My Dear Sir,

The Manuscript, from which the following description is taken, is conjectured to have belonged to one of the Wriothesleys, afterwards Garter, King of Arms, and seems to have been written at different times, during the reigns of Edward IV., Richard III., Henry VIL.. and Henry VIIL. It is a quarto volume, of about two hundred leaves of paper, and contains miscellaneous entries on heraldic affairs, but chiefly Lists of Knights, and Coats of Arms.

The Lists of Knights are of those created at various times during the reigns of the above-named kings, among which are Knights of the Carpet, and Knights of the Sword. The coats of arms form the principal part of the volume, and are well emblazoned in the style peculiar to the above reigns. Part of these arms appear to be grants to various persons by different Heralds of the time, and among them are the arms of several Abbots.

In several places are copies of, and extracts from, charters and records relating to the Dunstanvilles of Castlecombe, co. Wilts.

The leaves have been much curtailed and injured by repeated careless bindings, which have rendered it in some places imperfect.

The possessor of the manuscript, prior to its acquisition for the library at Middle Hill, was Sir George Nayler, late Garter, King of Arms; its previous history, from the time of Wriothesley, is unknown.

I am, my dear Sir, Very truly yours,

Thomas Phillipps.

To Albert Way, Esq. Director S.A.

Furst, unto the chirche of Sainct Poules, in London, above saide, and ther mad hir offringe with great devoicion, and, after hir offringe so made, she toke hir horse, and roode thorow the saide cytie; th’erle of Warwicke ridinge before her one hir horse, and with hir other Erles and Barrones, great nombar; the Duches of Northfolke, and other ladies, and gentill women of great numbar. And at hir enter into Cheap, the Mair of London, and his Bretheren, th’aldarmen, presentid hir a peir of riche basynnes, and in the said basynnes an hundrithe pound of gowld: and that sam nyght she logged at th’abey of Stratfurthe, wher the kinge and the quene laye the sam nyght ; and from thens she toke hir pilgremage unto Sainct Thomas of Caunturbery ; and aftir hir depting towards Canterbery, it plesid the kinge to follow aftir hir, and to see her shippinges. The Fryedaye next after the Nativite of Sainct John Baptist,¹ she shippid at Margate, and ther she toke leve of the kinge and deptid. Ther went againe with the kinge the Duc of Clarrens, the Duc of Gloucester, th’erle of Warwicke, th’erl of Shrwsbury, th’erl of Northumbarlond. And ther abode (with) my ladye, attendinge apon hir in hir ship, my lord Skalles hir presenter, my lord Da(cre) her shambarlaine, Sir John Widdvile, Sir John Haward, with many other famous knights and esquyres. And she was shippid in the New Elyne of London, and in hir navie and companye the John, the New Castell, the Marry of Salisbery, and many other Riall shipps ; and on the morrow landed at Sluce in Flanders. And as sone hirr shipp, and companye of shippes, were entred into the havine, ther receved hir thes estats ensuynge; Sir Symound de la Leyn, and the Watter Baylie in dyvers vessells, as bottis and barkis, enpairrellid redie for bir londinge, and also other great company of bottis for hir people, and landid the same day in the towne of Sluse, in Flawnders ; and at hir landinge, the first estat that recevid hir was the bishope of Uttright, well accompanyd with noble people, and the Countes of Sherne, bastarde doughtor to Duc Phillip of Burgoigne, and with hir many ladies and gentill women: and so procedinge in at the gatt of the same towne, ther they presentid hir the same towne, and shewid hir ther uppon the Ducke’s hight commandement, that they showld present to hir the saide towne, and hir for ther souverainge ladye : and thei gave unto my ladie xii, marke of golde, the whiche is in valewe twoo hundrithe pounde of Englishe monneye. And so, my ladye procedinge thorrowe the towne unto hir loginge, the people made fiers in great numbar of waxe torchis, and torchis out of every howse, pynacies subtillie devisid in the towne, and in the castell, with fiers brenninge in the stret, great numbar ; and also every howsholder stonding in the strete, wt over ther dores, every of them, a torche in his hande breninge : and even aprochinge my ladies logginge, (t)her was a staige made of timbar work, under this forme as ensuythe; The staige devydid in thes pageauntis, richelye