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THE ENTIRE CEREMONIES OF THE CORONATIONS OF His Majeſty King CHARLES II. and of her Majeſty Queen MARY, Conſort to JAMES II.

As publiſhed by thoſe Learned Heralds ASHMOLE and SANDFORD.

With the PRAYERS [...] full Length.

To [...], An INTRODUCTION Hiſtorical and Critical; LIKEWISE An APPENDIX, containing many curious Particulars.

LONDON: Printed for W. OWEN, at Temple-Bar; L. DAVIS and C. REYMERS, in Holborn; H. CHAPELLE, in Groſvenor-ſtreet; R. DAVIS, in Picca⯑dilly; A. CHAPELLE, in Curzon-ſtreet, May Fair; J. WALTER, at Charing-Croſs; and C. HENDERSON, at the Royal Exchange. MDCCLXI.

INTRODUCTION.

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THE Happineſs of Mankind depends viſibly on their living in Society, and of Courſe under Subjection to Laws; of which, the ſhorteſt and the cleareſt Proof is this, that Men are alike miſerable, under the two extremes of Tyranny and Anarchy; both of which are Privations of Law, and conſequently of Government. The Operation of Laws, with reſpect to the Wel⯑fare of Society, depends upon their Execution, and this infers the Ne⯑ceſſity of Magiſtrates, who, in all Monarchies, derive their Autho⯑rity from the ſupreme Magiſtrate; whence the King is, with equal Truth and Propriety, ſaid to be the Fountain of Juſtice as well as of Honour. The Nature of Offices has been always declared to the People by exterior Signs, and hence the Cuſtom of inveſting Superior, and more eſpecially the Supreme Magiſtrate, with extra⯑ordinary Solemnity, at his Entrance upon Government, which, tho' with very different Forms, has yet, in ſome Form or other, been practiſed in every civilized Nation.

There can be no Doubt, that the Ceremony of Anointing was borrowed from the Scriptures; and the Jews tell us, that all their Kings were anointed, from Saul to Hircanus. It paſſed from the Jews to other Nations, and ſeems to have been practiſed here ſoon after the Introduction of Chriſtianity. The Monks indeed, would willingly perſuade us, that Alfred the Great, was the firſt anointed King, and that he received his Unction from the Pope at Rome, [iv] which may be true, in reſpect to the Unction; but then, as Alfred was a Child of five Years old, it is much more likely, that it was the Chriſm or Unction uſed in the Ceremony of Confirmation, than the Regal Unction. It appears from Gildas, the moſt ancient Writer of our own Nation, that is yet extant, that the Britiſh Kings were anointed; and this Practice was ſo conſtant, that the common Phraſe in the old Chronicles, to expreſs the Acceſſion of a Prince to the Government, is this, that at ſuch a Time, he was anointed King. We have therefore uſed this Ceremony as early, if not ear⯑lier, than any other Nation in Europe, as, if it was neceſſary, might be very eaſily ſhewn.

The Uſe of Crowns alſo is very ancient; and, in Proceſs of Time, grew to be of very different Forms. The Diadem was ori⯑ginally of Cloth, and bound about the Head like a Fillet. After⯑wards a Circle of Gold was in Uſe, ſome times plain, as was the ancient Crown of Scotland, ſometimes adorned with Spires or Rays. The Saxon Kings uſed both. The former being called King's-Band, and the latter King's-Helm, as being worn upon a Helmet. In latter Times, it was alſo worn without the Helm, as well as with it, as appears in the Coins of our Saxon Kings. Other Ornaments were gradually added, ſuch as the Flower-de-Lis. At length the Emperor wore a Crown with Bars, riſing from the Sides, and join⯑ing at the Top, thence ſtiled a Crown Imperial. Authors are not agreed, when this was firſt introduced into England, ſome ſay by Ed⯑ward III. on his being made Vicar General of the Empire, by Lewis of Bavaria; others by Henry V. Be that as it will, if an Imperial Crown is the Mark of Independent Sovereignty, then, no Doubt, our Kings have a Right to wear it, as well as thoſe of France and Spain, and ſo they have long worn it.

There was not any thing, in which our Saxon Anceſtors were more curious and exact, than in their Religious Ceremonies; and therefore we may reaſonably ſuppoſe, they were particularly ſo in the Inauguration; or, as their own emphatic Term was, in the hallow⯑ing their Kings. This we find frequently mentioned, in that au⯑thentic Hiſtory, ſtiled the Saxon Chronicle. This Solemnity, how⯑ever, was not confined anciently to any particular Place; for, amongſt [v] other Princes, Alfred, juſtly ſurnamed the Great, was crowned at Wincheſter, Ethelſtan, at Bath, where, as that Hiſtory tells us, there were mighty Rejoicings, and a great Reſort of the Clergy and Nobili⯑ty upon the Occaſion. But both in earlier and later Times than theſe, ſeveral of our Kings were crowned at Kingſton upon Thames, which from thence received its Name, and is therefore ſtiled in Latin, Re⯑giodunum by Leland, who thinks that at ſuch Times a Theatre was erected, that the whole Ceremony might be more conſpicuous to the People. But Edward the Confeſſor was crowned at Wincheſter; and it is particularly mentioned in the Saxon Chronicle, that he re⯑ceived many grave Exhortations from the Archbiſhop, in relation to the Duties of his high Office. Harold was crowned at Weſtminſter, founded and ſcarce finiſhed by King Edward, and as that Chronicle ſays, by the Appointment of his Predeceſſor, and by the Election of the People. In Reſpect to the Confeſſor's Memory, the Abbey of Weſtminſter became in ſucceeding Times, the uſual Place of our Monarch's Coronation, more eſpecially as the Regalia of that King were kept there.

