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with gold fringes held up by twelve townsmen dressed in black velvet. At the Butter Tron (where dairy products were weighed for sale) at the head of the West Bow there was a pageant stage. A boy dressed as an angel emerged from a globe and gave her the keys to the town, a bible, and a psalter. At the
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thair bodeis and theis coverit with yeallow taffiteis, thair armis and leggs from the knee doun bare, cullorit with blak, in maner of Moris, upon thair heidds blak hattis, and on thair faces blak visouris, in thair mowthis rings, garnessit with intellable precious staneis, about thair nekkis leggs
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wrote that Mary seemed dismissive when she was presented with the Bible in vernacular, and this is repeated in a chronicle attributed to the
Catholic Lord Herries. It is thought that the presentation of the triumph of the Reformation during the Entry was displeasing to the Catholic queen. A month
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This Entry included features differing from other
Edinburgh Entries, with no mention of a ceremony at the West Port, an actual entry to the town, and the presentation of the gilt plate within the royal palace. These differences may suggest interventions in the theatrical programme and conflict
148:, on a double stage, four damsels (male actors) represented Fortitude, Justice, Temperance, and Prudence. At the Cross, wine poured from a fountain, and four maidens performed an allegory. At another stop at the Salt Tron a pageant representing the
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who spoke on behalf of the town's craftsmen. The treasurer, Luke Wilson, was appointed to organise the banquet and the "triumph". Wilson also supplied the costumes for the men bearing the canopy and town's sergeants. A carpenter
171:, the queen was addressed by a dragon which was then burnt. At Holyrood Palace, a cartload of school children spoke in favour of the Reformation and sang a psalm. A cupboard of gilt plate, bought by the town council from the
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110:", a disguise representing imagined African people, with rings in their mouths and gilded chains about their necks and arms. The costumes of some of this "Convoy of Moors" were made of white
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A Royal Entry was a negotiation and affirmation of the values and meanings of a city and the royal court. Some aspects of the 1561 Entry were controversial. The
English diplomat
261:. The young men (playing the "Moors") were expected to devise their own costumes to wear while they made "convoy before the cart triumphant". The banquet was held in
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The town council had met on 26 August and resolved to hold a banquet for the queen and her cousins, and a "triumph" of "her grace's entry within this town". The
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449:, 42:2 (Autumn 1991), pp. 101–110: A. R. MacDonald, 'The Triumph of Protestantism: the burgh council of Edinburgh and the entry of Mary Queen of Scots',
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The verses spoken when the boy appeared out of a globe to give gifts of books to the queen survive. The
English diplomat Thomas Randolph sent a copy to
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Theo van
Heijnsbergen, 'Advice to a Princess: the literary articulation of a religious, political and cultural programme for Mary Queen of Scots',
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made the stages for the "triumphs and farces" at the Over or Butter Tron, Tolbooth, Cross, Salt Tron, and
Netherbow. The stages were painted by
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later, after burgh council elections, she required the dismissal of the
Provost and four bailies of the town council. The new Provost,
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Giovanna
Guidicini, 'Municipal Perspective, Royal Expectations, and the Use of Public Space: The Case of the West Port, Edinburgh',
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628:(Edinburgh, 1836), pp. 56–57, Herries describes the pageant of a priest and the Mass which Randolph said was not presented.
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Triumph of Protestantism: the burgh council of Edinburgh and the entry of Mary Queen of Scots',
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277:. According to John Knox, Mary smiled at verses in her praise but passed the Bible to her attendant
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The events staged at the
Edinburgh Entry were closely paralleled in other festivals, including:
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Peter Davidson, 'The entry of Mary Stewart into Edinburgh, 1561, and other ambiguities',
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Royal baptisms also included elements of masque, drama, and formal processions:
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mentioned the substitution and negotiation of content alluding directly to the
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Randolph's letter is in BL Cotton Caligula B.X, the verses TNA SP 52/6 f.146.
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A. A. MacDonald, 'Mary Stewart's Entry to Edinburgh: an Ambiguous Triumph',
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A. A. MacDonald, 'Mary Stewart's Entry to Edinburgh: an Ambiguous Triumph',
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A. A. MacDonald, 'Mary Stewart's Entry to Edinburgh: an Ambiguous Triumph',
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A. A. MacDonald, 'Mary Stewart's Entry to Edinburgh: an Ambiguous Triumph',
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Enter the King: Theatre, Liturgy, and Ritual in the Medieval Civic Triumph
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Mary Queen of Scots, 1542–1587: Extracts from the English State Papers etc
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and joined an escort of 50 young men from Edinburgh who were dressed as "
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where she had dinner. After the meal, she went to the Castlehill on the
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Keywords of Identity, Race, and Human Mobility in Early Modern England
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for Mary, Queen of Scots, and her 15 ladies. Mary wore black Florence
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1561 royal entry celebration for Mary, Queen of Scots in Edinburgh
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At the Netherbow, the boundary between Edinburgh and the
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Extracts from the Burgh Records of Edinburgh, 1557–1571
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Historical Memoirs of the Reign of Mary Queen of Scots
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The Language of Space in Court Performance, 1400–1625
499:, João Vicente Melo, Haig Z. Smith, Lauren Working,
576:, vol. 1 (Edinburgh, 1898), p. 552 nos. 1013, 1017.
