The King and Queen entered Coventry on Holy Cross day, by the Bablake Gate.[255] Close by the entrance was a pageant whereon stood the two above-named prophets, and a "Jesse," or figure representing the genealogy of Christ, was placed upon the gate itself. At the east end of Bablake church were the figures of the Confessor--in allusion to Prince Edward--and S. John the Evangelist. A few paces distant at the conduit in Smithford Street the four Cardinal Virtues were displayed. A second set of pageants, grouped in the open spaces at the Cheaping, next met the Queen's eyes. There were the Nine Conquerors, Hector, Alexander, and the rest; and finally by the conduit a stage was placed whereon S. Margaret appeared, "sleying" a great dragon "by myracull." While upon the cross itself were grouped a company of angels, and the pipes of the conduit ran wine. Between the cross and the conduit the Queen received the homage of the Nine Conquerors, while her name-saint gave to her a final salutation: "Most notabull princes of wymen erthle, Dame Margarete, the chefe myrth of this empyre, Ye be hertely welcum to this cyte, To the plesure of your highnes I wyll sette my desyre, Bothe nature & gentilnes doth me require, Seth we be both of one name, to shew you kyndnes, Wherfore by my power ye shall have no distresse; I shall pray to the prince that is endeles, To socour you with solas of his high grace. He wyll here my peticion, this is doutles, For I wrought all my lyf & that his wyll wace; Therefore, lady, when ye be yn any dredeful cace, Call on me boldly, ther of I pray you, And trist to me feythefully I well do that may pay yow." John Wedurby was, no doubt, an indifferent poet, but viewed in the light of subsequent events, his verses have all sorts of ironical and tragic meanings, whereof he was, of course, wholly unconscious.