about five o'clock
The espousals were solemnised at the Louvre ; and after the feast and ball all the Royal family went to lie at the Bishop 's Palace , according to custom . In the morning , the Duke of Alva , who always had appeared very plainly dressed , put on a habit of cloth of gold , mixed with flame-colour , yellow and black , all covered over with jewels , and wore a close crown on his head . The Prince of Orange very richly dressed also , with his liveries , and all the Spaniards with theirs , came to attend the Duke of Alva from the Hotel de Villeroy where he lodged , and set out , marching four by four , till they came to the Bishop 's Palace . As soon as he was arrived , they went in order to the Church ; the King led Madame , who wore also a close crown , her train being borne by Mademoiselles de Montpensier and Longueville ; the Queen came next , but without a crown ; after her followed the Queen-Dauphin , Madame the King 's sister , the Duchess of Loraine , and the Queen of Navarre , their trains being home by the Princesses ; the Queens and the Princesses were all of them attended with their maids of honour , who were richly dressed in the same colour which they wore themselves ; so that it was known by the colour of their habits whose maids they were : they mounted the place that was prepared in the Church , and there the marriage ceremonies were performed ; they returned afterwards to dine at the Bishop 's Palace , and went from thence about five o'clock to the Palace where the feast was , and where the Parliament , the Sovereign Courts , and the Corporation of the City were desired to assist . The King , the Queens , the Princes and Princesses sat at the marble table in the great hall of the Palace ; the Duke of Alva sat near the new Queen of Spain , below the steps of the marble table , and at the King 's right hand was a table for the ambassadors , the archbishops , and the Knights of the Order , and on the other side one for the Parliament . The Duke of Guise , dressed in a robe of cloth of gold frieze , served the King as Great Chamberlain ; the Prince of Conde as Steward of the Household , and the Duke de Nemours as Cup-bearer . After the tables were removed the ball began , and was interrupted by interludes and a great deal of extraordinary machinery ; then the ball was resumed , and after midnight the King and the whole Court returned to the Louvre .