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The river pageant

           Someofthemweredecoratedwithbannersandstreamers;somewithcloth-of-goldandarrasembroideredwithcoats-of-arms;otherswithsilkenflagsthathadnumberlesslittlesilverbellsfastenedtothem,whichshookouttinyshowersofjoyousmusicwheneverthebreezesflutteredthem;othersofyethigherpretensions,sincetheybelongedtonoblesintheprince’simmediateservice,hadtheirsidespicturesquelyfencedwithshieldsgorgeouslyemblazonedwitharmorialbearings.Eachstatebargewastowedbyatender.Besidestherowers,thesetenderscarriedeachanumberofmen-at-armsinglossyhelmetandbreastplate,andacompanyofmusicians.

           

           Theadvance-guardoftheexpectedprocessionnowappearedinthegreatgateway,atroopofhalberdiers.’Theyweredressedinstripedhoseofblackandtawny,velvetcapsgracedatthesideswithsilverroses,anddoubletsofmurreyandbluecloth,embroideredonthefrontandbackwiththethreefeathers,theprince’sblazon,woveningold.Theirhalberdstaveswerecoveredwithcrimsonvelvet,fastenedwithgiltnails,andornamentedwithgoldtassels.Filingoffontherightandleft,theyformedtwolonglines,extendingfromthegatewayofthepalacetothewater’sedge.Athickrayedclothorcarpetwasthenunfolded,andlaiddownbetweenthembyattendantsinthegold-and-crimsonliveriesoftheprince.Thisdone,aflourishoftrumpetsresoundedfromwithin.Alivelypreludearosefromthemusiciansonthewater;andtwousherswithwhitewandsmarchedwithaslowandstatelypacefromtheportal.

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