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was hanged a rich canopie of maruellous greatnesse; the altar was apparelled withflue paire of candlesticks of gold, and on the altar an halpas, and thereon stood acrucifix all of fine gold, and on the same halpas stood twelve images, of the bignes offoure yeares of age, all gold.

" All the copes and vestments were so rich as might be prepared or bought in thecitie of Florens, for they were all but of one peece, so wouen for the purpose, clothof tissue and powdered with red roses, purpled with fine gold. The orfris set withpearles and precious stones. And all the walles and deskes of this chappell werehanged with right cloth of gold, and three rich great crosses were there readie to beborne at festiual times, and basens and censers, gospellers, paxes, crewets, holie watervessels, and other ornaments, all of gold. Also in the first closet was a trauerse forthe king’s person, of cloth of gold, and in it his place and chaire, with cushions ofcloth of gold : before the trauerse was an altar of presence, which altar was adornedwith cloth of broderie, and rich pearles and precious stones, set in goldsmith’s workeof fine gold. On the alter was a desk or halpas, whereon stood a patible of thecrucifix of fine gold, with an image of the Trinitie, an image of the Virgin Marie ,and twelve other images, all fine gold and precious stones, two paire of candlesticksof fine gold, with basens, crewets, paxes, and other ornaments.

“ The said closet was hanged with tapets embrodered with rich worke fret withpearles and stones; the roofe of the same closet was sieled with worke of inmouled, giltwith fine gold, and senoper, and bise. The second closet was for the queene’s person,in which was a trauerse of rich cloth of gold, the altar so richlie apparelled, thatthere lacked neither pearles nor stones of riches. On the altar were twelve greatimages of gold, the closet hanged with cloth of gold, all other iewals missal; Isuppose neuer such like were seene ; and the roofe of the same closet was seiled withlike worke that the king’s closet was, as is before rehearsed. Also to this palacewas all houses of offices, that to such an honourable court should apperteine; thatis, to wit, the lord chamberlein, lord steward, lord treasurer of the household, for thecomptroller, the office of greene cloth, wardrobes, iewell house, and office of house-hold service, as eurie, pantrie, cellar, butterie, spicerie, pitcher house, larder, andpoultrie, and all other offices, so large and faire, that the officers might and didmaruell, as in the- craft of viands, by ouens, harthcs, reredorses, chimnies, ranges, andsuch instruments as there were ordeined.”*

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Holingshed, who is almost endless in his accounts of feasts and fine dresses,speaking of a banquet given by Henry VIII. , in 1510, says, there “ entered six

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