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they wore black ankle boots with white buskins or leggings on their calves. These were young men from Edinburgh representing African people, described at the time as "Moors". The leader of this group was an African man holding a sword, while his followers had long white staffs to make room. Some wore costumes like sailors' tunics of white taffeta or silver cloth, and gold necklaces, and wore gold links set with precious stones at their noses and ears or mouths. They wore short trousers and had blackened their legs to the thigh. The painting and make-up cost 42 shillings. Their performance included walking stiffly, or half in dance, with high steps like a stork in water, staggering as if drunk, or crouching forwards as they passed.

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the balsam that does not grow in Scotland, and thanked him for his company which was like drinking at Pallas Athena's breast. Solomon replied that she should always remain in his respect and honour, and so good-night. Then another schoolboy explained to Anne of Denmark that as the Queen of Sheba had desired to meet Solomon, so James had travelled to meet her, and now all Scotland would serve her. He gave Anne of Denmark the town's gift of a jewel, which was lowered from the Netherbow with a length of silk ribbon.

991:, gave a speech in Latin. The town gate was decorated with tapestry and above the roadway there was a platform for musicians. A globe was lowered to the queen's coach; it opened to reveal a boy (Russel's son) dressed in red velvet with a white taffeta cloak. He gave the queen a Bible, a key to the city, and a jewel, while reciting a verse. The globe, which had been borrowed from Dundee, closed up and was winched up again. The boy represented "Edina", the female embodiment of Edinburgh. The Bible was bought from 1092: 1154: 22: 662: 1247: 553:, in her confession used the phrase "contrary wind" in a special sense. She said that the king's ship experienced "a contrary wind to the rest of ships, then being in his company, which thing was most strange and true, as the King's Majesty acknowledges, for when the rest of the ships had a fair and good wind, then was the wind contrary and altogether against his Majesty". This seems to be an incident described in the chronicle by 912:, the minister who had married them, repeated the speech in French, which she knew better. She read out her oath, to support God's work, justice, and the church. Bruce called on the congregation to pray that the queen would work to achieve as she had made her oath. Then the cry went up, "May Our Lord and God protect and keep the queen", and the queen moved to a throne placed higher on the stage between the 139: 1491:

in England this would be interpreted as a sign she was pregnant. Worcester had an audience with Anne on 16 June, and gave her Queen Elizabeth's gifts of a cloak set with diamonds, a clock, and a gold chain, or pearl necklace, with a locket which the Countess of Mar placed on her the queen's neck. He was accompanied by

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said the jewel was called the "A", probably referring to the crowned initial or cipher of "A" on its case. An account of payments made by William Fairlie for making the jewel, its case, the books given to the queen during the Entry, the "paill" canopy and other items, and the town treasurer's account

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The five actors were young men dressed as women. Another account of the event says they held the usual traditional attributes, Prudence a serpent and dove, Fortitude a broken pillar, and Temperance a cup of wine. This discrepancy could be resolved by assuming that the performance involved the virtues

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we have already put out to sea four or five times but have always been driven back to the harbours from which we sailed, thanks to contrary winds and other problems that arose at sea, which is the cause why, now Winter is hastening down on us, and fearing greater danger, all this company is forced to

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As part of the ceremony, when Anne of Denmark was in the town, fifty people walked in front of her coach, to make way through the crowds. Some wore masks of the colour of the base metals: lead, copper, or iron. Some had blackened their faces and arms, others had masks, black sleeves, and gloves, and

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where there was a temporary wooden stair, platform, and entry into the Queen's Lodging on the first floor. These structures and the pathway would be covered with Turkish carpets and tapestry. At this time the scaffolding was usually secured in old barrels filled with sand. Old barrels were also used

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into Edinburgh on 19 May, an opportunity for spectacle and theatre and allegorical tableaux promoting civic and national identities, similar in many respects to those performed in many other European towns. Celebrations for the arrival of Anne of Denmark in Scotland had been planned and prepared for

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travelled to Edinburgh to congratulate James VI on his safe return from Denmark and marriage to Anne of Denmark, and gave notice that the king was to join the Order of the Garter. At first, he was not able to see Anne of Denmark who had toothache, and he joked with John Maitland of Thirlestane that

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On 24 May the king gave a speech in St Giles thanking the people of Edinburgh for their hospitality and the expenses of the Entry. On 26 May the Danish commissioners embarked on their ships, and the king gave them gold chains and gifts worth 4,500 crowns. One ambassador was given a gold chain worth

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to his Privy Council, urging them to keep good order in Scotland and forward the preparations, for his "comming hame, God willing, draws neire ... a King of Scotland with a newe married Wife will not come hame every daye ... respect not onely my Honor in this, but the Honor of our wholle Nation ...

