Принц і жебрак
The Recognition procession
thehandsoftheroyalpairwerelockedtogether,andthewedding-ringostentatiouslydisplayed.Fromtheredandwhiterosesproceededastem,whichreacheduptoasecondstage,occupiedbyHenryVIII.,issuingfromaredandwhiterose,withtheeffigyofthenewKing’smother,JaneSeymour,representedbyhisside.Onebranchsprangfromthispair,whichmountedtoathirdstage,wheresattheeffigyofEdwardVI.himself,enthronedinroyalmajesty;andthewholepageantwasframedwithwreathsofroses,redandwhite.’
Thisquaintandgaudyspectaclesowroughtupontherejoicingpeople,thattheiracclamationsutterlysmotheredthesmallvoiceofthechildwhosebusinessitwastoexplainthethingineulogisticrhymes.ButTomCantywasnotsorry;forthisloyaluproarwassweetermusictohimthananypoetry,nomatterwhatitsqualitymightbe.WhithersoeverTomturnedhishappyyoungface,thepeoplerecognisedtheexactnessofhiseffigy’slikenesstohimself,thefleshandbloodcounterpart;andnewwhirlwindsofapplauseburstforth.
Thegreatpageantmovedon,andstillon,underonetriumphalarchafteranother,andpastabewilderingsuccessionofspectacularandsymbolicaltableaux,eachofwhichtypifiedandexaltedsomevirtue,ortalent,ormerit,ofthelittleKing’s.