coverid with tappestry, and befor subttillye courtteyned ; wtout thos courtteins, a mane gevinge attendaunce, at suche tyme as any ladie passid by, and drew the courtteyns of the last pageant, of the third pageant afore rehersid, and thane secretly clossid it againe, and shewid as lyttle sight as myght be shewid, and so soudeynlye, from paigeant to pageant. The first pageant cast the curtteyns subtillie, that the people hade therof a sufficient sight. The pageantes wear so obscure, that I fere me to writ or speke of them, because all was cuntenaunce, and no wordes. In myne understandinge, The first pageant (was Medea), thorought whom Jason wone the flees of goolde. The seconde was QueneAstor, that was last wiffe unto Assuerus the kinge. The third pageant was Vestie, that was first wiffe unto the Kinge Assuerus. And one the morrow th’old Duches of Bourgoigne came unto my said ladye accompanyd with manye great astates as ensuythe: My lorde Ravystene, brother to the myghtie prince the Duc of Cleve, the Lorde Feenes, the Lorde Jakes of Sainct Powle, and many other knyghtes and esquires, with th'olde Duches,-the Princeses, the Maiden of Bourgoigne, with manny ladies and gentill women. The mettinge of th’olde Duches and the right hight and myghtie Princesse befor rehersid, was in this wise, as ensuythe: The said princesse mett hir at the hall dore of her logginge, ether of them knelinge doune to other, enbrassinge ether other in armes, right amyable, and stode still in communycacion a tracte of tyme, and then the olde duches avisid the visage of my Ladie, and toke hir eftsons in her arms and proferid hir the right hande, and she wold not, and the olde duches toke hir verye motherlye, with great reverence, and lad hir thorow the abondaunce of the people, Englishe and Burgoignnes, and so to hir chambar, and ther together dynned, with as great joye as could be thought; and after dynner to communycacion, in a tresaunce betwixt, wher all the people of bothe nacions myght se ther famylyarite. And then th’olde Duches toke hir leve and deptid, and went to hir chair and rode to Bruggis to enpareile for the solemnyte, as ensuythe. One the Mondaye next after, came the Duc of Bourgoigne to Sluce, with xx" parsones, secretly to my ladie, and ther was in presence my lorde of Salisberye, my lord Skales, and my lord Dacre, chamb’lain unto my said ladye, the Duches of Northfolke, the Ladie Skalles, and all the abundaunce of knyghtes, esquyres, and jentillwomen environinge the chambar. And than the Duc and my ladye beinge in myddes of the chambar, reverent obeyssaunce made ether to other, the Duc toke hir in his armes, kisside hir, and than kissid al the ladies and jentillwomen; and whane he hade so done, he loked and regarded the beautie of hir; he rejoisid, and in his rejoyse in suche case, me thought, as Troylus was ine, for he tarrid, and avised hir a tracte of tyme ar he went to hir againe, and thane reverently went to hir againe, and toke hir by the ryght hande, and sett bothe them down, and askid her a questione secretlye, and thane callid the Bishope of Salisberye, and the Lorde Scalles. and thane asked the bishop the forme of the fiaunceynge; and than the byshope shewid hyme, and my ladye, bothe, the manner, and in hight wordes puplishilye fyaunced aither other. The Lordes of Bourgoigne, and the duke’s counsell, ther beinge, callid hir Duches of Bourgoigne, and after awhill communid, and thane the Ducke depttid to the castlle, and ther loged. And one the morrowe, the Byshope of Salysbery and the Lorde Scales went from my ladies loginge, whiche was in a marchaunte’s howse in the markett place of Sluse, to the castle, to the said Duck of Burgoigne, and ther hade cunsell. And then the duc tooke his horse, and so on horse bake roode to wardes Briggis. And whan he came before my ladys logginge, he lyght of his horse, and kissed hire, and all the ladyes and Jentill women in hir companye; And then efsons kyssid my Ladie, and then deptid to Briges. And after his deptinge, my ladye the Duke’s mother came to hir the same Tewsdaye, and so daylye the tyme of hir beinge ther. And one the weddinsdaye the Bishop of Turnaye came to Sluse, and in his company the fowre astattes of Flaunders, that is to saye, them of Gaunt and them of Briges, and Iprasse, and the comy(xs) of the lande ; and the byshop shewid hir propostion an storye of the Kinge of Orkeney, howe he desirid greatly to be married to a wiffe that was bothe faire and good ; it