The intricate politics of the Stuart Court decreed some key differences between the two events; while the bill for Hymenaei was paid by King James, the expenses of the masque for Lord Hay were covered by the powerful Howard and Cecil families.
Jones's design for the masque had a sylvan theme, centered on a Grove of Diana with nine golden trees, flanked by a Bower of Flora on the right and a House of Night on the left.
[4] Campion's verses conjoin the personal and political, hailing the marriage of Hay and Denny and looking forward to a day when English/Scottish intermarriage will produce a new "British" citizen.
Honoria was supposedly unfaithful and Hay was jealous; he broke open her cabinets in search of love letters and threatened her servants.
Lady Mary Wroth exploited their troubles in Urania, her prose roman à clef about Stuart high society.