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A05046	A letter whearin part of the entertainment vntoo the Queenz Maiesty at Killingwoorth Castl in Warwik sheer in this soomerz progress 1575 is signified / from a freend officer attendant in coourt vntoo hiz freend a citizen and merchaunt of London.	Laneham, Robert, 16th cent.	1575 (1575)	STC 15190.5; ESTC S2762	36,268	90

of guns which all gaue both too the ear to the ●y the greater grace delight for that with such order and art they wear temperd coouching time continuauns that waz aboout too oours space Noow within allso in the mean tyme waz thear sheawed hefore her highnes by an Italian such ●eats of agilitee in goings turnings tumblings castings hops iumps leaps skips springs gamba●ds soomersauts caprettyez flyghts forward backward sydewyze doownward vpward and with such wyndyngs gyrings circumflexions al so lightly and wy●h such eazyness az by me in feaw woords it iz not expressibl by pen or spéech I tell yoo playn I bleast me by my fayth to behold him and began to doout whither a waz a man or a spirite and I ween had doouted me till this tyme had it not béen that anon I bethough me of men that can reazon tallk with too toongs and with too parsons at onez sing lyke burds curteiz of behauoour of body strong and in ioynts so nymbl withall that their bonez séem az lythy plyaunt az sy●euz They dwell in a happy Iland az the book termz it foour moonths sayling Soouthward beyond Ethiop Nay master Martin I tell you no iest for both Diodorus Siculus an auncient Greek historiagrapher in his third booke of the acts of the olld Egipcians and allso from him Conrad Gesnerus a great learned man and a very diligent writer in all good arguments of oour tyme but deceased in the fyrst Chapter of hiz Mithridates reporteth the same Az for this fello I cannot tell what too make of him saue that I may gess hiz bak be metall● lyke a lam●rey that haz no bone but a lyne lyke a lute string Well syr let him pass hiz feats and this dayz pastyme withall for héer iz az mooch as I can remember me for Thursdayz entertainment Fryday Saterday wear thear no open sheawz abrode becauz the weather enclynde too sum moyster wynde that very seazonably temperd the droought the heat cauzed by y continuauns of fayr weather sunshyne afore all the whyle syns her Maiesti●z thyther cumming A Sunday oportunely the weather brake vp again and after diuine seruis in the parish church for the Sabot day and a frutefull sermon thear in the forenoon at after noon in woorship of this Kenelwoorth Castl and of God saint Kenelm whooz day forsooth by the calendar this waz a solem brydeale of a proper coopl waz appointed set in order in the tylt●ard too cum make thear sheaw before the Castl in the great coourt whear az waz pight a cumly quintine for featz at armz which when they had doon too march oout at the Northgate of the Cast●●om●ward again intoo the tooun And thus wear they Marshalld Fyrst all the lusty lads bolld bachelarz of the parish sutably euery wight with hiz blu buckeram brydelace vpon a braunch of gréen broom cauz rozemary iz skant thear tyed on hiz leaft arm for a that syde lyez the hart and hiz allder poll for a spear in hiz right hand in marciall order raunged on a fore too too in a rank sum with a hat sum in a cap sum a cote sum a ierkin sum for lightnes in hiz dooblet hiz hoze clean trust with a point afore sum boots no spurz he spurz no boots and he neyther nother one a sadel anoother a pad or a pannell fastened with a cord for gyrts wear geazon and theez too the number of a sixteen wight riding men well beseen but the Bridegroom formost in hiz fatherz ●awny worsted iacket for his freends wear fayn that he shoold be a bryde groom before the Queen a fayr strawn hat with a capitall crooun steepl wyze on hiz hed a payr of haruest glou●z on hiz hands az a sign of good husbanory a pen inkorn at his bakfor he woold be knowen to be bookish lame of a leg that in his yooth was brokē at football wellbelooued yet of hiz moother that lent him a n● mufflar for a napkin that was tyed too hiz gyrdl for lozyng It was no small sport too mark this minion in hiz full appointment that throogh good schoolation becam az formall in his action az had he been a bridegroom indeed with this speciall grace by the wey that euer az he woold haue framed him the