Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 Now when the child had pronounced his oration, and the quéenes highnesse so thankefullie had recei|ued it, she marched forward toward Gratious stréet, where at the vpper end before the signe of the eagle, the citie had erected a gorgeous and sumptuous arch as here followeth.A great stage arched and verie sumptu|ous at Grati|ous stréet. A stage was made which extended from the one side of the stréet to the other, richlie vawted with battlements conteining thrée ports, and ouer the middlemost was aduanced thrée seuerall stages in degrées.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Upon the lowest stage was made one seat roiall, wherein were placed two personages, representing king Henrie the seuenth, and Elizabeth his wife, daughter of king Edward the fourth; either of these two princes sitting vnder one cloth of estate in their seates, none otherwise diuided, but that the one of them which was king Henrie the seuenth,The vnitie of the white rose and the red. procée|ding out of the house of Lancaster, was inclosed in a red rose, and the other which was quéene Eliza|beth, being heire to the house of Yorke, inclosed with a white rose, each of them roiallie crowned, and de|centlie apparelled, as apperteineth to princes, with scepters in their hands, and one vawt surmounting their heads, wherein aptlie were placed two tables, each conteining the title of those two princes. And these personages were so set, that the one of them ioined hands with the other, with the ring of matri|monie perceiued on the finger. Out of the which two roses sprang two branches gathered into one, which were directed vpward to the second stage or degrée, wherein was placed one representing the valiant & noble prince king Henrie the eight, which sproong out of the former stocke, crowned with a crowne im|periall,Uertuous quéene Anne mother to gra|tious queéne Elizabeth. and by him sat one representing the right woorthie ladie quéene Anne, wife to the said king Henrie the eight, and mother to our most souereigne ladie quéene Elizabeth that now is, both apparelled with scepters and diadems, and other furniture due to the state of a king and quéene, and two tables sur|mounting their heads, wherein were written their names and titles.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 From their seat also procéeded vpwards one branch, directed to the third and vppermost stage or degrée, wherein likewise was planted a seat roiall, in the which was set one representing the quéenes most excellent maiestie Elizabeth, now our most dread souereigne ladie, crowned and apparelled as the other princes were. Out of the fore part of this pageant was made a standing for a child, which at the queens maiesties comming declared vnto hir the whole meaning of the said pageant. The two sides of the same were filled with lowd noises of mu|sicke. And all emptie places thereof were furnished with sentences concerning vnitie, and the whole pageant garnished wich red roses and white. And in the fore front of the same pageant,The posie [...] planing the shew set [...]or [...]h in color [...]. in a faire wreath, was written the name and title of the same, which was; The vniting of the two houses of Lan|caster and Yorke. This pageant was grounded vpon the quéens maiesties name. For like as the long warre betweene the two houses of Yorke and Lancaster then ended, when Elizabeth daughter to Edward the fourth matched in mariage with Hen|rie the seuenth, heire to the house of Lancaster: so sith that the quéenes maiesties name was Eliza|beth, & for somuch as she is the onelie heire of Hen|rie the eight, which came of both the houses, as the knitting vp of concord: it was deuised, that like as Elizabeth was the first occasion of concord,Unitie the [...] whereat the deuise of the pageant was directed. so she another Elizabeth, might mainteine the same a|mong hir subiects, so that vnitie was the end where|at the whole deuise shot, as the quéenes maiesties name moued the first ground.