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Item : Thirty war-horses of different brands and marks, marked with 
his brand, which is in the margin. 
Item: Two saddle mules to take on the said expedition and two pack 
mules. 
Item: A sword and a gilded dagger with their waist belts stitched with 
purple, yellow, and white silk. 
Item: One broadsword with shoulder belt, and two shields for defense 
against arrows. 
Item: Two trooper saddles of Cordovan leather, with housings of 
blue flowered Spanish cloth bound with Cordovan leather, all complete 
and with loose stirrups. 
Item: Two estradiotas 77 saddles of Cordovan leather, with the stir¬ 
rups, bridles, girths, halters, and reins that go with them, one estradiote 78 
and two troopers’ bridles. 
Item: One bed with two mattresses, a coverlet, sheets, pillow-cases, 
pillows, and a canvas mattress-bag bound with sole leather. 
Item: He is taking in his service two Spanish servants, from eighteen 
to twenty years old, to serve his Majesty on the expedition, to each of 
whom he has given four horses and complete equipment of armor for 
themselves and their horses. 
Item: One suit of blue Italian velvet trimmed with wide gold pas¬ 
sementerie, consisting of doublet, breeches, and green silk stockings with 
blue garters with points of gold lace. 
Item: Another suit of rose-colored lustrous Castilian satin, consisting 
of a Walloon 79 doublet, trimmed with narrow gold passementerie and a 
short cloak of gray cloth trimmed with wide gold and silver fringe, rose- 
colored silk stockings, and garters of striped rose-colored taffeta. 
Item: Another suit of straw-colored Castilian satin, slashed with wide 
slashes and trimmed with interlinings of crimson Castilian taffeta, con¬ 
sisting of breeches, doublet, stockings of straw-colored silk and garters of 
purple taffeta with points. 
Item : Another suit of purple Castilian cloth, consisting of Walloon 
breeches and doublet, trimmed with narrow gold passementerie, a cape 
with a wide gold fringe and ruffles of purple taffeta, purple silk stockings 
and garters of purple taffeta with points of gold lace. 
Item: Another suit of chestnut-colored London cloth in the Walloon 
style, doublet and short cloak all trimmed with silver passementerie em¬ 
broidery. 
Item: Another suit of Chinese flowered silk, tan and green, trimmed 
with very narrow gold passementerie, consisting of breeches, doublet, and 
a jacket of ordinary cloth. 
Item: Two doublets of kid dressed in Castile, one from the royal city 
being trimmed with gold and purple silk passementerie, and the other 
with wide silver passementerie. 
Item: Another doublet of royal lion skin trimmed with gold and pur¬ 
ple passementerie, with buttons of the same. 
Item: One rain-cloak of gray cloth of the country. 
Item: Two Rouen linen shirts with collars and cuffs of Holland 
cambric. 