In our old Hiſtorians there are no Traces of the Ceremony, which is not to be wondered at, conſidering the Brevity of thoſe Annals; but in the Leidger books, and other Abbey Records, many Fragments are to be met with, of moſt of the Eccleſiaſtical Ceremonies, and amongſt others of the Coronations of ſome of theſe Kings, from which it plainly appears, that the Forms in uſe after the Conqueſt, and even the modern Forms, were borrowed from theſe; and this very pro⯑bably would be ſtill more evident, if we had any Saxon Ceremonial compleat. As it is, we ſee plainly that the different Prayers at the Unction, Crowning, putting the Sword, the Sceptre, and the Ball into the King's Hands, were taken from them; and, if we conſider the Reverence ever paid to Antiquity, more eſpecially in Matters of this Kind, it will not certainly appear ſtrange.

After what has been related, it may ſeem a little ſurpriſing that ſome of our ableſt Antiquaries have complained, that they could meet with no ſettled or authentic Form of the Coronation of our Monarchs. But a little Conſideration will ſhew us, that we may eaſily account for this, in a manner very conſiſtent with what has been [vi] already ſaid. While our Anceſtors continued Papiſts the Ceremo⯑nial ſtill remained in Latin, tho' it may be not without Additions and Alterations. But after the Reformation farther Changes became neceſſary, as we find by the very imperfect Accounts yet remaining of the Coronation of Edward VI. in which his Oath, and no doubt, ſome other Parts were in Engliſh, that they might be under⯑ſtood by the People. In Proceſs of Time, ſeveral of the Prayers and Collets grew obſolete and uncouth in their Language, which therefore rendered it requiſite to review and retouch them, in order to accommodate the Service to the Language of the Times in which it was performed. When therefore Archbiſhop Laud was accuſed of altering the Coronation Service, at the Inauguration of Charles I. he pleaded the abſolute Neceſſity of this; he ſaid, that the Muta⯑tions and Emendations, which were made in ſome Parts of the Ser⯑vice, were partly to render the Senſe clear, and partly to make it proper in grammatical Engliſh, which, he ſaid, was done by Royal Authority, in a Committee for that Purpoſe; but that no material or eſſential Alterations were made, and that the King's Coronation Oath particularly remained untouched, and was the ſame with his Father's, which was ſettled by that pious and worthy Prelate, Arch⯑biſhop Whitgift.

Upon the whole, it may be truly affirmed, that the Bulk and Subſtance of the Coronation Ceremony is the very ſame at this day, as it was above a thouſand Years ago; and if any thing has been retrenched, it has been owing to ſuperſtitious Circumſtances, ſuper⯑induced on the ancient and venerable Form, which the Saxons had in uſe, and to which, even after the Norman Conqueſt, the Nation in general were ſo much attached, that it was thought expedient to preſerve it; though afterwards, when the Knowledge of this Form came to be loſt with the People, the Clergy might poſſibly intro⯑duce Expreſſions more favourable to their own Power, and more ſuitable to thoſe Notions they were deſirous ſhould prevail. But theſe again, as we have before obſerved, were at the Reformation curtailed or taken away.

[vii] As to the Pieces that are here preſented to our Readers View, they are ſuch as may contribute to give them a tolerable Idea of the Co⯑ronation of a King and Queen. It was in this View, that the Or⯑der for the Coronation of Charles II. was ſelected, as being in moſt Reſpects preferable to that of his Brother, which has been ſo pomp⯑ouſly diſplayed by Mr. Sandford, whoſe Knowledge and Diligence we by no means would depreciate; and the Aſſiſtance that he re⯑ceived hath enabled him to render it a truly valuable Work, ſo that it has been, and will be juſtly regarded as the fitteſt Model for fu⯑ture Ceremonies of that Kind. King Charles II. was not married at the Time of his Coronation, and therefore we have annexed the Ceremony of the Coronation of King James's Queen, Mary, which will be found exactly agreeable to that of Sandford, with the Addi⯑tion of the Prayers, which, as well known at that Time, are, to ſhorten his Account, introduced with only a Line or two, and the Remainder dropt by an &c.

