midnight
The number of jousters being agreed upon , it was next decided that the party with whom Buckingham was to range should be headed by the Duke of Lennox ; while Mounchensey 's party was to be under the command of Prince Charles ; and though the disposition was too flattering to his adversary to be altogether agreeable to the haughty favourite , he could not raise any reasonable objection to it , and was therefore obliged to submit with the best grace he could . The two parties were then distributed in the following order by the King : -- On the side of the Duke of Lennox , besides Buckingham himself , were the Earls of Arundel and Pembroke , and the Lords Clifford and Mordaunt ; and while the King was hesitating as to the seventh , Sir Giles Mompesson was suggested by the Marquis , and James , willing to oblige his favourite , adopted the proposition . On the side of Prince Charles were ranked the Marquis of Hamilton , the Earls of Montgomery , Rutland , and Dorset , Lord Walden , and , of course , Sir Jocelyn Mounchensey . These preliminaries being fully adjusted , other topics were started , and the carouse , which had been in some degree interrupted , was renewed , and continued , with the entertainments that succeeded it , till past midnight . Not a little elated by the high compliment paid to his prowess by the Spanish Ambassador , and burning to break a lance with Buckingham , Sir Jocelyn resolved to distinguish himself at the trial . Good luck , of late , had invariably attended him . Within the last few weeks , he had been appointed one of the Gentlemen of his Majesty 's Bed-chamber ; and this was looked upon as the stepping-stone to some more exalted post .