The seventeenth day of March came through London from Aldgate Mr. Maynard, the sheriff of London, with a standards and drums. And after, giants, both great and small, and then hobbyhorses. And after them the g … and after, great horses and men in coats of velvet, with chains of gold about their necks, and men in harness. And then the morris dance and then many minstrels. And after came the sergeants and yeomen on horseback with ribbons of green and white about their necks. And then my lord justice, late being lord of misrule, rode gorgeously in cloth of gold and with chains of gold about his neck, with hand full of rings of great value. The … sergeants rode in coats of velvet, with chains of gold. And then came the devil and a sultan and then a priest shriving Jack-a-Lent on horseback and a doctor, his physician. And then Jack-a-Lent's wife brought him his physicians and bade save his life and he should give him a thousand pounds for his labor. And then came the cart with the wreath hung with cloth of gold and full of banners. And minstrels playing and singing. And before rode Mr. Coke in a coat of velvet with a chain of gold and with flowers.