Принц і жебрак
The river pageant
Theywerefollowedbyanofficerbearingthecivicmace,afterwhomcameanothercarryingthecity’ssword;thenseveralsergeantsofthecityguard,intheirfullaccoutrements,andwithbadgesontheirsleeves;thentheGarterKing-at-arms,inhistabard;thenseveralKnightsoftheBath,eachwithawhitelaceonhissleeve;thentheiresquires;thenthejudges,intheirrobesofscarletandcoifs;thentheLordHighChancellorofEngland,inarobeofscarlet,openbefore,andpurfledwithminever;thenadeputationofaldermen,intheirscarletcloaks;andthentheheadsofthedifferentciviccompanies,intheirrobesofstate.NowcametwelveFrenchgentlemen,insplendidhabiliments,consistingofpourpointsofwhitedamaskbarredwithgold,shortmantlesofcrimsonvelvetlinedwithviolettaffeta,andcarnationcolouredhauts-de-chausses,andtooktheirwaydownthesteps.TheywereofthesuiteoftheFrenchambassador,andwerefollowedbytwelvecavaliersofthesuiteoftheSpanishambassador,clothedinblackvelvet,unrelievedbyanyornament.FollowingthesecameseveralgreatEnglishnobleswiththeirattendants.’
Therewasaflourishoftrumpetswithin;andthePrince’suncle,thefuturegreatDukeofSomerset,emergedfromthegateway,arrayedina‘doubletofblackcloth-of-gold,andacloakofcrimsonsatinfloweredwithgold,andribandedwithnetsofsilver.’Heturned,doffedhisplumedcap,benthisbodyinalowreverence,andbegantostepbackward,bowingateachstep