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with helmets dressed with feather plumes, presumably representing classical warriors; six masked torch bearers with hats with feathers, their costumes party-coloured in the Stewart colours red and yellow; four speaking parts wearing wigs and flower chaplets. Only the account for making the costumes

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The final pageant of the Entry took place at the East Port or Netherbow, the gate on the Royal Mile to the Canongate that leads to Holyroodhouse. A dialogue between Solomon and the Queen of Sheba was dramatised. The queen said she had come to Solomon to study his unequalled wisdom. She brought him

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The queen's crown was described in three later inventories of royal jewels. It was an imperial crown with arches surmounted by a ball set with pearls and a cross with diamonds, pearls, and a ruby. The main stones of the circlet were a large sapphire and a diamond, a ruby, with 24 pearls. The crown

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He also gave orders for five ships to be provided for the return voyage to Scotland. The ships were to be decorated with ensigns, flags, war-streamers of red taffeta, red side cloths, and decked tops with colours of red and yellow, ready to depart from the Firth by the 1 April 1590. An account for

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adjusted the queen's clothing to expose her shoulder and upper right arm, and Robert Bruce anointed her with oil. Some ministers of the Scottish kirk considered the anointing of the queen to be idolatrous. The queen then changed out off her clothes into royal robes in a curtained-off enclosure or

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On 30 August 1589 James VI declared to the commissioners of his burgh towns that his marriage negotiations were concluded, and his bride Anne of Denmark was expected to arrive in Scotland. She would be accompanied by Danish aristocrats and dignitaries. James VI wanted the towns to advance £20,000

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by specialists called "spargeonars". The painter, James Workman, refreshed and gilded the carved stone coats of arms. He painted the harled surface of the building's façade around the arms as imitation marble, and painted imitation stonework "ashlar lines" in the arched carriage way or pend. His

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should raise a company of 200 soldiers to attend his landing, and restrain those trying to meet him at Leith, including "nobility and ladies". This was disappointing news which led to fears that the "order used in Denmark", where noble titles were not used, might prejudice their ancient rights.

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gave the sermon. Robert Bruce made a speech declaring that he had heard Anne of Denmark's oath and he asked the people to raise their hands to acknowledge their obedience to her. A Danish account mentions that Bruce gave a short speech explaining that the anointing and other rituals were civil

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described the variety of precious stones worn by the "Moirs" in nineteen stanzas of verse. According to Burrell, these men represented the "Moirs" of "the Inds" who lived in comparative ease and comfort by the golden mountain of "SYNERDAS" and came to honour the queen in Edinburgh, unlike the

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wrote an epitaph for the twin brothers John and Patrick Schaues or Schaw alluding in the first line to their help as "ethnics" with pagan wisdom in aiding the king's decision to sail to Denmark, after their deaths in December 1591, when they defended the king and Holyroodhouse from

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propose that the same man was the performer in both events and was also the man recorded as the member of the queen's household. The African servant in the queen's household is not recorded in later years and may have died in July 1591. In 1594 an African actor took part in the

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there was a large stage, on which stood the mother Virtue or Piety crowned with her four daughters dressed in black silk with chaplets of flowers on their head. Virtue took off her crown and gave it to the queen. Virtue's speech exhorted Anne to welcome her daughters,

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had "been in great danger of seas by contrary winds, which, against his mind, by extreme storms, compelled to make course forth of this east sea northward, compassing the most part of this realm through the occident seas, and by the grace of God arrived in the port of

1584:. He was credited with writing the verses on astrology and good fortune, which survive only in a Danish translation, and he would have been involved in writing, planning and rehearsing the Entry, which featured his pupils as pageant actors. His poem on the marriage 112:. where he decided to sail to Norway after receiving Anne's letters. There are records for preparations and directions for the queen's arrival from these months made by Edinburgh town and the royal wardrobe. Six velvet saddles and two saddles of "lustered 1604:

The ioyfull receiuing of Iames the sixt of that name King of Scotland, and Queene Anne his wife, into the townes of Lyeth and Edenborough the first daie of May last past. 1590, Together with the triumphs shewed before the coronation of the said Scottish

