Souvenir of the Oxford historical pageant : in aid of the Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford Eye Hospital, etc., commemoration, 1907, June 27th 28th, 29th, and July 1st, 2d and 3d . other hand, fascinated by the pleasure and joy of life, is over-whelmed with the Temptations which beset the path of Youth. Wolsey receives Henry VIII. at 1518. There now enters a stately procession of dignitaries and ecclesiastics, in thecentre of which is Thomas Wolsey, Cardinal Archbishop of York, come out to dohonour to his sovereign, Henry VHL, who, with his Queen, Catherine of Aragonand the Court are see
Souvenir of the Oxford historical pageant : in aid of the Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford Eye Hospital, etc., commemoration, 1907, June 27th 28th, 29th, and July 1st, 2d and 3d . other hand, fascinated by the pleasure and joy of life, is over-whelmed with the Temptations which beset the path of Youth. Wolsey receives Henry VIII. at 1518. There now enters a stately procession of dignitaries and ecclesiastics, in thecentre of which is Thomas Wolsey, Cardinal Archbishop of York, come out to dohonour to his sovereign, Henry VHL, who, with his Queen, Catherine of Aragonand the Court are seen in 0.\ford hearing from the Cardinal the details of his schemefor suppressing some of the smaller monasteries and establishing with their endow-ments a foundation to be called after himself Cardinal College. Preceded byarchers, heralds and trumpeters, the King and Queen arrive from Abingdon onhorseback, and enter preceded by a brilliant train of courtiers on foot. Afterthe formal reception and a merry scene in which the Court is entertained with afantastic conceit of the period, the two processions pass away northwards amidstthe enthusiastic cheers of the The Funeral ot Amy ,556. Most impressive in its mournfulness is thenext scene. It strikes a very different note inthe mind of the spectators. To the solemnchanting of the choir a long and stately process-ion, garbed in solemn black, comes to do honourto the mortal remains of a lady who but for themystery of her early death might hardly havebeen known to historj at all. It is the funeralprocession of Amy Robsart, wife of RobertLord Dudley, afterwards Earl of Leicester, onits way to St. ^ Church. As everybody
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