_ 28 _ and also the ornaments and equipment for war, and how soldiers are armed, what kinds of weapons and armour are used and how they are made and used. Item: Furthermore, you must tell him about our lady, the Queen, and whose daughter she is, and how the King, her father, and the Queen, her mother, have kingdoms and lordships of their own, adjoining that of the King, our Lord. You will tell him of her dignified estate and that the ladies who serve her are daughters of the dukes, counts and marquises of Portugal, and are great ladies who wear brocades and many pearls, precious stones and gold, and silk of all kinds, and then marry grandees of the kingdom. Item: You will also tell him of the King’s estate, his clothes, jewels and furnishings, and how he eats at a table raised four steps above the table where the great lords of his court eat, who stand at table and take their hats from their heads until the King has finished eating and returned to his apartments. Item: You will also tell him of the great size of the King’s stables and the beauty of the horses and jennets he owns, the gold and silver trappings with enamels and jewels and straps worked with gold and pearls.
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