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of Restrup (1548–1608), Henning Giøye (marshal), Anders Thot, Steen Biter, Jakob Krabbe, Erik Kaas, Christian Friis, Cirsysest Tinshome, Bekis Linffinkit, Henning Reventlow (1551–1624), and "Pachin Webenn" or Joachim von Veltheim (1564–1621) from

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Thus transformed, she returned to her seat and Robert Bruce placed the crown on her head. James passed the sceptre to Bruce who gave it to the queen. Bruce acknowledged her as "our most gracious lady and queen of Scotland" in Scots, and

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and a shield, advised humility in success and patience in failure to disregard sorrow. Temperance, with her hourglass and bridle, counselled self-control. Mother Virtue concluded that the Word of God was the greatest wealth. Then

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painted props and costumes, and timber scaffold platforms were built for the pageants. Townspeople were requested to deliver their best table linen to Francis Galbraith, the king's pantry man, for the use of the Danish visitors.

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Anne progressed in her coach under a canopy called the "paill" up the narrow street from the Grassmarket called the West Bow, where a boy with mathematical instruments played the female personification of Astronomy,

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is now, an artificial tree had five stages or branches with boys representing kings and queens with the arms of the monarchs of Denmark and Scotland. At the base of the tree a king in armour resting on a couch was

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in any thing respect my Honor ... and specially since I have seen so gude an example in this Countrie ... Faile not to provide gude Cheare for us, for we have heir aboundance of gude Meit and part of Drinck".

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in her hand, who counselled against the laziness that brings misfortune; Justice, with her sword and scales, explained that strong castles are built on the principle of equity; Fortitude, with the club of

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Clare McManus, 'Marriage and the performance of the romance quest: Anne of Denmark and the Stirling baptismal celebrations for Prince Henry', L. A. J. R. Houwen, A. A. MacDonald, S. L. Mapstone (eds.),

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500 crowns paid for from the queen's dowry. James VI and Anna rode on the sands of Leith in view of the ships lying at anchor. James VI left after a short time, hearing of a chance to capture the rebel

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sent "a brace of fat stags baked in the English fashion". Clothes and textiles for the wedding for James were bought in London by John Colville and "certain merchants of Edinburgh". James VI sent

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had performed a masque in costume. In December 1592 Anne of Denmark herself performed in costume in a masque at Holyrood Palace to celebrate her birthday and the wedding of her maid of honour,

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explains that at Holyrood they tied bronze bells to the white buskins or shanks they wore on their lower legs, and began to dance, in contrast to their slow processional walk, as if they were

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Sujata Iyengar, Shades of Difference: Mythologies of Skin Color in Early Modern England (Philadelphia, 2005), p. 83: Michael Pearce, 'Anna of Denmark: Fashioning a Danish Court in Scotland',

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tent in the church, assisted by Cathrina Skinkel and Anna Kaas. The robe was made of purple velvet lined with white Spanish taffeta, fastened with one great gold button, with a purple velvet

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brought a magnificent cupboard of silver from England to banquet the queen. The silver plate and silks, and other goods to the value of £2,000 sterling were supplied by the London goldsmith

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There were plans for her to have Entries at Dundee and St Andrews in September 1595. She made her first Entry to Dundee on 13 September 1597. She planned to ride to Dundee from Perth with

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for this procession. Above all, the Danish coach drew the onlooker's attention, "richly apparelled with cloth of gold and purple velvet", and said to be all silver with "no iron in it."

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heard the Danish commission was dissatisfied with the value of the lands and the state of the buildings, and they insisted the queen should have as good a settlement as that given by

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Miles Kerr-Peterson & Michael Pearce, 'James VI's English Subsidy and Danish Dowry Accounts, 1588–1596', Scottish History Society Miscellany XVI (Woodbridge, 2020), p. 67.

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James VI sent a list of who should form the welcoming party at Leith, and the food and drink required to entertain his Danish guests. On 19 February 1590, James VI wrote from

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to provide "fat beef, mutton on foot, wild fowls and venison, to be delivered to Walter Naish Master of the Royal Larder. He also wrote to lairds, including John Gordon of

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sent similar letters. James VI had already made his decision. On account of the "sundrie contrarious windis" that delayed the Danish fleet, on 11 October James VI asked

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Several contemporary descriptions of the events exist, but the above description is taken mostly from a Danish account, not published until 1852. Some verses in

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Anne of Denmark got out of her coach and walked into St Giles under the red velvet canopy or "paill" flanked by Peder Munk and Lord Hamilton, while a choir sang