As to the Notes, they relate to Perſons and Things; with reſpect to the former, the Reader will find what in the Peruſal of ſuch Pieces it is very natural to deſire, the Names of thoſe Prelates who aſſiſted at thoſe Ceremonies, which, as needleſs at that Juncture, were left out when they were originally publiſhed. In regard to the latter, they are calculated to explain the ſeveral Parts of the Regalia, and other Paſſages that ſeem to require Elucidation, that the whole might be as plain and perſpicuous as poſſible. There is a Pleaſure in reviewing the Pomp of paſt Triumphs, in recalling to our Re⯑membrance thoſe great Perſonages, who are long ago removed from our View, but whom the Fame of their Actions ſtill renders worthy of our Notice. The whole ſtands now in ſuch a Point of Light, as that the Ceremonies of theſe Coronations may be as clearly and as fully conceived, as if we had been preſent at them; and as far as could be judged, Care has been taken to anſwer every Queſ⯑tion, that a judicious and inquiſitive Peruſer would naturally aſk in go⯑ing through them, the Omiſſion of which ſo frequently and ſo greatly perplexes Relations of this Kind, and renders them more apt to raiſe than to ſatisfy our Curioſity.

[viii] As to the Appendix, it is compoſed of Pieces not commonly known, or eaſy to be found, as being either involved in large Works, where few would take the Pains to ſeek them, or hid in the Cloſets of Antiquaries, where it would have been no eaſy Matter to find them. The Account particularly of the Manner in which our an⯑cient Regalia was loſt, and in what it conſiſted, has ſo near a Rela⯑tion to the Subject, and contributes ſo much to ſet it in a clearer Light, that it muſt be allowed to deſerve a Place in ſuch a Col⯑lection; as does alſo the Order of the ſolemn Cavalcade from the Tower to Weſtminſter, which our Anceſtors eſteemed no inconſiderable Part of the Ceremony. Theſe are likewiſe illuſtrated with ſuch Notes as appeared neceſſary to explain them, and it is hoped, that the whole taken together will be found no unpleaſing, unentertain⯑ing, or uninſtructive Miſcellany on the Subject of Coronations, which being the general Topic of Converſation at preſent occaſioned their Publication, and as this has been attended with no ſmall Degree of Haſte, they are ſubmitted to the Candour of the Public.

THE CEREMONY OF THE CORONATION, &c.

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The PROCEEDINGS on the Day of his MAJESTY'S Coronation were as follows:

UPON Tueſday the 23d of April, being St. George's Day, about half an hour after ſeven in the Morning, the KING entered in⯑to his Rich Barge, took Water from the Privy Stairs at White⯑hall, and landed at the Parliament Stairs, from whence he proceeded up to the Room behind the Lord's Houſe called the Princes Lodgings; where, after he had repoſed himſelf for a while, he was arrayed in his Royal Robes of Crimſon Velvet, furred with Ermine, by which time the Nobility being aſſembled, robed themſelves in the Lord's Houſe and Painted Chamber.

The Judges alſo, with thoſe of the Long Robe, the Knights of the Bath a, and Gentlemen of the Privy Chamber, met in the Court of Requeſts.

After ſome Space, the King's Heralds and Purſuivants began to ſet the Proceeding in Order, each of them taking his Share, aſſigned in Chapter, held at the Heralds Office, the Evening before, and thence directed all the beforementioned Degrees, except the Nobility, down into Weſtminſter Hall, where the reſt of the Proceeding attended, and from whence the March began.

[2] About half an hour after Nine, the Nobility having been firſt called over in the Painted Chamber, proceeded each according to his Rank and Dignity, in their Robes and Coronets before the KING, through the Court of Requeſts, into Weſtminſter Hall, aſcended up to the State, which was raiſed at the Weſt End, and placed themſelves upon each Side thereof.

HIS MAJESTY being ſet in his Chair under a rich Cloth of State, Firſt Sir Gilbert Talbot the Maſter of the Jewel Houſe, preſented the Sword of State, as alſo the Sword called Curtana b, and two other Swords, to the Lord High Conſtablec, who took and delivered them to the Lord High Chamberlaind, and he having drawn the laſt, laid then upon the Table before the KING.

Then the ſaid Maſter of the Jewel Houſe, delivered likewiſe the Spurs, to the Lord High Conſtable, and he again the ſame, to the Lord High Chamberlain, who alſo placed them upon the Table.

Immediately after, the Dean and Prebends of Weſtminſter, by whom the Ragalia had been brought in Proceſſion, from the Abby Church in⯑to Weſtminſter Hall, being veſted in rich Copes, proceeded from the lower End thereof in manner following:

All ſtanding towards the lower End of the Hall, ready to proceed; they made their firſt Reverence together, then coming to the middle of the ſaid Hall, they there made a ſecond, and thence going a little further, both the Choirs fell off and ſtood on either Side, through which Lane, the Purſuivants, Heralds, and Kings paſſing, fell like⯑wiſe off on every ſide, the Seniors ſtill placing themſelves uppermoſt, towards the Throne, after whom, the Dean and Prebends proceeded, and arrived at the Foot of the Stone Steps, aſcending to the Throne, where they made another Reverence.

This being done, the Dean and Prebends, with Garter principal King of Arms before them, (he waited their coming) together aſcend⯑ed [4] the Steps, and approaching near to the Table, before the KING made their laſt Reverence.

The Dean firſt preſented the Crown, which was by the Lord High Conſtable and Lord Great Chamberlain, ſet upon the Table, who af⯑terwards took from each of the Prebends, that Part of the Regalia, which they carried, and laid them alſo by the Crown, which done they retired.

