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by great masonrie, and by great engine of man’s wit; for the sundrie countenances ofevery image that there appeared, some shooting, some casting, some readie to strike,and firing of gunnes, which shewed verie honorablie. Also all the said quadrants,baies, and edifices were roially intrailed, as farre as vnto the same court apper-teined. And direct against the gate was deuised a halpas ; and at the entrie ofthe staire were images of sore and terrible countenances, all armed in curious workeof argentine. The baie of the same halpas pendant by craft of timber, and vnderit antike images of gold, inuironed with verdor of olifs cast in compasse, mounstringtheir countenances toward the entring of the palace. The staire of the said halpaswas cast of passage by the wents of brode steps; so that from the first foot, orlowest step, anie person might without paine go vnto the highest place of the samehalpas.

“ On euerie hand was their chamber doores and enterings into the chambers ofthe same palace, which were long and large, and well proportioned, to receive lightand air at pleasure : the roofs of them, from place to place, and chamber to chamber,were seiled, and covered with cloth of silke, of the most faire and quicke inuentionthat before time was seene. For the grounde was white ingrailed, embowed, andbatoned with rich clothes of silkes, knit and fret with cuts and braids, and sundrie newcasts, that the same clothes of silke shewed like bullions of fine burned gold; andthe roses in losenges, that in the same roofe were in kindlie course, furnished soto man’s sight, that no liuing creature might but ioy in the beholding thereof. Forfrom the iaw peece of the said sieling (which peece was gilt with fine gold) wereworkes in pane paled, all the walls to the crest incountering the cleare stories, thesame crest which was of large deepnesse; the worke was antike knots, with bosses,cast and wrought with more cunning than I can write, all which workes and ouerageswere gilt; and to set it the more to the glorie, the flourishing bise was comparable tothe rich ammell.

“ Also at the foot of the same palace was another crest, all of fine set gold,whereon hanged rich and maruelous clothes of arras, wrought of gold and silke,compassed of manie ancient stories, with which clothes of arras euerie wall andchamber were hanged, and all the windowes so richly couered, that it passed allother sights before seene. In euerie chamber and euerie place conuenient wereclothes of estate, great and large, of cloth of gold, of tissue, and rich embroderie,with chaires couered with like cloth, with pommels of fine gold, and great cushionsof rich worke, of the Turkie making: nothing lacked of honourable furnishment.Also to the same palace was reared a chappell with two closets, the quire of the saidchappell sieled with cloth of gold, and thereon fret ingrailed bent clothes of silke;all was then silke and gold. The altars of this chappell were hanged with richreuesture of cloth of gold and tissue, embroidered with perles. Ouer the high altar