The march began with twenty foot-
men in scarlet liveries, trimmed with sil-
ver lace, each having his sword by his
side, a baton in one hand, and a lighted
torch in the other.  These were the Mar-
shal's men, who cleared the streets, and
were about the Marshal, waiting his com-
mands.  After them, and sometimes in
the midst of them, came Mr. Darrel the
Marshal, a very handsome gentleman, of
Lincoln's Inn, mounted upon one of the
King's best horses, and richest saddles.
He was magnificently dressed, and, besides
his Marshal's men, had two lacquies who
carried torches, and a page in livery car-
rying his cloak.

He was followed by an hundred of the
handsomest young gentlemen of the Inns
of Court, twenty-five chosen out of each
house, all of them mounted on the best
horses, and with the best furniture that
the King's stables, and those of all the
noblemen in town could afford.  These
hundred gentlemen were so richly dressed,
that scarce any thing but gold and silver
lace could be seen, and every one of them
had two lacquies, in his own livery, carry-

After this noble troop, came the anti-
masquers; preceded by the sound of keys
and tongs, playing in concert.  The first
antimasque consisted of beggars and crip-
ples, mounted on the poorest leanest jades
that could be got out of the dust carts or
elsewhere, a change, which from the no-
bleness of the music, the fineness of the
horses, and the magnificent appearance of
the gentlemen, afforded a very odd and
surprizing contrast; the habits and every
thing belonging to these cripples and beg-
gars being ingeniously fitted by the direc-
tion of the commissioners, among whom
were Mr. Attorney Noy, Sir John Finch,
Sir Edward Herbert, and Mr. Selden.

After the beggars antimasque, came
men on horseback, playing upon pipes,
whistles, and instruments, imitating the
notes of all sorts of birds, and playing in
excellent concert.

These were followed by an antimasque
of birds, consisting of an owl in an ivy
bush, with many different sorts of birds
in a cluster gazing upon her; these were
little boys put in covers in the shape of
those birds, nicely fitted, fitting on small