Then the Lord Great Chamberlain, preſenting the Regalia, ſeve⯑rally to the KING, his Majeſty thereupon diſpoſed of them, unto the Noblemen hereafter named, to be carried by them in the Proceeding to the Abby Church, viz.

And becauſe the Spoon and Ampulla, were not to be born in the Proceeding, and therefore ought not to have been brought thither, but placed upon the High Altar in the Abbey Church, there to lie in rea⯑dineſs, they were not preſented to the KING, but commanded to be ſent back thither, and laid thereon.

All Things being thus prepared, and it being about ten o'Clock, the Proceeding began from out of the ſaid Hall, into the Palace Yard, through the Gate Houſe and the End of King Street, thence along the Great Sanctuary, and ſo to the Weſt End of the Abby Church, all upon blue Cloth, which was ſpread upon the Ground, from the Throne in Weſtminſter Hall, to the great Steps in the Abby Church; by Sir George Carteret, Knight, Vice Chamberlain, appointed by the KING, to be his Almoner for this Day.

[5] The Proceeding to the Coronation, was in the following Order:

The Drums, four.
The Trumpets, ſixteen, in four Claſſes.
The Six Clerks of the Chancery.
Ten of the King's Chaplains, having Dignities.
The Aldermen of London.
The King's learned Council at Law.
The King's Sollicitor.
The King's Attorney.
The King's eldeſt Serjeant at Law.
The Eſquires of the Body.
The Maſters of Requeſt.
The Gentlemen of the Privy Chamber.
The Knights of the Bath.
The Barons of the Exchequer, and Juſtices of both Benches, two and two, in Order, according to their Seniority of the Coif.
The Lord Chief Baron.
The Lord Chief Juſtice of the Common Pleas.
The Maſter of the Rolls.
The Lord Chief Juſtice of the King's Bench.
The Serjeant Porter.
The Serjeant of the Veſtry.
The Children of the King's Chapel.
The Gentlemen of the King's Chapel.
The Prebends of Weſtminſter.
The Maſter of the Jewel Houſe, who now had Precedency of the Judges, in regard he brought the Sword and Spurs into Weſtminſter Hall, and the KING to Church.
The Knights of the Privy Council.
Portcullis Purſuivant at Arms.
The Barons in their Robes two and two, carrying their Caps of Crim⯑ſon Velvet turned up with Miniver, in their Hands.
The Biſhops two and two, according to their Dignities, and Con⯑ſecration.
Rouge Croixe Blue Mantle Purſuivant.
The Viſcounts two and two, in their Robes, with their Coronets in their Hands.
 SomerſetCheſterHeralds. 
The Earls two and two, in their Robes, holding their Coronets in their Hands.
[6]RichmondWindſorHeralds. 
The Marquis of Dorcheſter, the Marquis of Worceſter, in their Robes, with their Coronets in their Hands.
 LancaſterYorkHeralds. 
 NorroyClarencieuxProvincial Kings, carrying their Crowns in their Hands. 
The Lord High Treaſurer m.
The Lord High Chancellor n.
St. Edward's Staff, born by the Earl of Sandwich.
The Spurs, born by the Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery.
St. Edward's Scepter, born by the Earl of Bedford.
The third Sword drawn, and born by the Earl of Derby.
The Sword called Curtana, drawn and born by the Earl of Oxford.
The Pointed Sword drawn, and born by the Earl of Shrewſbury.
The Lord Mayor of London o.
Garter Principal King of Arms p.
The Gentleman Uſher of the Black Rod q.
The Earl of Lindſ [...]y, Lord Great Chamberlain of England.
Serjeant at Arms
 The Earl of Suffolk, Earl Marſhal for this preſent Occaſion.
 The Sword of State, in the Scabbard, born by the Earl of Man⯑cheſter Lord Chamberlain of the Houſhold,
 The Earl of Northumberland, Lord High Conſtable of England, for this preſent Occaſion.
  His Highneſs the Duke of YORK.  
Serjeant at Arms
 The Scepter with the Dove, born by the Duke of Albemarle.
 St. Edward's Crown, born by the Duke of Ormond, High Stew⯑ard, for this preſent Occaſion.
 The Orb, born by the Duke of Buckingham.
 The Patena, born by the Biſhop of Exeter.
 The Regale or Chalice, born by the Biſhop of London, in his Cope.

[7]Barons of the Cinque Ports carrying the Canopy. The KING Barons of the Cinque Ports carrying the Canopy.
 ſupported by the Biſhops of 
Bath and Wellsr, and Durham s.
 His Train born by the Lords Mandevile, Cavendiſh, Oſſory, and Per⯑cy, and aſſiſted by the Lord Mansfield, Maſter of the Robes. 

The Penſioners with their Pole Axes. The Lord Lauderdale, The Penſioners with their Pole Axes.
 one of the Gentlemen of the Bed Chamber, to be near to the KING. 
Mr. Aſhburnham, Mr. Seymour,
 both Grooms of the Bed Chamber. 
Captain of the Guard. Captain of the Penſioners,
 The Yeomen of the Guard. 

When the Proceeding had entered the Abby Church, all paſſed through the Choir, and thence went up the Stairs towards the great Stage, and as they arrived at the top thereof, were diſpoſed by the He⯑ralds into two Galleries, built on either Side, the upper End of the Choir.

