the Hudson brothers performed in a masque at Holyrood Palace. The Navigatioun of Alexander Montgomerie was the spoken prologue. The masque involved the torchlit entrance at Holyrood Palace of the narrator and his companions, a "Turk, the More, and the Egyptien". The court musicians were bought "mask claithis" comprising red and yellow taffeta with swords and daggers. Montgomerie's prologue alludes to the Magi and Epiphany to flatter James VI as the Northern Star, and he was also characterised as Solomon. The masque was followed by dancing. James VI inherited a number of musicians from his mother's court, including James Lauder and members of the Hudson family. Robert Hudson became treasurer of the Chapel Royal in 1587 before retiring to Dunfermline about 1593. Thomas Hudson was an important member of the Castalian Band of poets that gathered around the king and became Master of the Chapel Royal in 1586. William Hudson acted as the young king's dancing master in 1579, indicating that dance music like the pavan and galliards, common in the English Court, had reached Scotland. James Hudson moved on to being an envoy, travelling for the king to London and back. No music can be unequivocally attributed to the family, but several later pieces may be reworkings of their compositions. He also employed trumpeters, and one was given new clothes to serve on the ship, the James that took him to Norway to meet his bride Anne of Denmark. William the English trumpeter was given a similar fine costume and a new trumpet in 1599 and sent to Denmark with a gift of hunting hounds. James and Anne participated in masques at courtiers' weddings, performing and dancing in costume. In 1594 James VI rebuilt the Chapel Royal at Stirling for state occasions like the baptism of his son Henry. He followed the tradition of employing lutenists for his private entertainment. Anne of Denmark employed an English lutenist John Norlie. When in 1603 James VI went south to take the throne of England as James I, an event known as the Union of the Crowns, he removed one of the major sources of patronage in Scotland. The Chapel Royal now began to fall into disrepair, and the court in Westminster would be the only major source of royal musical patronage. Holyrood Abbey was remodelled as a chapel for Charles I's royal visit in 1633. William Laud as Dean of the