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On 20 August 1613 at Wells she was entertained by a pageant performed by the town's trades and crafts. The blacksmiths presented Vulcan's forge. The butchers made a tableau of "old virgins", with their attires made of cow tails and necklaces made of cow's horns, who were drawn in a chariot by men and

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While bathing, this year or in 1615, it was said that Anne of Denmark was surprised by a flame caused by natural gas in King's Bath, and thereafter used the New Bath or Queen's Bath where a column with a globe and crown and the inscription "Anna Regnum Sacrum" was added in her honour. A drawing dated

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holes. Some Turkish prisoners were presented to her and she laughed at this, saying both the actors' red costumes and their "countenances" were like the Turks. The entertainment at Bristol was described in verse by Robert Naile, who mentions the Turks were played by sailors, "worthy brutes, who oft

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Mayerne wrote to King James on 31 August that she was in the best of spirits. He wrote in French, "Ce jourd huy S. M. est entrée dans le baing, qu'elle est très bien porté, et au sortir. C'est trouvé en toute telle disposition que nous erisons sien souhaitter", that is, "today Her Serene Majesty

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and two of Robin Hood's men, who sang for the queen in her coach. The entertainment continued in the hall of the house after supper. Eight pages in green satin introduced eight masque dancers, who invited the ladies in waiting to dance, and finally Anne of Denmark agreed to make "herself head of

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She left Denmark House for Salisbury and Bath at the end of July 1615, after uncertainty at court if she would make the journey. There were petitions against the royal progresses to the west this year, because the hard winter and exceptionally hot and dry summer had adversely affected crops and

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1672 and 1675 of the bath and the Hart Lodging in Bath, where she stayed, shows a related inscription "Annae Reginae Sacrum, 1618" across the parapet of the building, and the globe on top of the crowned column in the centre of the Queen's Bath. The drawing is held by the

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described an occasion when the queen was unable to set her swollen foot on the ground. During these progresses, Anne of Denmark visited or came near some of the lands and manors included in her jointure lands, including

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have seen their habit, form and guise", who were made to kneel before Anne of Denmark and beg for mercy as the final act of the pageant. A sea-battle against the Turks had been staged on the

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their revels, and graciously to adorn the place with her personal dancing". When she left Caversham, the Gardener and his workmen and three country maids gave a speech and sang.

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at Bath had been used for medicinal purposes since Roman times. During her progresses to Bath she was entertained at country houses along the way. The court physician

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on 5 May. Mayerne built up the queen's water treatment over a number of days, before she bathed in King's Bath. Mayerne noted the warm and gently bubbling water.

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Her lodging in Bath was Dr Stewarde's house, and Mr. Hadnethe's house near the springs was rented as the queen's lodging for bathing. Viscount Lisle's daughter

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left extensive notes in Latin describing his treatment of Anne of Denmark from 10 April 1612 to her death. Primarily, she was seeking help for

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and had commenced taking physic medicine. Lisle had to attend the queen during her medication and could not get away to visit his wife at

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entered the bath as usual, all things are as well as could be wished for". Mayerne thought the queen's good attitude would help her cure.

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boys dressed in ox skins. The mayor, William Bull, held a dinner for members of the queen's household including her four maids of honour;

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noting "ingressa est balneum, majus Regis, usque ad ischion, dixitque calorem aquae etiam circa scaturigines non esse ninus vehementum".

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came from Margam to join the royal party at Bath, partly on account of ill-health. On 23 August there was morris dancing and the

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Susannah Lyon-Whaley, 'Hot Waters, Cold Waters, and Green Spaces: Stuart Queens Consort and Medical Treatment at English Spas',

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and accidentally shot the king's "most principal and special hound" with a crossbow. On 27 July King James was at

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recorded her delight at the entertainment in Bath. In September, musicians played for her departure from Bath.

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Anne of Denmark went to Bristol on 4 June where there were various entertainments. A seat was built for her at

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Anne of Denmark's stay in Bath in the summer of 1615 was reckoned as two visits, and her servant and usher

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From September 1614 Anne was troubled by pain in her feet, as described in the letters of her chamberlain

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by 2 September. She stayed at Bath longer than anticipated due to an attack of gout. Lisle sent his wife

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Austin J. King & B. H. Watts, 'Some Visitors to Bath during the Reign of James I, part II',

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Austin J. King & B. H. Watts, 'Some Visitors to Bath during the Reign of James I, part II',

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was later paid £105-10s-9d for fitting up her lodging in Bath and expenses of her journeys.

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HMC 77 Report on the manuscripts of Lord de l'Isle & Dudley: Sidney Papers 1608-1611

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in the belief that drinking and bathing in mineral waters could improve her health. The

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James Knowles, 'Anna of Denmark, Elizabeth I, and Images of Royalty', Clare McManus,

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Drawing of the King and Queen's Baths at Bath, Thomas John son, 1675, British Museum

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four red deer pasties and a salmon pie, treats from the court kitchen. She was at

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in May 1613. Mayerne held a meeting about her health, attended by her chamberlain

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noting "ad faciem cuius ab usu balnei siccior erat cutis et aliquantulam scabia".

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Julie Sanders, 'The Two Noble Kinsmen', Richard Dutton & Jean E. Howard,

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wrote that the Queen, "is returned from Bath, not so well as when she went".

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A Companion to Shakespeare's Works: The Poems, Problem Comedies, Late Plays

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