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When he is in private, he goes dressed in a manner that pleases him without any pomp or constraint. Now when it is necessary to go out in public, whether to go to the council, to receive some Ambassador, to see the games at the Theaters, or some other pastime, here is the order that is kept. First march a thousand soldiers ten by ten, with their Milleniers, Centeniers, Lieutenants & Ensigns, armed in the manner we will say when we speak of the order of the men of war. After these thousand soldiers follow four thousand Gentlemen nourished & maintained in the Academy at the expense of the public under their Chiefs & Captains, sometimes armed, sometimes not, as it pleases the King to so order. Next come Twenty-four players of instruments such as Haubois, Sackbuts, Cornets, & other such kinds of instruments, dressed in red cloth with the King's coat of arms in front & behind & on the rest of the musicians the figure of the instrument they are playing, done in embroidery in order to better distinguish them, sounding at intervals. Next marching as many good Trumpeters dressed in the same way as above, then six heralds–at–arms with their mandil[1] of crimson velvet covered |
| 1. A "Mandel" was a loose outer garment worn the 16th & 17th centuries. |