His charger was trapped in cloth of gold, traversed lattice-wise,
square, embroidered with gold damask, pearled on every side, and
having buckles and pendants of fine gold. By his side ran ten footmen,
richly attired in velvet and goldsmith's work. They were followed by the
pages of honour, mounted on great horses, trapped in crimson velvet
embroidered with new devices and knots of gold.
In this state Henry and his favourite proceeded to the great western
door of Saint George's Chapel. Here twelve gentlemen of the privy-
chamber attended with a canopy of cloth of gold, which they bore over
the king's bead, and that of the Lady Anne, as she walked beside him to
the entrance of the choir, where they separated--he proceeding to his
stall, and she to a closet at the north-east corner of the choir over the
altar, while her ladies repaired to one adjoining it.
Matins then commenced, and at the appointed part of the service the
dean of the college took a silver box, containing the heart of Saint
George, bestowed upon King Henry the Fifth by the Emperor Sigismund,
and after incense had been shed upon it by one of the canons,
presented it to the king and the knights-companions to kiss.
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