three o’clock
These were the Duchesses d'Estouteville , Montpensier -LRB- elder and younger -RRB- ; the Princesses de la Roche-sur-Yon ; the Duchesses de Guise , de Nivernois , d'Aumale , de Valentinois -LRB- Diane de Poitiers -RRB- , Mademoiselle la batarde legitimee de France -LRB- the title of the king 's daughter , Diane , who was Duchesse de Castro-Farnese and afterwards Duchesse de Montmorency-Damville -RRB- , Madame la Connetable , and Mademoiselle de Nemours ; without mentioning other demoiselles who were not seated . The four presidents of the courts of justice , wearing their caps , several other members of the court , and the clerk du Tillet , mounted the platform , made reverent bows , and the chief judge , Lizet , kneeling down , harangued the queen . The chancellor then knelt down and answered . The queen made her entry at half-past three o'clock in an open litter , having Madame Marguerite de France sitting opposite to her , and on either side of the litter the Cardinals of Amboise , Chatillon , Boulogne , and de Lenoncourt in their episcopal robes . She left her litter at the church of Notre-Dame , where she was received by the clergy . After offering her prayer , she was conducted by the rue de la Calandre to the palace , where the royal supper was served in the great hall . She there appeared , seated at the middle of the marble table , beneath a velvet dais strewn with golden fleur-de-lis . ''