the
chambers of the King and Queen. These apartments were richly hung with
cloth of gold arras. When he had spoken with the King, who presented
him to the Queen's Grace, the Lord Chamberlain, Hastings, was ordered
to conduct him to his chamber, where supper was ready for him. "After
he had supped the King had him brought immediately to the Queen's own
chamber, where she and her ladies were playing at the marteaux [a
game played with small balls of different colours]; and some of her
ladies were playing at closheys [ninepins] of ivory, and dancing, and
some at divers other games: the which sight was full pleasant to them.
Also the King danced with my Lady Elizabeth, his eldest daughter. In
the morning when Matins was done, the King heard, in his own chapel,
Our Lady-Mass, which was most melodiously chaunted, the Lord Granthuse
being present. When the Mass was done, the King gave the said Lord
Granthuse a cup of gold, garnished with pearl. In the midst of the cup
was a great piece of unicorn's horn, to my estimation seven inches in
compass; and on the cover of the cup a great sapphire." After
breakfast the King came into the Quadrangle. "My Lord Prince, also,
borne by his Chamberlain, called Master Vaughan, which bade the Lord
of Granthuse welcome. Then the King had him and all his company into
the little Park, where he made him have great sport; and there the
King made him ride on his own horse, on a right fair hobby, the which
the King gave him." The King's dinner was "ordained" in the Lodge,
Windsor Park. After dinner they hunted again, and the King showed his
guest his garden and vineyard of pleasure. Then "the Queen did ordain
a great banquet in her own chamber, at which King Edward, her eldest
daughter the Lady Elisabeth, the Duchess of Exeter, the Lady Rivers,
and the Lord of Granthuse, all sat with her at one mess; and, at the
same table, sat the Duke of Buckingham, my Lady, his wife, with divers
other ladies, my Lord Hastings, Chamberlain to the King, my Lord
Berners, Chamberlain to the Queen, the son of Lord Granthuse, and
Master George Barthe, Secretary to the Duke of Burgundy, Louis Stacy,
Usher to the Duke of Burgundy, George Martigny, and also certain
nobles of the King's own court. There was a side table, at which sat a
great view (_show_) of ladies, all on the one side. Also, in the outer
chamber, sat the Queen's gentlewomen, all on one side. And on the
other side of the table, over against them, as many of