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Adescriptionofitisstillextantinthequaintwordingofachroniclerwhowitnessedit:
‘Spacebeingmade,presentlyenteredabaronandanearlappareledaftertheTurkishfashioninlongrobesofbawdkinpowderedwithgold;hatsontheirheadsofcrimsonvelvet,withgreatrollsofgold,girdedwithtwoswords,calledscimitars,hangingbygreatbawdricksofgold.Nextcameyetanotherbaronandanotherearl,intwolonggownsofyellowsatin,traversedwithwhitesatin,andineverybendofwhitewasabendofcrimsonsatin,afterthefashionofRussia,withfurredhatsofgrayontheirheads;eitherofthemhavinganhatchetintheirhands,andbootswithpykes’(pointsafootlong),‘turnedup.Andafterthemcameaknight,thentheLordHighAdmiral,andwithhimfivenobles,indoubletsofcrimsonvelvet,voydedlowonthebackandbeforetothecannell-bone,lacedonthebreastswithchainsofsilver;andoverthat,shortcloaksofcrimsonsatin,andontheirheadshatsafterthedancers’fashion,withpheasants’feathersinthem.ThesewereappareledafterthefashionofPrussia.Thetorchbearers,whichwereaboutanhundred,wereappareledincrimsonsatinandgreen,likeMoors,theirfacesblack.Nextcameinamommarye.Thentheminstrels,whichweredisguised,danced;andthelordsandladiesdidwildlydancealso,thatitwasapleasuretobehold.’