weare to longe to reherse, wherfor I passe over, and go to my first matter. And one the Thursdaye at nyght, the Duc of Bourgoigne came to Slus, and in his cofiinge befor my ladyes logginge a lyght of his horse, and my ladye mett him at the hall dore, and he kissid hir in the open sight of all the people of bothe nations, in whiche kyssinge the people of the lande greatlye rejoisid; and after he hade so done, he kissid all the ladies and jentill wemen that weare Englishe, and other he wold not. And then he toke my ladie eftsons, and kissid hir, and deptid to horse and rood to the castell afore rehersid: and one the Frydaye next followinge, toke horse, and before my lady's logginge did ryde, as he did in his company, to the said towne, for that was his erraunde, to se hir well-farre, and kyst hir, and so rode to Brigges, to his dynner. And one the Satterdaye my Ladie, by the Ducke’s appoyntment, and all his counsell, removid by watter to the Dame, and ther logged, and after hir logginge at the Dame, the towne recevid hir with precessions. The borowe mastreis, wt their felloshipe, psentid hir a riche coppe. And the olde Duches of Burgoigne ther met hir sone after hir londinge, with fowre chayr(es), garnysshid with clothe of gold cremysin, and viii horses in a sute of that same clothe of gold. And one Soundaye² the Duke came in the morninge betwyxt v. and vi. of the cloke, thei weare weddid by the Bishope of Salisbery, and the Bishope of Turnaye, ther beinge at the forsaide masse the olde Duches of Burgoigne, my Lord Scales, the Lorde Dacre, and the knyghtes and esquyres, ladyes and gentill women, that cam with my Ladye out of Inglond. And ther was chargid th’erle of Sherne, chambarlaind, and other lordis of the duky’s counsell, knyghtes, esquires, great companye, one horsebacke, geving attendaunce. And my ladie was sett in a litter, richelie enparreillide with clothe of golde cremysine, hir surcot and hir mantell whit clothe of golde, furred withermyne, and she hirself richlye corroned. Next byfore hir, kynges of armes, and herrauldes of dyvers realmes and nacions, nois of trompets of dyvers realmes, great compaignye of lordis and knightes; and thene after followinge hir astat, viii. gentelwomen in the same suyt before rehersid, and iv. chares of a suit. And afore hir entre into the towne of Brigges, met hir the Maister of the Flarentynes, and gave hir iv. coursers, trapped with whit damaske, bordred with blewe, and worshipp hir ; with I". torches breninge. And they that bare the torches wear clothed in blewe, and tho that wer marchauntes wear clothed in cremyssyn velvet, and tho that wear servaunts wear ciothid in cremyssyn clothe. And then met hir the Venysyauns and Januas, with dyvers other nacions, as Esterlyngs, Espaniardis, Lucans, and Scots; and all wear one horse bake, savinge the Scottis, which wear all one fowtte. And then the storme of the rainge cam so fast I myght not wryt the certeinte of the presentacions. And at the towne of Brigges, thastats of the towne presentid hir the wyne and the waxe, in honneur and sovaignte, and besought hir to be good and gratious Ladie to the towne ; and they (wear) clothid in blake damaske, and of them wear great numbar. And at hir enter in at the gate, which is callide the crosse gatt, all the towers and cornears of the gatt enramplysshid with mellodieus mynstralsye and besene richly with tappestry, castinge out of flowers, rejoising of the people ; and then, the next tourning in the street, precessions recevid hir, bysshoppes and abbottes with sollempne precession and great sollempnyte, viti™ and vi crossetts ; and than a pageant made by subtille craffte, after the forme of a castle gatte, and in substaunce the storye in the pageaunte was the creation of Adame and Eve, and of ther marriage: and ther before was writtin a Diis Deus in paradiso voluptatem adduxit Evam et Adam, ut uxor et conjux ipsius esset. (Genesis ii.) And Adam helde a rolle in his hand, wherin was wryttin, Hoc nunc os ex ossibus meis et caro de carne mea. (Genesis ii.) and our Lorde Gode helde a roile, in the whiche was written, Cressete et multiplicamim et replete terram. (Genesis i.) 1 wolde write the countenaunce, but it was so marvellous well done, for it was not in imagery, it was in very lyvinge creaturs, the countenaunce of them, so sapient, unto the people was shewid, and sodenly clossid with courtteyns drawyn craftely; and other pageaunts of dyvers historis, after the same forme, induring