[Charles Howard, the Earl of Nottingham,] the Lord Admiral,
[Henry Percy,] the Earl of Northumberland,
[Edward Somerset,] the Earl of Worcester, Lord Thomas Howard, &c.
At his coming up the Stairs, the Sword was presented to His Majesty by Sir Thomas Coni[g]sby, Gentleman Usher of his Privy Chamber; and by the King delivered to the Duke of Lenox: who bare it before him into the Tower.
Upon the Stairs, the Gentleman Porter delivered the Keys of the Tower to [Sir John Peyton] the Lieutenant of the Tower; and the Lieutenant presented them accordingly to the King's Majesty: who most graciously acknowledged the most faithful discharge of the loyal and most great trust put in him; so, taking him about the neck, [he] redelivered them again.
After his repose in the Tower some [i.e. about an] hour; it was His Majesty's pleasure to see some [of the] Offices: as the Armory, the Wardrobe, the rich Artillery, and the Church. And after, for recreation, he walked in the garden: and so rested for that night.
The next day, being Thursday and the 12th of May [1603] he saw the Ordnance House; and after that, the Mint Houses; and, last of all, the lions.
The next day, being Friday the 13th of May [1603], he made these Lords and Knights following, viz: