South London . ,whereto from his yong yeers he was giuen. After this parlement was ended, the king kept a solemneChristmasse at Greenwich, with danses and mummeries inmost princelie maner. And on the Twelfe daie at nightcame into the hall a mount, called the rich mount. Themount was set full of rich flowers of silke, and especialHe fullof broome slips full of cods, and branches were greene sattin,and the flowers flat gold of damaske, which signified Plan-tagenet. On the top stood a goodlie beacon giuing light,round about the beacon sat the king and fiue other, all incotes and caps of right cri
South London . ,whereto from his yong yeers he was giuen. After this parlement was ended, the king kept a solemneChristmasse at Greenwich, with danses and mummeries inmost princelie maner. And on the Twelfe daie at nightcame into the hall a mount, called the rich mount. Themount was set full of rich flowers of silke, and especialHe fullof broome slips full of cods, and branches were greene sattin,and the flowers flat gold of damaske, which signified Plan-tagenet. On the top stood a goodlie beacon giuing light,round about the beacon sat the king and fiue other, all incotes and caps of right crimson veluet, embrodered with flatgold of damaske, their cotes set full of spangles of foure woodhouses drew the mount till it came beforethe queene, and then the king and his companie descendedand danscd. Then suddenlie the mount opened, and outcame six ladies all in crimsin sattin and plunket, embroderedwith gold and pearle, with French hoods on their heads, and THE ROYAL HOUSES OF SOUTH LOxXDON loi. o 7_u s as S 102 SOUTH LONDON they dansed alone. Then the lords of the mount tooke theladies and dansed togithcr : and the ladies reentered, and themount closed, and so was conueied out of the hall. Thenthe king shifted him, and came to the qucene, and sat at thebanket, which was verie sumptuous. Other tournaments were held here in 1517, iS-^j ^d 1536. Here Charles Brandon married Alary, Dowager Queen ofFrance. Six or seven times more Henry kept Christmasat Greenwich. In 1543, the last occasion, he entertainedtwenty-one Scottish gentlemen, taken prisoners, and releasedthem without a ransom, being to the end, whatever else hewas, a Prince of most Princely gifts and graces. Queen Mary was born at Greenwich in 1515. CardinalWolsey was her godfather. King Edward the Sixth died here. Queen Elizabeth was born here on September 7, 1533-She, too, spent much of her time at Greenwich. King James also much delighted in this place: headded to the brickwork by the riverside : he also
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