Queen Elizabeth planned a masque for her ambassador to present at Anne of Denmark's arrival. The English ambassador's masque would have comprised: six dancers wearing swords or falchions 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 is known, and the subject of the masque was not recorded. On 15 September the resident ambassador in Edinburgh William Ashby mentioned the "great preparation" in Leith to receive the queen. This included a covered walkway called a "trance" from the quayside steps to the King's Wark 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 to form washing tubs for linen cloths and clothes. 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 Sir Robert Melville were to board her ship with Peter Young to make a speech of welcome in Latin. On the shore of Leith she would be met by the Countess of Mar, with Lady Seton, Lady Boyne, Lady Thirlestane, and Lady Dudhope. James Elphinstone 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 South Leith Parish Church 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. On 22 September 1589 John Colville brought a magnificent cupboard of silver from England to banquet the queen. This silver plate and silks, and other goods to the value of £2,000 sterling were supplied by the London goldsmith Richard Martin. William Ashby tried with the Border Wardens to coordinate gifts of food sent from the northern counties of England. The Earl of Derby 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".