race at her comyng forthe of y{e} towre and all his bretherne and
aldermen standyng in chepe. And upon the same saturday the quene came
forth from y{e} towre towarde Westmynster in goodly aray as here after
foloweth. She passed the stretes first with certayne straungers then
horses trapped w{h} blewe sylke and them selues in blewe veluet with white
fethers acompanyed two and two. Lykewise squiers knights barons and
baronetts knightes of y{e} bath clothed in vyolet garmentes edged with
armyns lyke iuges. Than folowyng y{e} juges of the lawe and abbottes. All
these estats were to y{e} nombre of CC. cople w{h} more two and two
accompanyed. And than folowed bysshops two and two: and tharch bysshops of
Yorke and Caterbury y{e} ambassaders of Fraunce and Venyce the lorde mayre
w{h} a mace mayster garter the kyng of heraudes and the kings cote armour
upon him with y{e} offycers of armes apoyntyng euery estate in their
degre. Than folowed two aunciente knights with olde fassion hattes poudred
on their heedes disgysed who dyd represent y{e} duke of Normandy and of
Guyen after an olde custome: the lorde constable of Englande for y{e} tyme
beyng y{e} duke of Suffolke the lorde Willyam Hawarde y{e} deputie for
y{e} tyme to the lorde marshall duke of Norfolke. Than folowed y{e} quenes
grace in her lytter costly and rychly besene w{h} a ryche canape ouer her
which bare y{e} lordes of y{e} fyue portes: after her folowyng y{e}
mayster of her horse w{h} a whyte spare palfray ledde in his hande rychly
apoynted. Than folowed her noble ladyes of estate rychly clothed in
crymosyn poudred w{h} armyns to the nobre of xij. Than the mayster of y{e}
garde with the garde on both sydes of the strets in good aray and all the
constables well besene in veluet and damaske cotes with whyte stanes in
their handes settynge euery man in araye and orner in the stretes untyll
she came to Westminster. Than folowed four ryche charyottes with ladyes of
honour after than folowed xxx. ladyes and gentylwomen r(ich)ly[31]
garnysshed and so y{e} seruyng men after them. And a(s)[32] she was
departed from y{e} towne a meruaylous great shot of gonnes was there fyred
and shot. So this moste noble company passed till her grace came to
fanchurch where was a pagent fayre and semly w{h} certayne chyldren which
saluted her grace with great honour and prayse after a goodly fassyon: and
so passed forthe to Grase churche where was a ryght costly pagent of
Apollo with the nyne mus