That on the North Side, received the Aldermen of London, the Judges [...] Gentlemen of the Long Robe, the Choir of Weſtminſter, the Gentlemen and Children of the King's Chapel; (excepting twelve Gentlemen, four Children, and one Organiſt, who went into a Gal⯑lery, raiſed on the South Side of the upper Choir, peculiarly appointed for them) And in the Gallery on the South Side were ſeated, the Knights of the Bath, and Gentlemen of the Privy Chamber. The KING being entered the Weſt Door of the Abby Church, was received with an Anthem, begun by the Choir of Weſtminſter, who with the Dean and Prebends, had before fallen off from the Proceeding, a little on the left Hand of the Middle Iſle, and ſtayed there, to attend his coming, where alſo a Faldſtool and Cuſhions were laid ready for his MAJESTY to kneel at.

The Anthem ſung was the 1ſt, 4th, 5th, and 6th Verſes of Pſalm cxxii. I was glad when they ſaid unto me, ‘We will go into the HOUSE of the LORD.’ ‘[8] Whither the Tribes go up, the Tribes of the LORD, unto the Teſti⯑mony of ISRAEL, to give Thanks unto the Name of the LORD.’ ‘For there are ſet Thrones of Judgment, the Throne of the HOUSE of DAVID.’ ‘Pray for the Peace of JERUSALEM, they ſhall proſper that love THEE.’

The KING being arrived at the Faldſtool, kneeled down, and uſed ſome private Ejaculations, which being finiſhed, he thence proceeded into, and through, the Choir, up to the great Theatre, (erected cloſe to the four high Pillars ſtanding between the Choir and the Altar) upon which the Throne of State was placed, being a Square raiſed on five Degrees, at the Entrance whereof, were ſet a Chair, Footſtool, and Cuſhion, covered with Cloth of Gold, whereon he repoſed himſelf.

Immediately after the Biſhop of London, who was appointed to offi⯑ciate in Part that Day, for the Archbiſhop of Canterbury, whoſe Age and Weakneſs rendered him incapable of performing his whole Duty at the Coronation, having the Lord High Conſtable, the Earl Marſhal, the Lord Great Chamberlain, the Lord High Chancellor, and the Lord Chamberlain of the Houſehold before him, went firſt to the South, next to the Weſt, and laſtly to the North Side of the Theatre, and at every of the ſaid Sides, acquainted the People, that he preſented to Them, KING CHARLES, the rightful Inheritor of the Crown of this Realm, and aſked them if they were willing to do their Homage, Service, and bounden Duty to him.

As this was doing the KING roſe up, and ſtood by the aforeſaid Chair, turning his Face ſtill to that Side of the Stage, where the ſaid Biſhop ſtood, when he ſpake to the People, who ſignified their Wil⯑lingneſs, by loud Shouts and Acclamations.

The ſame Queſtion was likewiſe put by the ſaid Biſhop, to all the Nobility preſent.

Immediately after this, the following Anthem was ſung, by the Gentlemen of the King's Chapel. ‘Let thy Hand be ſtrengthened and thy Right Hand be exalted. Let Juſtice and Judgment be the Preparation of thy Seat and Mercy and Truth go before thy Face.’

In which Time, a large Carpet was ſpread, by a Groom and Page of the removing Wardrobe, from the Altar down below the half Paces ther [...], and over that a Silk Carpet and Cuſhion, laid by the Gentle⯑man [...] of the Black Rod, and Mr. Kinnerſley: whereupon the [9] Biſhop of London, went down from the Stage towards the Altar, and having made his Reverence placed himſelf at the North Side thereof.

Then the KING deſcended from his Throne, and proceeded towards the Altar, being ſupported by the Biſhops of Durham, and Bath and Wells, with the four Swords, the Grand Officers, the Noblemen and Biſhops, that carried the Regalia before him, the Dean of Weſtmin⯑ſter t alſo attending. Being arrived at the Steps of the Altar, he kneeled down upon the Cuſhion there laid ready for him, having firſt offered the Pall, which was of Cloth of Gold, and born by the Earl of Sandwich; as alſo a Wedge of Gold of a Pound weight, preſented unto his Hands, by the Lord Cornwallis Treaſurer of his Houſhold; both which were received from the KING, by the Biſhop of London, who laid them reverently upon the Altar. Immediately after, his MAJESTY retired to a Chair of State, ſet on the South Side of the Altar, a little below the Traverſe, of Crimſon Taffety.

After this the Biſhops and Noblemen that carried the Regalia drew near to the Altar, and preſented every particular to the ſaid Biſhop of London, who placed them alſo upon the Altar, and having ſo done, they retired to their Seats. Whereupon the KING kneeled at a Fald⯑ſtool, ſet on the Right Side of the Chair of State, whilſt the Biſhop of London ſaid this Prayer, ‘O GOD, which doth viſit thoſe that are humble, and doſt comfort us by thy Holy SPIRIT, ſend down thy Grace upon this thy Servant CHARLES, that by him we may feel thy Preſence among us, through JESUS CHRIST. AMEN.’