to the princess palleys, as ensuythe. ‘The secounde pageant of Allexandre, the great conquerour, how he conquerid Demetrius the king, and he married the doughter of the Kinge of Egipt, and ther was written, Rev Pheolomeus Tholomda et Cleopatram ejus filiam Alexandro Regi dedit uvorem. (P° Macha. ca’ iv”.) And ther a phrophet hilde a rolle, wherin was wrytten, Gaudeamus et exultemus et damus gloriam Deo quia venerent nupcie agny et uxor ejus preparavit. (Ipocalips.) The third pageant was of our Ladye and of Josephe, and evin by the same a pageant of a yonglinge, lyke to a bride grome, with many yonglings, and he hilde a rolle in his hande wher in was written, O! tu pulcra es, amica mea, et sponsa mea. And ther was a maid, wt manye other maids, lyke to a bryde, and she hilde a rolle in her hand, wherin was written, Filia, anunciate dilecto meo, quia amore langueo. The fourthe pageaunt of Archideclyne, thar Jesus of watter made wyne, and without that was written, Nupceie facta sunt in Cana Galalie et erat mater Jhii ibi: vocatus est Shs et dissipuli eius ad nupcias, (Johes. ii*°.) The (fifth) pageaunt was of Cantica Canticor. and of the iii*® ca°, wher in was a bride wt maidens, and she hilde a role in hir hand, wher in was writin, Inveni qué diligit aia mea, and a yonglinge, as a bridgrome, wt manye other yonglings, and he hilde a role wherin was written, Jota pulcra es, amica mea, suavis et décira. The vi pageaunt was of the crusifiing of our Lorde Jesus Christ, and there was writtin, Civitas solus vocabitur una. In die illa erit altare dai in medio terre, et titulus dni juxta termini ejus. (Isaye xix™.) The vit pageaunt, how Moises weddid Tharbis, the kinge’s daughter of Egypt, and wt out that was written, Mowses post q*m diviciis obsedisset civitatem, Tharbis, filia Regis Egipti, in eum oculos injecit, qua ip* Moyses post modum duxit. (Petrus comestivus (sic) in Historia Scolastica.) The vi11 pageaunt was a maiden sittinge betwene a lion and a lupard, berringe the armes of Burgoine, the whiche Hercules conquerid from the bestis, and above the maidens hede ther was a great flowr de lis, and wt out was writtin, Leo et pardus in gremio flosculi se amplexi sunt sub lilio, wt mor thinges in the same pageant. The 1x pageant was of the 1x chappitter of Thobie; and this was the text, as they shewid by writtinge, Benedicc'o super uxorem tuam et sup’ parentes tuos, et videbitis filios vestros filiog vestrog usq; in terciam et quartdé generacionem. Over the court gate, at the princes entringe, was a riche healme, richelye tabernacled of golde, subtilie gravin things in pinacles, two lions holdinge the healme, environed with th’armes of dyvers lordeships, that is to saye, Bourgoyne, Lotrigh, Brabant, Lembroke, and Lushambourke, of the Marques of the holye empire, Flanders, Artoys, Bourgoigne, Evande, Holonde, Zelonde, Frysse, Salyns, and Malyns. And also apone the same gatte, with out the tabernacle afore rehersid, one ether side ane archere; one with a crosbowe bende, wt a materas, one the whiche ranne rede wyne at my ladys entrenge. And the archer one the lyfte hand, wt a longe bowe drawen, and a brode arrowe, the which ranne whit wyne. And in the court, apone a tre, a pilicane of golde, from his hert runinge Ipocras. And the hall garnysshid as ensuythe: The hall that my Ladie kept in hir estat was iii v. paas of lenght and xxxii of bred: an hight table, the first daye, nat all thing conteyninge the bredithe of the hall, and over that table, conteyninge the lenght of the table, and more, a clothe of golde of tyshu, right riche riche, (sic) and with in that clothe, another clothe of astat royall, of richer clothe of golde, of viii. bredis, of the Ducke’s coullers, of purple and blacke, the vallaunce of the said clothe richely frengid. On bothe the sides the hall, tables on stages, the costeris of the said hall of rich arrase. Marvelous in my mind, the curyous makinge that is in the forsaide arras, and is of auncient historie of the Byble, of famous Gedeon, that by the Angell of God was commandid the flees and displaie it in ban’, and he answherid the Angill, and said, Thou maist be a sprit of the ... (blank in orig.) and not an angill, and maist cause me to offend God : yfit be so, that this flees that thou hast takine to me wilt not receve water in tyme of raine I will beleve that thou art ane angel of God. And it fortunid, that in short tym after, ther fell gret rayne, and the flees recevid no watter; but in great