FIrst the .xxix. daye of Maye / beynge thursday / all the worshypfull craftes and occupacyons in theyr best araye goodly besene toke theyr bargꝭ / which were splayed with goodly baners fresshe and newe / with the cognysaunce and armes of theyr faculty / to the nombre of .l. great barges comly besene / & euery barge hauynge mynstrels makynge greate and swete armony . Also there was the bachelers barge comly besene / decked with innumerable baners / and all about hanged with ryche cloth of golde / & foystes waytynge her vpon / decked with a great shotte of ordynaunce / whiche descended the ryuer afore all the barges / and the bachelers barge formest / and so folowynge in good araye & ordre / euery crafte in theyr degree and ordre tyll they came to Greenwyche / and there taryed abydynge the quenes grace / whiche was a wonderfull goodly syght to beholde . Than at thre of the clocke the quenes grace came to her barge / and incontynent all the cytezyns with that goodly company set forth toward London in good araye / as before is sayd . And to wryte what nombre of gonshot / what with chambres and great peces of ordynaunce were shotte as she passed by in dyuers places / it passeth my memory to wryte or to tell the nombre of them / and specially at Ratlyf & at lyme house out of certeyne shyppes . And so the quenes grace in her ryche barge amonge her nobles / the cytezyns accompanyed her to London vnto the toure wharfe . Also or she came nere the toure there was shot innumerable peces of ordynaunce / as euer was there by any mennes remembraunces / where the kyng receyued her grace with a noble louyng countenaunce / and to gaue great thankes and prayse to all the cytezyns for theyr great kyndnesse & louynge labour and paynes in that behalfe taken / to the greate ioye and comforte of all the cytezyns . Also to beholde the wonderfull nombre of people that euer was sene that stode on the shore on bothe sydes of the ryuer / was neuer in one syght out of the cyte of London sene / what in goodly lodgynges and houses that be on the ryuer syde bytwene Grenwyche and London / it passeth al mennes iudgementes to esteme the infinyte nombre of them / wherin her grace with al her ladyes reioysed moche .

¶ Knyghtes made at Grenwyche the sonday before whytsonday .

¶ And the sondaye before this tryumphe / beyng the xxv . daye of Maye / the kynge made at his maner of Grenwyche all these knyghtes .

¶ The fryday made knyghtes of the Bathe xix . whose names foloweth .

¶ Also on fryday the .xxx. day of May the kynge created and made in the towre of London .xix. noble men knyghtes of the bathe / whose names folowe .

¶ Also the saturday the laste day of May the kynge made knyghtes of the swerde in the towre of London / whose names folowe .

¶ Also the sonday after whytsonday beyng trynyte sonday & the .viij. daye of Iune / was made at Grenewyche these knyghtes folowynge .