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Verba Ioann. Russelli iureconsulti pro senatu populoque Edinburgensi habita, ad serenissimam scotorum reginam Annam dum Edinburgum ingreditur 19. Maij. An. 1590

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Verba Ioann. Russelli iureconsulti pro senatu populoque Edinburgensi habita, ad serenissimam scotorum reginam Annam dum Edinburgum ingreditur 19. Maij. An. 1590

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Anne of Denmark made an "Entry" to the town of Perth on 29 June 1591. There are few records of the event at Perth, but Anne came there following the wedding of

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on a ship hired from James Gourlay. Saddles and mantles were to be provided for riders in the procession from Leith to Holyroodhouse. James VI sent orders that

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Lucinda Dean, 'Enter the Alien: Foreign Consorts and their Royal Entries into Scottish Cities', in J.R. Mulryne, Maria Ines Aliverti, Anna Maria Testaverde,

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Lucinda Dean, 'Enter the Alien: Foreign Consorts and their Royal Entries into Scottish Cities', in J.R. Mulryne, Maria Ines Aliverti, Anna Maria Testaverde,

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ordered that gunpowder should be reserved and not sold or exported, but be collected for use during the celebrations, in fireworks and cannon salutes.

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began to leak, and Peder Munk told Anne that the hold was filling with water despite the prayers and requests of the learned academics and diplomats

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the stair would be dismantled. The plan was for Anne to stay in the lodging at Leith for 12 days until the "solemnity" of her entry and coronation.

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mentioned the "great preparation" in Leith to receive the queen. This included a covered walkway called a "trance" from the quayside steps to the

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cancelled the loan and gave the jewel back to the king as a gift as a marriage gift. The jewel had remained in the family of a previous Provost,

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Anne returned down the Canongate to Holyroodhouse, according to John Burrell, still accompanied by the 40 or 50 young men in costume as "moors".

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our regret, and to the regret and high displeasure of your men, to make no further attempt at present, but to defer the voyage until the Spring.

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The ceremony of the welcoming speeches and the king's response in the Queen's Hall was planned in detail. The Earl of Bothwell, Lord Seton, and

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Lucinda H. S. Dean, '"richesse in fassone and in fairness": Marriage, Manhood and Sartorial Splendour for Sixteenth-century Scottish Kings',

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De avgvstissimo Iacobi 6. Scotorum Regis, & Annæ Frederici 2. Danorvm Regis filiæ conjugio 13. Calend. Septemb. 1589 in Dania celebratio

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On 23 May 1590 the town held a banquet for the Danish ambassadors in the Mint in the house of Thomas Acheson at the foot of Todrick's Wynd.

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is now situated, the next pageant showed the ancestry of the kings of Denmark and the arms of previous Scottish queen consorts. Nearby were

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planned a masque for her ambassador to present at Anne of Denmark's arrival. The masque would have comprised: six dancers wearing swords or

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would make a speech on the scaffold at the King's Wark. After the king left Anne in the lodging and went to give thanks for his return in

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on 19 April 1590. James VI later worked his experiences of the voyage and winter weather, and desire for his bride, into several sonnets.

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Many authors and historians now refer to "Anna" of Denmark, because she signed her name "Anna R", as in this example of her handwriting

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was delegated to entertain the Earl of Worcester during his visit. James VI gave the Earl a present of a ring set with seven diamonds.

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The use of the phrase "contrary winds" was not particular to the sea voyages of Anne of Denmark and James VI. His great grandmother

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to form washing tubs for linen cloths and clothes. Ammunition for cannon salutes at the Queen's arrival was brought to Leith from

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from John Gibson. The king's sailing was delayed by a storm until the evening of 22 October. Finally, he embarked and sailed to

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and a ceremony of "Entry" into the town of Edinburgh. The dates of these events were swapped to avoid festivities on a Sunday.

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near Oslo, encountering a storm on the way. He landed on 3 November and slept in the same farmhouse on the island as Anne had.

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The storms were blamed on witchcraft, a sentiment echoed in international correspondence. One of the women accused at the

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there was a weigh house for butter, called the "Butter Tron". There nine young women from Edinburgh were dressed as the

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was fitted with a purple velvet bonnet lined with crimson satin. This may have been a crown made from Scottish gold for

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William Ashby tried with the Border Wardens to coordinate gifts of food sent from the northern counties of England. The

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with the news of the storm and the fear that the Queen was in danger in the seas. While waiting for his bride at

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Allegorical figure of Prudence with serpents, a book and an eye for foresight in the two shields, after

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who watched 'pastimes' or hunting on the sands of Leith. At first Elizabeth had thought of sending the

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with payments for building the scaffold, props and some costume, are still in Edinburgh City Archives.