This Prayer ended, the Biſhop of Worceſter u went up into the Pulpit, placed on the North Side of the Altar, oppoſite to the KING, and began his Sermon, the Text being taken out of the 28th Chapter of Proverbs, and the ſecond Verſe.

From the beginning of the aforeſaid Offering, to this Time, the KING was bare; but now he put on his Cap, made of Crimſon Velvet turned up with Ermine, with which he ſat covered all the Sermon Time.

On the KING'S right Hand, ſtood the Biſhop of Durham, and be⯑yond him, the Noblemen who carried the Swords, and held them na⯑ked and erect.

[10] The Duke of YORK ſat a little behind him on his left Hand, next to whom, ſtood the Biſhop of Bath and Wells, together with the Lord Great Chamberlain.

The Lord High Chancellor, and Lord High Treaſurer, ſat on a Form, behind the Duke of YORK; and behind them in a Gallery ſat the Dutcheſs of YORK.

In the ſame Gallery alſo were placed,

Baron Bateville, Ordinary Ambaſſador from Spain.

Prince Maurice of Naſſau, Extraordinary Ambaſſador from the Elec⯑tor of Brandenburgh.

Monfieur Weyman, the Elector's Chancellor, who was joined in Com⯑miſſion with him.

The Count Coningſmark, Envoy from Sweden.

Monſieur Frieſendorf, Reſident of Sweden.

Monſieur Pet [...]m, Reſident of Denmark.

Monſieur Pleſſis Bellievre, Envoy from Monſeigneur the Duke of Orleans.

Signior Giavarina, Reſident of Venice.

Signior Bernardi, Reſident of Genoa.

Monſieur La Motte and Monſ. Frays, Envoys from the Prince Elector.

Monfieur Gormers, Deputy Extraordinary from Hamburgh.

An Envoy from the Cardinal of Heſſe.

The Marquis de Montbrun, with ſeveral other Gentlemen Strangers.

But Don Franciſco de Mello, the Embaſſador of Portugal, was pla⯑ced in the Lord Chamberlain's Box.

On the North Side of the Altar, ſat the Biſhop of London directly oppoſite to the KING, in the Archbiſhop's Chair covered with Purple Velvet. The reſt of the Biſhops were placed on Forms behind him.

And higher towards St. Edward's Chapel, ſtood Garter Principal King at Arms, with the Officers of the ſtanding and removing Ward⯑robe, viz. Mr. Rumbal, Mr. Townſend, and Mr. Kinnerſley, in Scarlet Gowns, having a Crown embroidered with Gold on their left Sleeves. The Groom and Page of the Wardrobe, having Scarlet Gowns alſo, but not the Badge of the Crown. The Serjeant of the Veſtry, with his gilt Verge, and other Vergers; with them alſo ſtood Mr. Aſhburn⯑ham, Mr. Seymour, Mr. Elliot, Mr. Progers, and Mr. Chiffinch, with ſome other of the KING'S Servants, who attended to do Service.

[11] Oppoſite to them, on the South Side of the Altar, ſtood the Dean and Prebends of Weſtminſter.

St. Edward's ancient Chair w, covered all over with Cloth of Gold, was placed upon the North Side of the Altar, a little lower, than that belonging to the Archbiſhop; but ſomething nearer the Middle of the Iſle, and between the King's Chair of State, and the Pulpit.

Near the Pulpit, ſtood the Maſter of the Jewel Houſe, and the Lord Mayor of London.

The Nobility not formerly named, who were ſeated upon Forms round about the inſide of the Stage, when Sermon began, drew near to that Side thereof, which faced the High Altar and ſtood there.

On the Corners of the Stage, near the High Altar, adjoining to the two uppermoſt Pillars, were Places railed in, for the Provincial Kings, Heralds, and Purſuivants.

The Serjeants at Arms, being ſixteen in Number, ſtood with their Maces on their Shoulders, within the Rails, on either Side the Entrance of the Stage from the Choir.

Over the Door, at the Weſt End of the Choir, ſtood the Drums and Trumpets.

[12] Sermon being ended, the KING uncovered his Head, and immedi⯑ately the Biſhop of London aroſe from his Seat, drew near unto the KING'S Chair of State, and aſked him his Willingneſs to take the Oath, uſually taken by his Predeceſſors.

The KING aſſenting thereunto,

The Biſhop then adminiſtred the following Queſtions, which the KING anſwered ſeverally.

Biſhop. SIR, Will you grant and keep, and by your Oath confirm, to the People of England, the Laws and Cuſtoms to them granted, by the Kings of England, your lawful and Religious Predeceſſors; and namely the Laws, Cuſtoms, and Franchiſes, granted to the Clergy, by the glorious King St. Edward your Predeceſſor, according to the Laws of GOD, the true Profeſſion of the Goſpel eſtabliſhed in this Kingdom, agreeable to the Prerogative of the Kings thereof, and the ancient Cuſtoms of this Realm?

King. I grant and promiſe to keep them.

Biſhop Will you keep Peace, and Godly Agreement, according to your Power, both to GOD, the Holy Church, the Clergy, and the People?

King. I will keep it.

Biſhop. Will you (to your Power) cauſe Law, Juſtice, and Diſcre⯑tion in Mercy and Truth; to be executed to your Judgment?