droughtis it was moyste, wher thorrow, the said Gedeon trustid that it was the will of God, that he shold rulle the people, as more opinlye is shewid in the Byble. In the said hall was hanginge two candelstikes gevinge lyght egally. Unto me nothinge so obscure as the crafte of the makinge of the Rocke, the whiche a castell stood uppon, everiche of the said candylstickes ; the said Roke semynge to be a Roke of precious stonis, marvelously wrought, envyronyd abowt with wallis of golde. And the nethernmost part of the said candelstikes, in eche of them seven gret glassis curiouslye sett ther in, and in such wise as the abowndance of the people and countenaunce aperid in the said glassis, and one every of the saide candelstickes viii lyghtis, and over that, to encrese the lumer of the said hall, one every side vii other candelstickes, one eche iiii lyghtis. The Roffe of the said Hall, paly whitte and blew clothe. And in the myddis a copeborde, in triangle of 1x stagis hight, richelye inramplysshid with couppis one the lowest stage, and the second stage covered couppis, and so environinge the said coopp borde in triangle, what in cooppis, flagins, and pottis, right richely to the 1x stage ; and apone the rund a coup conteyninge the cercuyte of the triangle above and over the thre corners of the said triangle beneth, thought it were not above, but after the bredithe of the coope before rehersid, were of a great cercuyte. On every corner unnycorns’ horns, the poyntes garnysshid, and othe thre in other places, accomplessinge the coopborde. The pryncess, after watter, sett to meat, in the right hand of the Duches auncyen, and one the seconde hande the Damoysell of Bourgoigne, and at the one side of the table was lii. Ladies and gentill women, and at the other Lordes and Knyghtis of both the nacions, than the coop bord standinge one the right side of the hall. And after dynner the Duke adressid hym to the Justes, and after the Justis to the banke(¢te.©) And at his entringe into the hall, the hight table, and the table one the lefte hand, was egally accomplysshid with great silver chargers, full of delycatt meattis, every mess coverid with disshes egally. And on the Twesday, the Duke dynned in his great chambar, and after dynner toke my ladie, and went to the Justis, in this habit ensewinge: A short gowne of goldsmythe worke, the base of that gowne mervelously riche, and to wrytt of the diamantis, perles, and so great balas, marvelous to me, so great riches in so lyttlle a space. His hakney, whiche he rode one the saide Twesdaye to the Justis, was harneyssid as ensuythe ; the chaverount, paitrell, and crowpper garnysshid with fyne golde, enbordred with great pearll ; of the hangers enramplesshid with gret ballas ; the riches of the chafront before rehersid, and of the harneys, in (my) ¢ jugment the richest juwell that I have sene. And after the Justis, at his entre into the hall, upon the hight table vii chargers with meat, every charger coverid with a tent, and uppon every tent twoo banners, and apone the saide table xvi dishes, every dishe pavilioned, one every pavillion a penon of armes. And whan the Duke was sett, the tentes and pavilions were takine from the messes, amonge the comon people, ho so wold. The numbar of the tentes and pavilyons xtv1. And in the mydwarde of the hall, wher the coopborde stode, ther was a curyously wrought castell, (with) a warden, the whiche, with hight voyse, callid upp his meyne, to make wache abowt tyme of the myddes of the bankett, and blewe an horne, and at the fowre wyndows of the Castell aperid iv great beares : then the warden bad his trompett blowe fast to recomfort this my fortras; and then eache of the saide berres had a trompett with a banner of the Dukis armes, and hilde it with his forefeet subtillie, and blew ech one of them stowtly well, and after that he hade so donne, he callid his mynstralles to make mellodye, and at the same windows wher the berres weare, apperred gottes wt longe pips, and piped, and, after a great prolouge of himeself in spekinge, callid againe apone (his) people to wache his castell, and at every windowe ther aperid wollves, and after that apperid asses at the same windows. The vt» tyme he callid one his people to serche his place, that no prejudice to that his place in any wyse myght approche, and at every windowe and dore isswid apes and serchid the place, and in the bace cowrt they fownd a chapman aslep wt ware, many small things, as browches, purses, lasses, and glasses, the whiche the said apes distrybutid abowt to the aboundaunce of the people, and at the wakinge of the chapman so distressid, he made a hevie countenaunce. And one the Thursdaye next, the Duke kept his astate in a gowne richly besene of goldsmethes work, and in his chambar, settinge at twoo tables, lx barrones and barronettes, and one his hede a blake hate, one that hat a ballas in a pani .. .