[Battle-harness], battle dress with arms.
[Apparel], clothes.
[Passport], permission in writing to pass from one country to another.
[Subscribe], to write one's name.
[Servitor], one in the king's service.
[Furniture]: i.e. the furniture of a ship—oars, sails, cordage, &c.
[Ensample], old form of example.
[Evil plight], miserable state.
[Council], a number of men kept by the king to help him with their advice.