better cooūtenauns with the woors face he lookt Well syr after theez horsmen a lyuely morrisdauns according too the auncient manner sir daunserz Mawdmarion the fool Then three prety puzels az bright az a brest of bacon of a thirty yéer olld a pees that caryed thrée speciall spisecakes of a bushell of wheat they had it by meazure oout of my Lords bak hoous before the Bride syzely with set coountenanns and lips so demurely simpring az it had been a mare cropping of a thistl After theez a loouely loober woorts freklfaced red hedded cleen trust in hiz dooblet hiz hoze taken vp noowe in deed by commission for that he was so loth to cum forward for reuerens bylike of his nu cut canuas dooblet and woold by his good will haue been but a gazer but foound too bee a méet actor for hiz office that waz too bear the bridecup foormed of a sweet sucket barrel a fayre turnd foot set too it all seemly be syluerd parcell gylt adoourned with a beatifull braunch of broom gayly begylded for rozemary from which too brode brydela●ez of red yelloo buckeram begylded and galauntly streaming by such winde az thear waz for he caried it aloft This gentlcupbearer yet had hiz freckld fiznamy sumwhat vnhappily infested az he went by the byzy flyez that floct aboout the bridecup for the sweetnes of the sucket that it sauord on but he lyke a tall fello withstood theyr mallis stooutly see what manhod may doo bet them awey kylld them by skorez stood too his charge marched on in good order Then folloed the woorshipfull Bride led after the cuntrée maner betwéen too auncient parishonerz honest toounsmen But a stale stallion a well spreed hot az the weather waz God wot an ill smellyng waz she a xxxv yéer old of cooler brounbay not very beautifull indéed but vgly fooul ill fauord yet marueloo●s fayn of the offis bycauz she hard say she shoold dauns before the Queen in which feat she thought she woold foot it as finely az the best Well after this bride cam thear by too too a doozen damzels for bridemayds that for tauoor attyre for facion cleanlyness wear az meet for such a bride az a tréen ladl for a porrige pot mo but for fear of carrying all cléen had been appointed but theez feaw wear inoow Az the cumpany in this order wear cum intoo y coourt marueylous wear the marciall acts that wear doon thear that day The Brydegreme for preeminens had the fyrst coors at the fyrst Quintyne

shining az a ●hoing horn Aboout his nek a red rebon● sutabl too hiz gyrdl● hiz harp in good grace dependaūt before him his wrest tied too a gréen lace hanging hy vnder the gorget of hiz gooun a fayr ●●agon chayn peawter for syluer ▪ az a squier minstrell of Middilsex that trauayld the cuntrée thiz soomer seazon vnto fayrs woorshipfull menz hoousez from hiz cheyn hoong a Schoochion with metall cooller resplendaunt vpon his breast of the auncie●t armez of Islington vpon a questiō whearof he az one that waz well schoold coold his lessō par●●t withoout book too aunswer at full i● question wear askt him declared hoow the woorshipfull village of Islington in Middelsex well knooen too be one of the most auncient best toouns in England next London at this day for the feythfull fréendship of long time sheawd azwell at Cooks feast in Alldersgatestreet yéerly vpon holly rood day az allso at all solem bridealez in the eitée of London all the yéer after in well seruing them of furmenty for porage not ouersod till it be too weak of mylk for theyr flawnz not yet pylld nor challked of cream for they custards not frothed nor thykned with floour and of butter for theyr pastiez and pyepast not made of well curds nor gathered of whey in soomer nor mingled in winter with salt butter waterd or washt did obteyn long a go theez woorshipfull armez in cooler foorin az ye sée which ar the armz A feeld argent az the féeld groound in deed whearin the Milk wiuez of this woorthy tooun euery man els in hiz faculty dooth trade for hiz liuing on a Fess Tenny between three milk tankerds proper The three milk tankerds az the proper vessell whearin the substauns matter of theyr trade is too fro transported The Fess Tenny which is a cooler betokening doout suspicion so az suspition good heed taking azwell to their markets seruaūts az too theyr customerz that they trust not too far may bring vnto them platez that iz coyned syluer three that iz sufficient