* callid the Ballas of Flaunders, a marvellous riche jewell. And at iv of the cloke he came into the mart to the Just, and after the Justis to the chambar, and sone after into the gret halle. The Duke and the Duches, with all the Lordes and Ladies, the hall at that tyme accomplisshid with the candilstikes afore rehersid, lx tortettes, and all the forsaide tables sett with divers meattes : furst a great platter sett with divers meattes, after the manner of the conttre, and every measse an olyffant berringe his castell, with a subtilite, a swane rostid and silverid, marvayllosly standinge in tarage : a pecoke in lyke forme, every pecoke havinge a mantell of armes of the brother of the fleese of golde, and the lyvery of the flees, and an unnycorne berringe trussinge coffers full of cumfettes : an hartt chargid with a baskitt fillid wt orrengis, and many disshes of dillycattes, mervellous to me ; and so from mese to mese the hight table afore said, egally thorrowe the hall; at every other mese a tortes abroche, the chaundlers of sylver. And the said bankett iv histories of Herculles, countenaun(c)ynge, and no speche. The ystorye of the Duke's great chambar was of the marriage of y° Doughter of Kinge Cloit of Fraunce and the Kinge of Burgoigne, and what issue that they had; right riche arras; and after that, other chambars hangid, arras, sylke, and tapstrye, xxxiichambars. And one the Sonday, the viii daye of the feast, at bankettes was iv storiis of Herculles ; the furst was howe he chastessid the theves with his owen handes ; the second was howe he slew the bore ; the third, howe he chastised the wilde men of the wildernes ; the fowrthe how he sett pillors in the sea. The bankett one Mondaye, at nyght, the Duke and the Duches, wt astattis of Lordes and Ladies, came into the hall, the table accomplysshid as ensuythe: xxx" taragis, one every tarage a tre of golde, with grene leves, and blossoms of dyvers fruttes, and some with dyvers fruttes ripe, as orrangis, aples, perris, rosis whit and red, poungarnettes, hawthornes blowen, and dyvers other things marvellously wrought. The tarage before reherssid, wateled with gold, win the wattelinge abowt the said tre, and every of them fylled wt meattis divers great aboundaunce, the whiche singnyfied xxx abbeys under the Duke’s obbeyssaunce, and apone every tree a penon of the Duke’s armes, and the nams ofthe abbeyes. Betwene every tree a bakene mett coverid with a vyne berringe grapps; tortetts a broche, every torttes stondinge, standing one a chandeler of silver ; to every tre thorrowe the hall dyvers subttillytes drawinge to the numbar of lx ; as men and women, some two men berringe a barre betwene them loden wt sotteltis, and apone some barren a basket lode, in lyke wisse. Some lyke wiffes, as they came to the markett warde, with a baskett one hir hed and an other in hir hand; and some as a laborer berringe a great baskett one his bake, with both his handis; and some as maidens spenninge; and som as gentillwemen berringe a gentillmanne’s hatt in bothe handis, lod in lyke forme; some as gentillwemen berringe fannes, lood in lyke forme; some as gentillwemen, in the Duche manner, afore hir, in hir kerchif of hir hede, subtilyte, and suche dyvers other, mo than I can wryt of. The countenaunce of them was so strange, and the dyvers arc .. .‘ And uppon the hight table, afore th’astate, was made a goodly towre wt fower towerettes, curyously wrought, and over the myddis of the saide tower ther was a great glasse stondinge uppon a chest of golde, the glasse accompassed w* baittailinge of golde and pinacles ; and one the roffe ane image of a mane beringe a penon of the Duke’s armes of Bourgoigne ; And before the gattes of the said toure ane herber wallid and craftely made with flowers and herbes, and in the myddes of the herber, a fountayne made vili square, and over eche other square a banner of the Duke's armes, and on the roffe a lyttlle image of a prophett, holdinge up his hand, and out of his fore finger runninge a myghtie streame of watter of damaske.

