Then all the people craned their necks and gazed in the direction whence the sound came, and the crowding and the pushing and the swaying grew greater than ever.

And now a gallant array of men came gleaming into sight, and the cheering of the people ran down the crowd as the fire runs in dry grass.
Eight and twenty heralds in velvet and cloth of gold came riding forward.

Over their heads fluttered a cloud of snow-white feathers, and each herald bore in his hand a long silver trumpet, which he blew musically.

From each trumpet hung a heavy banner of velvet and cloth of gold, with the royal arms of England emblazoned thereon.

After these came riding fivescore noble knights, two by two, all fully armed, saving that their heads were uncovered.