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Mary in mourning dress in a copy of a 1560 painting
340:quhilk (which) is Gods law his word his testament
805:Joannis Lelandi De rebus Britannicis collectanea
63:the previous winter. On 2 September the town of
285:Welcome our Souveraine Welcome our natyve quene
366:to serve you as thair souveraigne hie misteris
349:the Provost present moste hartelie yow exhorts
329:how them he thretines with his scurge and wand
152:was abandoned in favour of the destruction of
81:black mourning "dule" riding cloaks and skirts
334:Ane gyfte more precious could we none present
323:here shall you find that God hes done command
288:Welcome to us your subjects greate and smalle
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314:and how to rewle your subjects and your land
18:Entry of Mary, Queen of Scots into Edinburgh
381:that may done seeing all is yours together.
378:accept their hearts & take it patiently
369:both daye and ever after their bound deutie
360:In sign that they and all that they possess
320:Judgement and wysedome herein shall you see
343:trewlie translated with faithful diligence
308:Wherein your grace may read and understand
303:as gyftes most gainand for a godlie prince
291:Welcome I saye even from the verie spleene
135:Mary made her progress under a "paill" or
375:their shorte tyme & gudwill consither
337:nor yet more nedefull for your excellence
208:, proved to be a supporter of the queen.
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409:Entry and coronation of Anne of Denmark
372:beseching your grace in this necessetie
352:with the (w)hole subjects due obedience
228:was a banquet in the former lodging of
87:, the other costumes were made from 50
355:together with the keyse of their ports
346:quhilk to accept with humble reverence
317:and how your kingdom established salbe
114:. A 16th-century chronicle called the
467:Accounts of the Treasurer of Scotland
427:Masque at the baptism of Prince Henry
311:the perfyct waye unto the heavens hie
294:to Edinburghe youre cyttie principall
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363:bodie and goods shall ever reddie be
326:and who the contrarie does wilfullie
297:dothe heere offer to your excellence
131:and armes infynit of chenis of gold.
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469:, vol. 11 (Edinburgh, 1916), p. 66.
212:between civic and royal authority.
55:On 19 August 1561, the 18-year-old
187:Negotiated meaning and controversy
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902:Drama at the Scottish royal court
386:Civic and court drama in Scotland
587:Inventaires de la Royne Descosse
561:Inventaires de la Royne Descosse
548:Inventaires de la Royne Descosse
453:, 48:1 (Spring 1997), pp. 73–82.
403:Entry of James VI into Edinburgh
739:(London: Nutt, 1900), pp. 21–22
700:(Edinburgh, 1875), pp. 119–122.
300:two proper volumes in memoriall
246:Archibald Douglas of Kilspindie
845:(Manchester, 2002), pp. 76–78.
843:Women on the Renaissance Stage
574:Calendar State Papers Scotland
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658:, 42:2 (Autumn 1991), p. 108.
563:(Edinburgh, 1863), p. lxxiii.
486:, 1 (London, 1838), pp. 73–74
484:Queen Elizabeth and her times
279:Arthur Erskine of Blackgrange
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684:, 48:1 (Spring 1997), p. 75.
589:(Edinburgh, 1863), p. lxxiv.
550:(Edinburgh, 1863), p. lxxii.
505:(Amsterdam, 2021), pp. 40–50
645:(Brill, 2008), pp. 104–105.
224:The first event put on for
94:On the day, Mary rode from
91:of cheaper black stemming.
67:organised a celebration of
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643:Sixteenth-century Scotland
887:16th century in Edinburgh
671:, 22:1 (2011), pp. 37–52.
615:(Cambridge, 2010), p. 20.
602:(Edinburgh, 1833), p. 69.
537:(Edinburgh, 1833), p. 67.
118:describes their costume,
61:King Francis II of France
882:Royal entries in Britain
813:Medieval English Theatre
518:(Edinburgh, 1822), p. 7.
79:Tailors and "boys" made
867:Renaissance in Scotland
831:, 9 (2005), pp. 127–152
829:European Medieval Drama
770:(London, 1926), p. 66:
641:& A. A. MacDonald,
753:(Oxford, 1998) p. 129.
669:Architectural Heritage
265:house in the Cowgate.
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236:and Blackfriar's Wynd
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242:Provost of Edinburgh
226:Mary, Queen of Scots
197:Scottish Reformation
150:Scottish Reformation
116:Diurnal of Occurents
57:Mary, Queen of Scots
892:Old Town, Edinburgh
809:: Sarah Carpenter,
791:Renaissance Studies
777:Mary Queen of Scots
694:James David Marwick
421:Baptism of James VI
585:Joseph Robertson,
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394:The 1503 Entry of
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181:Lethington
139:of purple
120:black face
425:The 1594
419:The 1566
407:The 1590
401:The 1579
201:John Knox
169:Canongate
71:for her.
65:Edinburgh
146:Tolbooth
234:Cowgate
112:taffeta
269:Verses
162:Abiram
160:, and
158:Dathan
141:velvet
137:canopy
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108:Moors
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