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she returned the Lord Mayor and Alder-
men thanks, for the pomp with which she
had been conducted thither.
Two days after, the Lord Mayor, in a
gown of crimson velvet, and a rich collar
of SS, attended by the Sheriffs and two
domestics in red and white damask, went
to receive the Queen at the Tower of
London, whence the Sheriffs returned to
see that every thing was in order. The
streets were just before new gravelled from
the Tower to Temple Bar, and railed in
on each side; within the rails near Grass-
church, stood a body of Anseatic mer-
chants, and next to them the several cor-
porations of the city in their formalities,
reaching to the Aldermens station at the
upper end of Cheapside. On the opposite
side were placed the city constables dressed
in silk and velvet, with staffs in their
hands, to prevent the breaking in of the
mob, or any other disturbance. On this
occasion, Gracechurch street and Cornhill
were hung with crimson and scarlet cloth,
and the sides of the houses of a place then
called Goldsmith's row, in Cheapside,
were adorned with gold brocades, velvet
and rich tapestry.
The procession began from the Tower
with twelve of the French Ambassador's
domestics in blue velvet, the trappings of
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their horses being blue sarsnet, interspersed
with white crosses; after whom marched
those of the equestrian order, two and two,
followed by the Judges in their robes, two
and two; then came the Knights of the
Bath in violet gowns, purfled with mene-
ver. Next came the Abbots, Barons, Bi-
shops, Earls and Marquises, in their robes,
two and two. Then the Lord Chancel-
lor, followed by the Venetian Ambassa-
dor and the Archbishop of York: next
the French Ambassador and the Archbi-
shop of Canterbury, followed by two
gentlemen representing the Dukes of Nor-
mandy and Aquitain; after whom rode
the Lord Mayor of London with his mace,
and Garter in his coat of arms; then the
Duke of Suffolk, Lord High Steward,
followed by the Deputy Marshal of En-
gland, and all the other officers of state in
their robes, carrying the symbols of their
several offices: then others of the nobility
in crimson velvet, and all the Queen's offi-
cers inscarlet, followed by her Chancel-
lor uncovered. who immediately preceded
his mistress.
The Queen was dressed in silver bro-
cade, with a mantle of the same furred
with ermine; her hair was dishevelled,
and she wore a chaplet upon her head set
with jewels of inestimable value. She sat
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