Lastly, the Grand Escuyer, or Master of the Horse, superintendent of the Premier Escuyer and other officers of the stables; his charge it is to march on horseback before the King, bearing a sword and belt, when his Majesty entreth into any city; but in those towns which have a parliament he carries ( in place thereof) a casque of blew velvet seméed with fleurs de lys, his own horse caparisoned with the like.