CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1903-12-03

From the other extreme OF life came
young Thomas. Lord Toward. heir to
the Earl OF Surrey. and my Lord of
Buckingham. premier peer of the realm.
Then sometimes would the king take
q yeoman of the guard and make him
his companion in jousts and tourna-
ments solely because OF his Drawn and
bone =Ishcrr were others whom he
kept close by HIM In the palace be-
cause of their wit and the entertain
ment they furnished, of which class
was |. and. I natter myself. no mean
member.
To begin with, being in no way de
pendent on the king for money. ! never
drew farthing from the royal treas
ury. This. you may be sure. did me no
harm. for. although the king sometimes
delighted to give. he always hated to
pay There were other good reasons.
too. why | should be favorite with
the king.
Ny appointment as master Of the
dance, I am sure. was owing entirely
10 my manner. My brother. the baron.
who stood high with the king. was not
friendly toward me because my father
had seen fit to bequeath me so good a
competency in place of giving II all to
the firstborn and leaving me dependent
upon the tender mercies of an elder
brother. So | had no help from him
nor from any one else. ! was quite
small OF stature and therefore unable
TO compete with lance and mace with
bulkier men. but | would bet with any
man. of any size. ON any game. at any
place and time. In any amount and II
do say 1t. who perhaps should not. !
basked In the light of many fair
smile which larger men had sighed for
In vain.
1 did not know when Brandon first
came to London. We had all remained
at Greenwich while the king wrnt up
TO Westminster to waste his ,c with
matters OF state and quarrel with the
parliament. then sitting. over the
amount OF certain subsidies.
Mary. the kings sister. then some
eighteen or nineteen years OF age.
perfect bud. just blossoming into per
feet flower. had gone over TO Windsor
on visit to her elder sister. Margaret
Of Scotland, and the palace was dull
enough. Brandon. II seems. had beer
presented to Henry during this time at
Westminster and had. TO some extent
at least. become a fayorite before !
met him. The first time saw him was
az ians' ~i~.r Inv fhe king at West
minister In celebration OF the fact that
he had coaxed a good round subsidy
out OF parliament
The queen and her ladies had been in
yitcd over, and II was known that Ma
~ would be down from Windsor and
come home with the king and the court
to Greenwich when we should return
So we all went over to Westminster the
night before the jousts and were up
bright aud early next morning to see all
that was to be seen.
Here the editor sees ht to substitute
a description OF this tournament taken
from the quaint old chronicler HALL
The morrow boyng after dynner. at tyne
commencement. the Quene with her ladyes
repaired TO sec the Iustes. the trompettes
brew vp and In came many noble man
and Gentlema. rychciy appearciled. TAX
ynge vp thir horses. after whome followed
certaync lortcs appareiled. they and thir
horseu. In cloth OF Golde and russet and
tynseN. knyghtcs In cloth OF Gcide. and
ruxset veluet. And a create nomeer OF
Gentlemen on fotc. In russet satyn and
ycaiow and yomcn In russell Damaskc
and yeaiow, all the neither parte of query
mans hosen skarlet. and yeaiow cappes
Then came the kynge vndsr Pauiiton
of eolde and purpul veluet embroidered.
The compass Of the PAoilion About and
valsnesd with . nat uead bsatea u wyrs.
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