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was to organise the making of a velvet canopy for the queen, and a presentation Bible and psalm book.

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and Henrik Knudsen Gyldenstierne, admiral of the fleet, and 18 ships. The Danish fleet included the

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The Danish ambassadors requested permission to use the time before the coronation to view and take

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Miles Kerr-Peterson & Michael Pearce, 'James VI's English Subsidy and Danish Dowry Accounts',

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James VI entered the church with five earls walking behind holding the tails of his purple cloak.

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into her home where they would watch over her. Each daughter then came forward, Prudence with an

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Edinburgh's welcome for Anna of Denmark: William Fairlie's account from Edinburgh City Archives.

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Anne of Denmark and James VI arrived at Leith on 1 May 1590. James VI presented the skipper of

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Carmichael's instructions for the welcome also requested fireworks and the Flemish sugarman,

151: 3970:(Edinburgh: Henry Charteris, 1589), Det Kongelige Bibliotek / The Royal Library, Copenhagen. 3811:

Jamie Reid Baxter, 'John Burel', L. A. J. R. Houwen, Alasdair A. MacDonald, Sally Mapstone,

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by the light of bonfires. Seventeen dancers wore bells and newly made suites or "stands" of

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was one of the organisers, arranging musicians and a guard of honour armed with polearms.

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to the king in 1584, a locket set with a diamond and emerald. In October 1589 the Provost

1122:", reciting Anne's fortune and the children she would bear in Latin verse composed by the 1059:, and their costumes then were made from white taffeta. They were called the "convoy". At 673:

ship, the pilots, and the trumpeters, violers and kettle drummers at the Shore with forty

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Medal commemorating the marriage of James VI and Anne of Denmark, Royal Museums Greenwich

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Women on the Renaissance stage: Anna of Denmark and Female Masquing in the Stuart Court

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Women on the Renaissance Stage: Anna of Denmark and Female Masquing in the Stuart court

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Grant G. Simpson, 'Personal Letters of James VI', Julian Goodare & Michael Lynch,

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See REED transcriptions, edited by Sarah Carpenter, Royal Court of Scotland 1590–1592

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The Literary Culture of Early Modern Scotland: Manuscript Production and Transmission

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The father of the boy who presented the keys to Anna at the West Port was the lawyer

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Documents relative to the reception at Edinburgh of the Kings and Queens of Scotland

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Documents relative to the reception at Edinburgh of the Kings and Queens of Scotland

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A poem on the marriage by Jacob Jacobsen Wolf, known as Volfius, was printed as the

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September 1589, when it was expected she would sail from Denmark with the admirals

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A Jacobean Company and its Playhouse: The Queen's Servants at the Red Bull Theatre

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The town of Edinburgh had obtained a royal jewel in security for a loan of £6,000

861:, and other women. The maidens of honour followed, including Cathrina Skinkel and 93: 3835: 3571: 3432: 3030: 2980: 2607: 2576: 2561: 2458: 1944:, 'A meddlesome princess: Anna of Denmark and Scottish court politics 1589–1603, 1907: 1803: 1511: 1137:. The 12 boxes of sweets, described as "scrotcherts and confects", cost £3-2s–8d 958:

in 1649, was described as a "small crown found in an iron chest, formerly in the

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at her left. Bowes's wife, and three Scottish countesses held the queen's train;

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and Latin were printed. John Burrell's poem was included in a volume printed by

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P. A. Munch, 'Prindsesse Annas, Giftermaal med Kong Jacob d. 6te af Skotland',

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around the gown and a narrower band at the neck, and a fur trim or fur lapels.

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Scripts of Blackness: Early Modern Performance Culture and the Making of Race

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Lord Dudley's Players, '31 Aug. 1589 -6 Sep. 1589, Lancashire', REED database

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Mary, Queen of Scots had been accompanied by the same performance during her

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in 1594, when their good fortune was depicted by a ship in the Great Hall of

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to come to Leith. James VI sailed with six ships hired from owners including

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Danish gentlemen in Edinburgh included the councillors: Admiral Peder Munk,

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Triumphal Entries and Festivals in Early Modern Scotland: Performing Spaces

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Anne of Denmark travelled in her silver coach from Leith to Holyrood Palace

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Michael Pearce, 'Anna of Denmark: Fashioning a Danish Court in Scotland',

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were to organise a welcoming party of noble ladies and young gentlewomen.