King. I will.

Biſhop. SIR, Will you grant to hold and keep, the Laws and rightful Cuſ⯑toms, which the Commonalty of this your Kingdom have? And will you defend and uphold them, to the Honour of GOD, ſo much as in you lieth?

King. I grant and promiſe ſo to do.

Then the Biſhop of Rocheſter read the Biſhops Petition to the KING as follows. ‘Our LORD and KING, We beſeech you to pardon us, and to grant and to preſerve unto us, and to the Churches committed to our Charge, all Ca⯑nonical Privileges, and due Law and Juſtice, and that you would protect and defend us, as every good King, in his Kingdom, ought to be Protector and Defender of the Biſhops and the Churches, under their Government.’

To which the King anſwered in the following Words: ‘With a willing and devout Heart, I promiſe and grant my Pardon, and that I will preſerve and maintain to you, and the Churches committed to your Charge, all Canonical Privileges, and due Law and Juſtice, and that I will be your Protector and Defender to my Power, by the Aſſiſtance of God, as every good King in his Kingdom in Right ought to protect and defend the Biſhops and Churches under their Government.’

[13] Then the KING, aſſiſted by the Biſhops of Durham, and Bath and Wells, was led from his Chair to the Altar; the Sword of State being born before him, and the Lord Great Chamberlain attending, where he took the following Oath, in Sight of all preſent, laying his Hand upon the BIBLE. ‘The things which I have here promiſed, I ſhall perform and keep, ſo help me GOD, and the Contents of this Book.’

The KING was then led back, in like Manner, to his Chair of State, and immediately the Biſhop of London, and the Choir begun the Hymn VENI, CREATOR SPIRITUS.

And a little before the ending thereof, the Faldſtool was ſet again at the King's Right Hand, whereat as ſoon as the Hymn was finiſhed, he kneeled; the Biſhop of London ſtanding before him, and ſaying the following Prayer: ‘We beſeech Thee, O LORD, Holy Father, Almighty and Everlaſting GOD, for this thy Servant CHARLES, that, as at firſt thou didſt bring him into the World by thy Divine Providence, and through the Flower of his Age has preſerved him unto this preſent Day; ſo thou wouldſt evermore enrich him with thy Bounty, and fill him with Grace and Truth, and daily increaſe in him all Goodneſs, in the Sight of GOD and Man; that being placed in the Throne of Supreme Government, aſſiſted by thy heavenly Grace, and by thy Mercy defended from all his Enemies; He may govern the People committed to his Charge, in Wealth, Peace, and Godlineſs, through JESUS CHRIST our LORD. AMEN.’

The Prayer ended, the Biſhop of London went to the North Side of the Altar, the KING ſtill kneeling, and forthwith the Biſhops of Pe⯑terborough x and Glouceſter y, went and kneeled on the upper Haut Pace of the Altar, where they began the Litany, the Choirs ſinging the Reſponſes, the Dean of Weſtminſter kneeling all the while at the King's left Hand.

After the Litany, the Biſhop of London ſaid the three following Prayers, at the North Side of the Altar: ‘Almighty and Everlaſting GOD, Creator of all Things, King of Kings, and Lord of Lords, Give Ear, we beſeech Thee, unto our humble Prayers, and multiply thy Bleſſings upon this thy Servant CHARLES, whom, in thy Name, with lowly Devotion, we conſecrate our KING. Grant, that by thy Inſpiration he may govern with the Mildneſs of SOLOMON, and enjoy a peaceable Kingdom. Grant that he may ſerve Thee with Fear, and fight [14] for Thee with Conſtancy. Defend him by thy mighty Arm, compaſs him with thy Protection, and enable him to overcome all his Enemies. Honour him before all the Kings of the Earth. Let him rule over Countries, and let Nations how down before him. Eſtabliſh his Throne with Judgment and Equity. Let Juſtice flouriſh in his Days; and grant, that he, ſupported by the due Obedience and hearty Love of his People, may ſit on the Throne of his Fathers many Years, and, after this tranſitory Life, may reign with Thee in thine everlaſting Kingdom, through Jeſus Chriſt our Lord and Saviour. Amen.’ ‘GOD, the unſpeakable Author of the World, Creator of Men, Governor of Empires, and Eſtabliſher of all Kingdoms; who, out of the Loins of our Father Abraham, didſt chuſe a King, that became the Saviour of all Kings and Nations of the Earth; Bleſs, we beſeech Thee, thy faithful Servant and our dread Sovereign Lord King Charles, with the richeſt Bleſſings of thy Grace, Eſtabliſh him in the Throne of his Kingdom by thy mighty Aid and Protection, Viſit him, as thou didſt Moſes in the Buſh, Joſhua in the Bat⯑tle, Gideon in the Field, and Samuel in the Temple. Let the Dew of thine abundant Mercies fall upon his Head, and give him the Bleſſing of David and Solomon. Be unto him an Helmet of Salvation againſt the Face of his Enemies, and a ſtrong Tower of Defence in the Time of Adver⯑ſity. Let his Reign be proſperous, and his Days many. Let Peace, and Love, and Holineſs, let Juſtice and Truth and all Chriſtian Virtues flouriſh in his Time. Let his People ſerve him with Honour and Obedience; And let him ſo duly ſerve thee here on Earth, that he may hereafter ever⯑laſtingly reign with Thee in Heaven, through Jeſus Chriſt our Lord. Amen.’ ‘GOD, which provideſt for thy People by thy Power, and ruleſt over them in Love, grant unto this thy Servant Charles, the Spirit of Wiſdom and Government, that, being devoted unto Thee, he may ſo wiſely govern his Kingdom, that, in his Time, the Church may be in Safety, and Chriſtian Devotion continue in Peace, that ſo perſevering to the End in good Works, he may, by thy Mercy, come unto thine Everlaſting Kingdom, through thy Son Jeſus Chriſt our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with Thee, World without End. Amen.’

