads with a strange forme, called
Cuocullucia, fashioned in this sort: the entering in of the forehead is
like a skull made of white veluet, and hath a traine hanging downe behind,
in manner of a French hoode, of the same, colour, and vpon the forepart of
the said skull, iust in the middes of his forehead there is standing bolt
vpright like a trunke of a foote long of siluer, garnished most richly with
Goldsmiths worke, and precious stones, and in the top of the said trunke a
great bush of fethers, which waueth vp and downe most brauely when he
marcheth.

After this, there cam 1000. pages of honour; all clothed in cloth of gold,
the halfe of them carying harquebushes, and the other halfe, Turkish bowes,
with the trusses of arrowes, marching in good order.

Then came three men of armes well armed, and vpon their harnesse coates of
the Turkes fashion, of Libard skinnes, and murrions vpon their heads, their
speares charged, and all the end of their staffe hard by the head of the
speare, a horse taile died in a bloody colour, which is their ensigne: they
be the chalengers for the Turkes owne person.

After them came seuen pages of honour in cloth of siluer, vpon seuen white
horses, which horses were couered with cloth of siluer, all embrodered and
garnished with precious stones, emerauds, diamonds, and rubies most richly.

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