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joined her in Norway in November. They returned to Scotland in May 1590.

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Schediasmata de Nuptiis serenissimi potentissimique Scot. Regis Iacobi VI

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Schediasmata de Nuptiis serenissimi potentissimique Scot. Regis Iacobi VI

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They left Leith for Edinburgh on 6 May 1590, travelling in procession up

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Adriam Damman, 'De Introitu Reg. Annae in Edinburgam' (Edinburgh, 1590).

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The Shaping of Scottish Identities: Family, Nation, and the World Beyond

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Marriage Medal of James VI and Anne of Denmark (1590), Hunterian Museum

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The word "SYNERDAS" is obscure, it may be formed from the Hellenistic "

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Carmen in Nuptias Jacobi VI Regis Scotiae et Annae Frederici II filiae

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Keywords of Identity, Race, and Human Mobility in Early Modern England

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Carmen in Nuptias Jacobi VI Regis Scotiae et Annae Frederici II filiae

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charge". This was probably the crown made by Everard Everdyes for the

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made this journey between 11 and 14 May. Their first stop in Fife was

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The town council repaired the East Port or Netherbow, the gate on the

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Anna of Denmark: The Material and Visual Culture of the Stuart Courts

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In September and October 1589 James VI waited for Anne of Denmark at

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predicted with mathematical instruments a hailstorm of white sweets.

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of the lands and palaces given to Anne of Denmark by James VI as a "

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Ceremonial Entries in Early Modern Europe: The Iconography of Power

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From Tudor to Stuart: The Regime Change from Elizabeth I to James I

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Ceremonial Entries in Early Modern Europe: The Iconography of Power

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Ceremonial Entries in Early Modern Europe: The Iconography of Power

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The officers of the ships included: Peder Munk, the admiral on the

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James VI sent instructions for his welcome with the master of work

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Andrew Melville's poem for the coronation of Anna of Denmark, the

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De avgvstissimo Iacobi 6. Scotorum Regis, & Annæ Frederici 2.

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Eros and Poetry at the Courts of Mary Queen of Scots and James VI

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Eros and Poetry at the Courts of Mary Queen of Scots and James VI

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De avgvstissimo Iacobi 6. Scotorum Regis, & Annæ Frederici 2.

1378:, but that loan seems to be a different transaction, for £4,000. 1283: 1213: 2085:

Kancelliets brevbøger vedrørende Danmarks indre forhold i uddrag

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At the place where salt was weighed, the "Salt Tron", where the

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Extracts from the Records of the Burgh of Edinburgh, 1589–1603

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Extracts from the Records of the Burgh of Edinburgh: 1589–1603

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Extracts from the Records of the Burgh of Edinburgh: 1557–1571

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Sixteenth-Century Scotland: Essays in Honour of Michael Lynch

3815:(2000), p. 210, see external links for a scanned copy of the 3559:, vol. 10, (Edinburgh, 1936), pp. 289, 302: David Stevenson, 3524:

Sixteenth-Century Scotland: Essays in Honour of Michael Lynch

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Sixteenth-Century Scotland: Essays in Honour of Michael Lynch

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Sixteenth-Century Scotland: Essays in Honour of Michael Lynch

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dedicated to the Duke of Lennox. Waldegrave also printed the

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with his lieutenant, Hans Concellour; Alexander Duram of the

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Diana Scarisbrick, 'Anne of Denmark's Jewellery Inventory',

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The nine Muses sang for the queen at the top of the West Bow

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E21/67 ff.199–201; E21/105 (duplicate account) pp. 408–409.

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A Scottish narrative inspired a version printed in London,

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Authorship and Authority in the writings of James VI and I

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After supper at Holyrood Palace, James and Anne watched a

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she would be met by the Countess of Mar, with Lady Seton,

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is known, and the subject of the masque was not recorded.

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Coronation of the English, Scottish, and British monarchs

3894:, vol. 2 (STS: Edinburgh, 2000), pp. 81–2: vol. 1, p. 99. 1461: 685:. A bonfire was lit that night on the Salisbury Crags of 618: 1083:, and he may have been the performer at the 1590 Entry. 299:

at Carlisle for actors to perform in Edinburgh from the

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Extracts from the Burgh Records of Edinburgh: 1573–1589

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