¶ Also all the pauementes of the cyte from Charyn crosse to the towre was ouer couerde and cast with grauell . And the same saturday beyng whytson euen the mayre with all the aldermen & the craftes of the cyte prepared aray in a good order to stande & receyue her / and with rayles for euery craft to stande & leane from prease of people . The mayre mette the quenes grace at her comyng forthe of the towre / and all his bretherne and aldermen standyng in chepe . And vpon the same saturday the quene came forth from the towre towarde Westmynster in goodly aray / as here after foloweth . Si●e passed the stretes first with certayne straungers / their horses trapped with blewe sylke / & them selues in blewe veluet with white fethers acompanyed two & two . Lyke wise squiers / knightis / barons & baronettꝭ / knightes of the barh clothed in vyolet garmentes / edged with armyns lyke iuges . Than folowyng the iuges of the lawe & abbottes . All these estatis were to the nombre of . CC. cople with more / two & two accompanyed . And than folowed bysshops two & two : & th archbysshops of yorke & Canterbury / the ambassaders of Fraunce & Venyce / the lorde mayre with a mace / mayster garter the kyng of heraudes & the kingis cote armour vpon him with the offycers of armes / apoyntyng euery estate in their degre . Than folowed two auncyent knightis with olde fassion hattes poudred on their heedes di●gysed / who dyd represent the duke of Normandy & of Guyen / after an olde custome : the lorde constable of Englande for the tyme / beyng the duke of Suffolke / the lorde Willyam Hawarde the deputie for the tyme to the lorde marshall duke of Norfolke . Than folowed the quenes grace in her lytter costly & rychly besene / with a ryche canape ouer her / whiche bare the lordes of the fyue portes : after her folowyng the mayster of her horse with a whyte spare palfray ledde in his hande rychly apoynted . Than folowed her noble ladyes of estate rychly clothed in crymosyn poudred with armyns / to the nombre of .xij. Than the mayst●r of the garde with the garde on both sydes of the stretis in good aray / & all the constables well besene in veluet & damaske cotes with whyte staues in their handes / sertynge euery man in araye & order in the stretes vntyll she came to Westmynster . Than folowed four ryche charyottes with ladyes of honour : after them folowed .xxx. ladyes & gentylwomen 〈◊〉 garnisshed / and so the seruyng men after them . And as she was departed from the towre / a meruaylous great shot of gonnes was there fyred & shot . So this moste noble company passed tyll her grace came to ●anchurch where was a pagent fayre & semly / with 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 muses amonge the mountayns / syttyng on the mount of Pernasus / and euery of them hauynge their instrumentes & apparayle acordyng to the discryption of poetes / and namely of Virgyll / with many goodly verses to her great prayse and honour . And so she passed forth through gracyous strete vnto leaden hall / where was buylded a sumptuous and a costly pagent in maner of a castell wherin was fassyoned an heuenly roufe / and vnder it vpon a grene was a roote or a stocke / wherout spronge a multytude of whyte roses & reed curyously wrought / so from the heuenly roufe discended a whyte faucon / and lyghted vpon the said stocke & roote / and incontynent discended an angell with goodly armony / hauynge a close crowne bytwene his handes / & set it on the faucons heed : & on the said flour sate saynt Anne in the hyest place / on that one syde her progeny with scripture / that is to wete / the thre Marys with their issue / that is to vnderstande : Mary the mother of Christ / Mary Solome the mother of zebedee / with the two chyldren of them / also Mary Cleophe with her husbande Alphee / with their four chyldren on the othersyde / with other poetycall verses sayd and songe / with a balade in englis●he to her great prayse 〈…〉 to al her progeny and. And to the passed 〈◊〉 from thence through cornehyll / and at the condyt was a sumptuous pagent of the thre graces : & at the comynge of the quenes grace a poete declared the nature of all those thre ladyes / & gaue hye prayses vnto the quene . And after his preamble fynysshed / euery lady pertyculer spake great honour and hye prayse of the quenes grace : And so she passed forth with all her nobles tyll she came in chepe / and at the great condyt was made a costly fountayne / wherout ranne whyte wyne / claret / & reed great plenty all that after noone : and ther was great melody with speches . And so passed forthe through chepe to the standarde / whiche was costly & sumptuously garnisshed wich golde & asure / with armes & stories / wher was great armony and melody : and so passed she forth by the crosse in chepe / whiche was newe garnisshed / and so through chepe towarde the lesser condyt . And in the mydwaye bytwene / the recorder of London receyued her afore the aldermen / with great reuerence & honour salutynge her grace / with a louyng & humble preposycion presentynge her grace with a ryche and costly purse of golde / and in it a thousande marke in golde coyne / gyuen vnto her as a free gyfte of honour : to whom she gaue great thankes bothe with herte and mynde . And so her grace pass●d a lytell further / and at the lesser condyt was a costly and a ryche pagent / where as was goodly armonye of musyke and other mynstrels / with syngyng : And within that pagent was fyue costly seates / wherin was set these fyue personages / that is to were Iuno / Pallas / Mercury / and Venus / and Parys hauyng a ball of golde presentyng it to her grace with certayne verses of great honour / and chyldren syngyng a balade to her grace / & prayse to all her ladyes / and so passed forth to Poules gate / where was a proper & a sumptuous pagent / that is to wete / ther sat .iij. fayre ladyes virgyns costly arayde with a fayre rounde trone ouer their heedes / where aboute was written this . Regina Anna prospere procede et regna / that is in englysshe . Quene Anne prosper procede and reygne . The lady that sate in the myddes hauynge a table of golde in her hande wrytten with letters of asure . Veni amica coronaberis . Come my loue thou shal be crowned . And two aungels hauyng a close crowne of golde bytwene their handes . And the lady on the ryght hande had a table of syluer / wherin was written . Dne dirige gressos meos . Lorde god dyrecte my wayes . The other on the lyfte hande had in another table of syluer written this . Confide in dno . Trust in god . And vnder theyr fete was a longe rol wherin was written this . Regina Anna nouum regis de sanguine natum / cum paries populis aurea secla tuis . Quene Anne whan thou shalte beare a newe sone of the kynges bloode / there shal be a golden worlde vnto thy people . And so the ladyes caste ouer her heed a multytude of wafers with rose leaues / & about the wafers were written with letters of gold / this posey . And so her grace passed forth into Poules chyrchyarde / & at the eest ende of the chyrch agaynst the schole was a great scaffolde / wheron stode the nombre of two hundred chyldren well besene / who receyued her with poetes verses to her noble honour / whan they had fynisshed she sayd Amen with ioyful smylyng countenaunce / and so passed forth thrugh the longe chyrchyarde / & so to Ludgate whiche was costly & sumptuously garnysshed with golde / colours / and asure / with swete armony of ballades to her greate prayse & honour / with dyuerse swete instrumentes . And thus her grace came thorowe the cyte with great honour and royaltye / and passed thorowe Fletestrete tyll she came to the standarde & condyth where was made a fayre toure with foure tourettes with fanes / there within great plenty of swete instrumentes with chyldren syngyng / the standarde of mason warke costly made with ymages and aungels / costly gylted with golde and asure / with other colours / and dyuerse sortes of armes costly set out shall there contynue and remayne / and within the standarde a vyce with a chyme . Also there ranne out of certayne small pypes great plenty of wyne all that afternoone . And so her grace passed through the cyte to temple barre / and so to Charyng crosse / and so thorowe Westmynster into westmynster hall / where that was well and rychly hanged with cloth of Arras / with a meruaylous ryche cupborde of plate / and there was a voyde of spyce places & wyne . And the done the quenes grace withdrewe her into the whyte hall for that nyght / and so to Yorke place by water . ¶ The sondaye in the mornynge at .viij. of the clocke the quenes grace with noble ladyes in theyr robes of estate / with al the nobles aparayled in parlyament robes / as dukes / erles / archbysshops and bysshops / with barons / & the barons of the fyue portꝭ with the mayre of the cite / the aldermen in theyr robes as mantels of scarlet . The barons of the fyue portꝭ bare a ryche canopy of cloth of golde / with staues of golde & four belles of syluer & gylt . The abbot of westmynster with his rygals came in to the hall in pontificalibus with his monkes in theyr best copes / the kynges chapel in theyr best copes / with the bysshops rychely aourned in pontificalibus / & the ray cloth blewe spredde from the hygh desses of the kynges benche vnto the hygh aulter of westmynster . And so euery man procedynge to the mynster in the best order / euery man after theyr degree apoynted to theyr order & offyce as aperteyneth came vnto the place apoynted / where her grace receyued her crowne / with all the serymonyes therof as ther vnto belongeth . And so al the serimonyes done with the solempne masse / they departed home in their best orders euery man to the hal of westmynster / where the quenes grace withdrew her for a tyme in to her chambre apoynted / & so after a certayne space her grace came in to the hall . Than ye shulde haue sene euery noble man doyng their seruyce to them apoynted in the best maner that hath ben sene in any suche serimony . The quenes grace wasshed / the archbisshop of Canterbury sayd grace . Than the nobles were set to the table / therwith came the quenes seruice with the seruyce of th archbysshop / a certayne space thre men with the quenes grace seruyce . Before the said seruyte came the duke of Suffolke high constable the day and stewarde of the feest on horsbacke / & meruaylously trapped in aparell with rychesse . Than with hym came the lorde Wyllyam Hawarde / as depute to the duke of Norfolke in the rome of the marshal of Englande on horsbacke . The erle of essex caruer . Th erle of Sussex sewer . Th erle of Darby cupberer . Th erle of Arundell butteller . The visconte Lysle panter . The lorde Bray awmoner . These noble men dyd theyr seruyce in suche humble sorte & 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 the great hall alonge the sayde hall .

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 the tylte / done by .xviij. lordes & knyghtes / where was broken many speares valyauntly : but some of their horses wolde nat come at their pleasure nere vnto the tylte / whiche was displeasure to some that there dyd ronne .