The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-04-21
HOW BRANDON CAME TO COURT.

much that would amount to none could
tell. as the kings favorites were Of
many sorts and taken from all condi-
tons of men. There was Master VOL
sey. q butchers son. whom he had first
made almoner. then chief counselor and
bishop of Lincoln, soon TO be bishop Of
York and cardinal of the holy Roman
church.
From the other extreme Of l:fe 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 touriia-
ments solely because of his Drawn and
bone. There 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
member.
To begin with. being in no way de-
pendent on the king for money. | never
drew q farthing from tn 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 a favorlte with
the king.
My appointment as master of the
dance. | am sure. was owing entirely
to my manner. My brother. the baron,
who stood high with the king. was not
friendly toward me because my father
had seen tit to be4ueath me so good a
competency In place of giving II all to
the frstborn aud 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. il
! do say il. who perhaps should not. !
baskad in the light of many a fair
smile which larger men had sighed for
in vain.
| did not know when Brandon first
came to London. We had all remained
at Greenwich while the king went up
to Westminster to waste his time 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, a
perfect bud. just blossoming into a per-
feet flower. had gone over to Windsor
on a visit to her elder sister. Margaret
of Scotland. and the palace was dull
enough. Brandon. il seems. had been
presented to Henry during this time at
Westminster and had. to some extent
at least. become II ~favorite Lefore |
met him. The first time | saw him was
at Il juust given by the king at West
minister In celeGrat.on Of the fact that
lie had coaxc1 n good round subsidy
o-t of parliament.
The queen and her ladies had been In
vitcd over. and it was known that Ma
ry 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 and early next morning to see all
that was TO be seen.
Here the editor sees fit TO substitute
a description or this tournament taken
from the quaint old chronicler HALL
The morrow beyng after dynner. at TYNE
commencement. the Quene with her Ladyes
repaired to see the Iustes. the trompettes
brew vp. and In came many a noble man
and Gentlema. :ychely appeareiled TAX
ynge vp thir horses. after whome followed
certayne iordes appareiled. they and thir
horses, in cloth of Code and russell and
tynsell: Knyghtes In cloth of Golde. and
russell Veluet. And a create nomber OF
Gentlemen on fote. In russell satyn and
yealow. and yomen in russell Damaske
and yealow. all the neither parte OF query
mans hosen Skariet. and yealow cappes.
Then came the kynge vnder a Pauilion
OF golde, and purpul Velvet Embroidered,
the compass of the Pauilion about, and
vaienced with a fiat. gold beaten in wyre.
with an Imperial croune in the top. OF
tyne Golde. his bases and trapper of cloth
OF Code. fretted with Damask Code, the
trapper pedant to the tail. A crane and
chafron of STEELE. In the front of the chafro
was a goodly plume set full of musers or
trimbling spangles of golde. After fol-
owed his three aydes. query of them vnder
a Pauilion of Crymosyn Damaske g. pur-
pie. The nomber of Gentlemen and yomen
a fote. appareiled in russell and yealow
was clxviii. Then next these Pauilions
came xii chyldren of honor. sitting query
one OF them on a create courser. rychely
trapped. and Embroidered in seueraii
deuises and ~facions. where lacked neither
b-ouderie nor g~oldsmythes work. SO tina
query chyld and horse in deuice and
fascion was contrary to the other. which
was goodly TO beholde.
Then on the counter parte, entered o
Stranger. FIRST on horseback in a long
robe of Russet satyne. like a recluse or a
religious. and his horse trapped In the
same sewte. without dromme or noyse of
mynssrelsye. puttinge a byll Of peticion to
the Cuene. the effect whereof was. that II
1t would please her to license hymn to
runne In her presence. he would do II
gladly. and IL not. then he would departe
as he came. After his request was
graunted. then he put off hys sayd habyte
and was armed at all peces with ryche
bases & horse. also rychely trapped. and
SO did runne his horse to the tylte end
where dieurs men OF fote appareiled IN
Russell satyn awaited on him. Thereupon
the Eeraulds oryed an Oyez. and tbs
grownd sioke with the trompe of rush.
ynCe stedcs. Wonder IL were TO write OF