The concept that James VI and Anne of Denmark had been in peril at sea caused by the "conspiracies of witches" appeared in the Masque at the baptism of Prince Henry in August 1594 performed at Stirling Castle, when their good fortune was depicted by a ship in the Great Hall of Stirling Castle. The foresail of the ship was painted with a compass and the North Star, signifying the king's readiness to sail the oceans.Henry Meikle, The Works of William Fowler, vol. 2 (Edinburgh: STS, 1936), p. 192 See also, Jamie Reid Baxter, 'Scotland will be the Ending of all Empires', Steve Boardman & Julian Goodare, Kings, Lords and Men in Scotland and Britain (Edinburgh, 2014), pp. 332-4. James VI was styled a "New Jason" by William Fowler, poet and secretary to Anne of Denmark, who had been with the couple in Denmark.Clare McManus, Women on the Renaissance Stage: Anna of Denmark and Female Masquing in the Stuart Court, 1590-1619 (Manchester, 2002), p. 87. Fowler, his words echoing the letter of 1591, attributed the presentation of James VI as Jason and the ship to the king himself:David M. Bergeron, The Duke of Lennox, 1574-1624: A Jacobean Courtier's Life (Edinburgh, 2022), p. 46.The Kings Maiestie, hauing undertaken in such a desperate time, to sayle to Norway, and like a newe Iason, to bring his Queene our gracious Lady to this Kingdome, being detained and stopped by the conspiracies of Witches, and such devillish Dragons, thought it very meet, to followe foorth this his owne invention, that as Neptunus (speaking poetically, and by such fictions, as the like Interludes and actions are accustomed to be decored withall) ioyned the King to the Queene.William Fowler, A true reportarie of the most triumphant, and royal accomplishment of the baptisme of the most excellent, right high, and mightie prince, Frederik Henry; by the grace of God, Prince of Scotland Solemnized the 30 day of August 1594 (Edinburgh, 1594): Henry Meikle, Works of William Fowler, vol. 2 (Edinburgh, 1936), p. 193
