The commyng by vvater from Grenevvyche the thursday.

The .xix. day of Maye the Maior and his brethren all in Scarlet, and suche as wer knightes had collers of Esses & the remnant hauyng good chaynes, and the counsail of the citie with them assembled at saint Mari Hyll, and at one of the clocke discended to the Newstayre to their barge, whiche was garnished with many goodly bāners and stremers, and richely couered, In whiche barge were Shalmes, Shagbushes & diuers other instrumentes, whiche continually made goodly armony. After that the Maior and his brethren wer in their barge seyng that all the companyes to the nomber of fiftie barges were ready to wayte vpō theim. They gaue commaundement to the companyes that no barge should rowe nerer to another then twyse the length of the barge vpon a great paine. And to see the order kept, there were thre light wheryes prepared, and in euery one of them two officers to call on them to kepe their order, after whiche commaundement geuen they set forth in order as hereafter is discribed.

Fyrst before the Maiors barge was a Foyst or Wafter full of ordi∣naunce, in whiche Foyst was a great Dragon continually mouyng, & castyng wyldfyer, and round about the sayd Foyst stode terrible mon∣sters and wylde men castyng fyer, and makyng hidious noyses: Next after the Foyst a good distaunce came the Maiors barge, on whose right hand was the Batchelers barge, in the whiche were trumpettes and diuers other melodious instrumentes. The deckes of the sayd Page  CCxiii barge and the sailyardes and the toppe castles were hanged with riche cloth of golde and silke. At the foreship and the Sterne were two great banners riche beaten with the armes of the kyng and the quene, and on the toppe castle also was a long stremer newly beaten with the sayd ar∣mes. The sides of the barge was sette full of Flagges and banners of the deuises of the company of Haberdashers and marchauntes aduen∣turers, and the cordes were hāged with innumerable penselles hauyng litle belles at y^e endes whiche made a goodly noyse and a goodly sight waueryng in the wynde. On the outsyde of the barge were thre dosen Scochyons in metal of armes of the kyng and the quene whiche were beaten vpon square bocrame deuided so that the right side had the kin∣ges colors, and the left syde the quenes, whiche Scochyons were faste∣ned on the clothes of gold and siluer hangyng on the deckes on the left hand. On the left hand of the Maior was another Foyst, in the whiche was a mount & on thesame stode a white Fawcon crouned vpon a rote of golde enuironed with white roses and red▪ whiche was the Quenes deuise: about whiche mount satte virgyns singyng & plaiyng swetely. Next after the Maior folowed his felowship the Haberdashers, Next after them the Mercers, then the Grocers, and so euery company in his order, and last of all the Maiors and shiriffes officers, euery company hauyng melodye in his barge by himselfe, and goodly garnished with banners and some garnished with silke and some with Arras and riche carpettes, whiche was a goodly sight to beholde, and in this order they •owed to Grenewyche to the point next beyond Grenewyche, and there they turned backward in another order, that is to wete, the Maior and Shiriffes officers first, and the meanest craft next, and so ascendyng to the vttermost craftes in order and y^e Maior last as they go to Poules at Christmas, and in that order they rowed douneward to Grenewiche toune and there cast anker makyng great melody. At thre of the clocke the quene appeared in riche clothe of golde entered into her barge accō∣panied with diuers ladies and gentlewomen, and incontinent the Citi∣zens set forwardes in their order, their minstrels continually plaiyng, and the Batchelers barge goyng on the quenes right hand whiche she tooke great pleasure to beholde. Aboute the quenes barge were many noble men, as the duke of Suffolke, the Marques Dorset, the Erle of Wylshyre her father, the Erles of Arrondel, Darby, Rutland, Worce∣ter, Huntyngton, Sussex, Oxford, and many bishoppes and noblemen euery one in his barge, which was a goodly sight to behold. She thus beyng accompanied rowed towarde the Tower, and in the meane way the shippes whiche were commaunded to lye on the shore for lettyng of the barges shotte diuers peales of gunnes, and or she landed there was a meruailous shotte out of the Tower as euer was harde there. And at her landyng there met with her the lord Chamberlain with the officers of armes and brougth her to the kyng, which receiued her with louyng countenaunce at the Posterne by the water syde and kyssed her, & then Page  [unnumbered] she turned backe againe and thanked the Maior and the citezens with many goodly wordes, and so entred into the Tower. After which entry the citezens all this while houed before the Tower makyng great me∣lody & went not alande, for none wer assigned to land but the Maior, the Recorder and two Aldermen. But for to speake of the people that stode on euery shore to beholde the sight, he that sawe it not would not beleue it.

On Fryday at diner serued the kyng all suche aswere appointed by his highnes to be knightes of y^• bath, whiche after dyner were brought to their chambers, and that night were bathed and shreuen accordyng to the old vsage of England, and the next day in the mornyng the kyng dubbed theim accordyng tot he ceremonies thereto belongyng whose names ensueth.

The Marques Dorset.
• The Erle of Darby.
• The lorde Clyfforde.
• The lorde Fitzwater.
• The lorde Hastynges.
• The lorde Mountaigle.
• Sir Ihon Mordant.
• The lorde Uaux.
• Sir Henry Parker.
• Sir Wyllyam Wynsore.
• Sir Fraunces Weston.
• Sir Thomas Arrondell.
• Sir Iohn Hulstone.
• Sir Thomas Pownynges.
• Sir Henry Sauell.
• Sir George Fitzwillyam
• Sir Ihon Tyndall.
• Sir Thomas Iermey.