Note 1. June 24, which fell on a Friday in the year 1468 ; the day therefore on which the Princess took ship for Flanders appears to have been Friday, July 1.

Note 2. July 10. Sandford gives July 9 as the day on which these nuptials were solemnized. Geneal. Hist. p. 402.

To wryt of the Justes that daylye was, durringe the forsaide 1x dayes, in the markett place of Briggis, is over longe a thinge to be wrytten in this abrevyatt. Garttier, the Kinge of armes, hathe it in Frenche, and for that cause I leve to wrytt. But of the Tourney and Justes, the last daye of the feast, was as ensuethe: The Duke adressid hym, horssid and armid, tryhumphoslye accompanyd with lordis unto the felde, x11 coursours followinge hym rychlye besene, in dyvers trappers, none lyke to another; and ther the said Duke found in the field the lorde that kept the pace, redye horssid and armyd, and they ranne courragiously together, and the Duke brake upone the said Lorde v1 sperres ; and after that he hade so done went to his logginge that was assigned by the lorde of the pace, and as a fellow unto them of the said pace, as all other, that before hade justid with the said (lorde) of the pace, dede so, in one companye, adresid them to the feld, to the tourneye: the numbar of them of the ptie within was xxvi", and thei answherid xxvi commers of the ptie without, and all thei of the ptie within had divers trappers uppon ther horse, purple, w‘ tres of gold enbraudred. And so they enranged them in faire battaill, and oposite the xxvi commers, and by the Juges ther assigned by the company of the lorde of the tre of golde, deliverid spers egally and swherds, the poyntes and egges rebattid. And when they were redie, so enranged byfore the pryncesse of the feast, in the saide markett, ther was ordeyned, that every man had spere and swherd at his advantage, and that with out strake, wt the sowne of a trompett, showld be the charginge togethers. And evin in medyatlye the trompe sownninge, speres fast inrest, the spers brok(ynge), the temynge of saddelles, the hewinge one basnetts with blount swherd, the strokes innumerable, for the Juges that satt, nor the pryncesse of the feast wt dolorus countenaunce waifinge her kerchef, tooke . .* not up the sportt, tyll at the last it pleassid the prince, that was tho in the companye, that had gevin many grett buffettes and myghtily deffendid, to come to the Juges, and thei in any wyss besought hym that he wolde in no wise contynewe the Turney, for w* out that it lyked him to be rehelmed, and so wt opin face to charge them to vese, it was lyke to grow to a gret inconvenyaunce ; and then in my judgment every man had inogh, the pley was so combrous; and then the Duke unhelmed hyme, and with a great staffe his person chargid pece in paine of deth, and soe with great labore he droffe the parties asounder : and then certaine of the said partties found them agrevid, and said, O! my lorde, tweyne of them sett uppon me crewelly: and some one that other side saide, iii. chargid on me unlawfully. The Duke charged that they shold eche man kep his ranke till he had spokin wt the Juges, and so the prince and the Juges joyned thre against other thre that were agrevid, and twoo to twoo, and contynwyd the pley till they were satysfyd. And in the tyme of ther turneynge came in xii coursers. If it lyke yow to remember, I spake of x11 coursers, but I spake not of thes xii, fore thes were’of a sute in cremesyn velvet, enrampleshid w‘ great campaynnes of fyne gold. And then addressid them to the banket afore rehersid, the last daye of the fest.