plenty for so that number in Armory may well signify For Creast vpon a wad of ote strawe for a wreath a boll of furmenty what az ye k●oo iz the most precious gyft of Ceres and in the midst of it stycking a doozen horn spoonz in a bunch as the instruments meetest too eate furmenty porage with all a doozen az a number of plenty compleat for full cheer or a banket and of horn az of a substauns more estamabl then iz made for a great deel being neyther so churlish in weyght az iz mettall nor so froward brytll too manure az stone nor yet so soilly in vse nor roough too the lips az wood iz but lyght plyaunt smooth that with a littl licking wooll alweyz be kept az cleen az a dy With yoor paciens Gentlmen ꝙ the minstrell be it sayd wear it not in déed that horns be so plenty hornware I beleue woold be more set by than it iz and yet are thear in oour parts that wyll not styk to auoow that many an ●onest man both in Citée cūtree hath had hiz hoous by horning well vphollden and a dayly freend allso at need And this with yoour fauoour may I further affyrm a very idgenioous parson was he that for dignitee of the stuff coold thus by spooning deuize to aduauns the horn so neer to the ●ed With great congruens also wear theez hornspoonz puttoo the wheat as a token porcion of Cornucopiae the horn of Achelous which the Naiades dyd fyll with all good frutez corn grain and after did cōsecrate vntoo abooundauns and plenty This skoochion with beasts very aptly agréeing both too the armz too the trade of the bearerz glorioously supported Betwéen a gray Mare a beast meetest for carying of mylktankards her pannell on her bak az alwayz reddy for seruis at euery feast brydeale at n●ed her tayl splayd at most eaz and her filly fole fall● a flaxen mane after the syre In the skro vndergrauen ꝙ he iz thear a proper woord an hemistichi well squaring withall the rest● taken out of Salerns chapter of things that most noorish mans body Lac Caseus infans That is good milk yoong chéez And thus mooch Gintlmen and pleaz yoo ꝙ he for the armz of oour woorshipfull tooun And thear withall made a manerly leg and so held his peas Az the cumpany pawzed the minstrell seemd to gape after a prayz for hiz Beau parler and bicauz he had renderd hiz lesson so well Saiz a good fello of the cumpany ▪ I am sory to see hoow mooch the poore minstrell mistakez the matter for in deed the armz ar thus Thrée milk tankerds proper in a féeld of cloouted cream thrée gréen chéesez vpon a shealf of cakebread The fyrmenty bool hornspoonz cauz thear profit cumz all by horned beasts Supported by a mare with a galld bak thearfore styll coouerd with a pannell fysking with her tayl for flyez and her fylly fole neying after the dam for suk This woord Lac Caseus infans That is a fresh cheez cream the common cry that théez mylk wiuez make in London stréets yeerly betwixt Easter Whitsontide and this iz the very matter I kno it well inoough and so éended hiz ●ale and sate him dooun again Héerat euery man laught a good saue the minstrell that thoogh the fool wear made priuy all waz but for sport yet too see him self thus crost with a contrary ku that he lookt not for woold straight haue geen ouer all waxt very wayward eager soour hoow be it last by sum entreaty many fayr woords with sak suger we sweetned him again and after becam az mery az a py Appéerz then a fresh in hiz ful formalitée with a loouely look after three loly cooursiez cléerd hiz vo●s with a hem a reach and spat oout withall wyped hiz lips with the hollo of hiz hand for fyling hiz napkin temperd a string or too with hiz wreast and after a littl warbling on hiz harpe for a prelude cam foorth with a sollem song warraunted for story oout of king Arthurz acts the first book and 26. Chapter whearof I gat a copy and that iz thiz SO it be●ell vpon a Penticost day When king Arthur at Camelot kept Coourt riall With hiz cumly Quéen dame Gaynoour the gay And many bolld Barons sittyng in hall Ladyes apparaild in purpl pall When herauds in hukes herryed full hy Largess Largess cheualiers treshardy ¶ A douty dwarf too the vppermost deas Right peartly gan prik and kneeling on knée With steeuen full stoout amids all the preas Sayd hail syr king God thée saue and see King Ryens of Northgalez greeteth well thee And bids that thy beard anon thoou him send Or els from thy iawez he wyll