The Countis of Bedforde, four. The Countis of Rutland, three. The Countis of Lyncolne, three. Ladie St. John of Baznige, two. Ladie Talbott, two. Ladie Marie Savill, two. Ladie Mordantt, two. Ladie St. John of Bletneshoe, two. Ladie Manners, two. Ladie Cycill, two. Ladie Montegue, two. Ladie Nowell, two. Mystris Alyngton, two. ALL YEOMEN IN COATES. The Countise of Bedforde, allowed for ten men. The Countis of Rutland, eight men. The Countis of Lincolne, eight men. The Ladie of St. John of Basing, five men. All Baronissis and Ladies, five apeece. All knightes, two men apeece. All knightes wyfes too apeece. All esquires one man apeece.[191] [Footnote 191: It is curious that Paulet does not appear in any list of those present at the funeral.] When the bier reached the choir it was placed on a catafalque, which Derrick describes as "a stately hearse with a topp 8 square rising lik a field-bed, which was covered on the tipps with black bayes, garnished with escutions as affore of mettall and besett with pinecles from the topp, on each quarter, most butiful to behoulde: whereupon were painted, on some, the Scottish armes alone, and on others some, the armes of France and Darnley, impaled, and St. Andrewe's Crosse, A, in a filde, O; and also an unicorne tripping, A, attyred and unguled, Or, with felde, B; with a crowne, and a chayne turning over his back, Or. On the topp of the hearse was set two escutchions of the Scotch armes, cut out in paste boarde, guilded, and an impereall crowne, guilded, and cut out in past board." Dean Fletcher arranged the ceremonials, and the Bishop of Lincoln preached the well-known sermon, commencing by rejoicings for the "happy death of the high and mighty Princesse Mary," of whom he very cleverly says: "I have not much to say of her life or death, knowing little of the one, and not having assisted at the other."[192] Prayers followed, and at the offering Lord Bedford advanced and placed before the altar the coat of mail, helm, sword, and shield which were afterwards hung over the grave.[193] At the end the heralds, according to custom, broke their staves and threw them into the grave, "and so every one departed as they came, after their degrees, to the Bishop's Palace, where was prepared a most royal feast, and a dole given unto the poore."[194] Mary's attendants were invited to take part in the banquet, the hosts "praying them to eat well, and to ask for anything they wished, so that nothing should be wanting to them, such being the orders of their mistress;"[195] but, as we may readily believe, they replied by their tears. "The servants of the dead Queen," says Blackwood, were "in a separate room, mingling many tears with their food and drink."[196] [Footnote 192: _Archæologia_, i. 355; Miss Strickland, vii.]