through the streets. Some of these
were very quaint and queer, and would only be laughed at at the
present day. For instance, in one place was an arrangement of two
figures, one dressed to represent justice, and the other peace; and
these figures were made movable and fitted with strings, so that, at
the proper moment, when the queen was passing, they could be made to
come together and apparently kiss each other. This was intended as an
expression of the text, justice and peace have kissed each other,
which was considered as an appropriate text to characterize and
commemorate the peace between England and France which this marriage
had sealed. In another place there was an emblematical pageant
representing peace and plenty. There were also, at other places,
representations of Noah's ark, of the parable of the wise and foolish
virgins, of the heavenly Jerusalem, and even one of the general
resurrection and judgment day.

[Sidenote: The queen passes through London.]

On the morning of the day appointed for the queen's entry into London,
the pageants having all been prepared and set up in their places, a
grand procession of the mayor and aldermen, and other dignitaries, was
formed, and proceeded down the river toward Greenwich, in order to
meet the queen and escort her through the city. These civic officers
were all mounted on horseback, and dressed in their gay official
costumes. The chiefs were dressed in scarlet, and the body of their
followers, arranged in bands according to their respective trades,
wore blue gowns, with embroidered sleeves and red hoods. In this way
the royal procession was escorted over London Bridge, and through the
principal streets of the city to Westminster, where the bride was at
length safely received in the palace of her husband.

[Sidenote: The coronation.]

[Sidenote: The queen left to repose.]

This was on the 28th of May. Two days afterward Margaret was crowned
queen in Westminster with great parade and ceremony. The coronation
was followed by a grand tournament of three days' duration,
accompanied with banquets and other festivities usual on such
occasions, and then at length the bride had the satisfaction of
feeling that the long-protracted ceremony was over, and that she was
now to be left to repose.

CHAPTER VII.

RECEPTION IN ENGLAND.

[Sidenote: Duke of Gloucester.]

Notwithstanding the grand reception which the Duke of Gloucester gave
to Margaret on her arrival