A.D. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1553- 



velvet, every one having under his banner twelve 

 thousand men of armes well armed with their morrions 

 upon their heads, marching in good order, with a short 

 weapon by their sides, called in their language, Simiterro. 



After came 16000 Janizaries, called the slaves of the 

 Grand Signior, all a foote, every one having his harque- 

 bush, who be his gard, all clothed in violet silke, and 

 apparelled upon their heads with a strange forme, called 

 Cuocullucia, fashioned in this sort : the entering in of 

 the forehead is like a skull made of white velvet, & 

 hath a traine hanging downe behind, in manner of a 

 French hoode, of the same colour, and upon the forepart 

 of the said skull, just in the middes of his forehead 

 there is standing bolt upright like a trunke of a foote 

 [II. i. 113.] long of silver, garnished most richly with Goldsmiths 

 worke, and precious stones, and in the top of the said 

 trunke a great bush of fethers, which waveth up and 

 downe most bravely when he marcheth. 



After this, there cam 1000. pages of honour, all clothed 

 in cloth of gold, the halfe of them carying harque- 

 bushes, and the other halfe Turkish bowes, with their 

 trusses of arrowes, marching in good order. 



Then came three men of armes well armed, and upon 

 their harnesse coates of the Turkes fashion, of Libard 

 skinnes, and murrions upon their heads, their speares 

 charged, and at the end of their staffe hard by ye head 

 of the speare, a horse taile died in a bloody colour, which 

 is their ensigne : they be the chalengers for the Turkes 

 owne person. 



After them came seven pages of honour in cloth of 

 silver, upon seven white horses, which horses were 

 covered with cloth of silver, all embrodered and gar- 

 nished with precious stones, emerauds, diamonds, and 

 rubies most richly. 



After them also came sixe more pages of honour, 

 clothed in cloth of gold, every one having his bowe in 

 his hand, and his fawchine of the Turkes fashion by his 

 side. 



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