A little before the laſt Prayer was ended, the Archbiſhop of Can⯑terbury came out at the North Door of St. Edward's Chapel, veſted in a rich Cope, and at the Concluſion thereof he began the Verſicle.

Lift up your Hearts!

Reſp. We lift them up to the Lord.

[15] Archbiſhop. Let us give Thanks, unto the Lord our God.

Reſp. It is meet and right ſo to do.

Archbiſhop. It is very meet and right, and our bounden Duty, that we ſhould at all Times, and in all Places, give Thanks unto thee, O Lord, Holy Father, Almighty and everlaſting GOD, the Strength of thy Choſen, and the Exalter of the Humble, which in the beginning, by the pouring out of the Flood, didſt chaſten the Sins of the World, and, by a Dove conveying an Olive Branch, didſt give a Token of Reconcilement unto the Earth, and again didſt conſecrate thy Servant Aaron a Prieſt, by the anointing of Oil, and afterwards, by the Effuſion of this Oil, didſt make Prieſts, and Kings, and Prophets, to govern thy People Iſrael, and, by the Voice of the Prophet David, didſt foretel, that the Countenance of thy Church ſhould be made chearful with Oil. We beſeech Thee, Almighty Father, that thou wilt vouchſafe to bleſs and ſanctify this thy Servant Charles, that he may miniſ⯑ter Peace unto his People, imitate Aaron in thy Service and That he may attain the Perfection of Government in Counſel and Judgment, through Chriſt Jeſus, our Lord. Amen.

This finiſhed, the KING aroſe from the Faldſtool, and went to the Altar, ſupported by the aforeſaid Biſhops of Durham and Bath and Wells, where he was diſrobed by the Lord Great Chamberlain of his Royal Robes, which were immediately carried thence, into the Traverſe erected in St. Edward's Chapel.

While this was doing, the Chair, that was before placed at the En⯑trance of the Stage, was removed and ſet on the North Side of the Al⯑tar, between it and St. Edward's Chair; whereunto the KING came, ſat down, and was anointed by the ſaid Archbiſhop, while the Dean of Weſtminſter held the AMPULLAz and poured the Oil into the [16] Spoon, firſt in the Palm of both his Hands, in manner of a Croſs, the Archbiſhop as he anointed him pronouncing theſe Words:‘Let theſe Hands be anointed with Holy Oil, as Kings and Prophets have been anointed, and as Samuel did anoint David to be King; that thou mayeſt be bleſſed and eſtabliſhed a King in this Kingdom, over the People whom the Lord thy God hath given Thee, to rule and govern. Which He vouchſafe to grant, who with the Father and the Holy Ghoſt, three in Per⯑ſon, and one in Unity, reigns in Glory everlaſting. Amen.’

After which, the Choir ſung this Anthem: ‘Sadoc the Prieſt, and Nathan the Prophet, anointed Solomon King: and all the People rejoiced, and ſaid, GOD SAVE THE KING.’

At the End of which Anthem, the Archbiſhop ſaid this Prayer a: ‘Look down, Almighty GOD, with thy favourable Countenance upon this thy Servant and dread Sovereign, King Charles, and as thou didſt bleſs Abraham, Iſaac, and Jacob, ſo vouchſafe, we beſeech Thee, to water Him plentifully with the Bleſſings of thy Grace. Give unto Him of the Dew of Heaven, and of the Fatneſs of the Earth, abundance of Corn, Wine, and Oil, with Plenty of Fruits and other good Things. Grant him long to reign, and that in his Time there may be Health and Peace in this King⯑dom. Grant, O Lord, that he may be a mighty Protector of this Nation, a bountiful Comforter of Churches, the moſt valiant of Monarchs, terrible to Rebels, amiable to his Nobles, and all his faithful Subjects. Make his Royal Court to ſhine in Princely Dignity, as a moſt clear Lightning, far and wide in the Eyes of all Men. Finally, let him be bleſſed with Children, that may reign as Kings after Him, and rule this Kingdom by Succeſſion of all Ages; and after the glorious and happy Days of this preſent Life, give him, of thy Mercy, an everlaſting Kingdom with thee in Heaven, through Jeſus Chriſt our Lord. Amen.’

And then proceeded with his anointing the KING'S Breaſt, between his Shoulders, on both his Shoulders, the Bowings of his Arms, and on the Crown of his Head, in manner aforeſaid.

Which being done, the Anointing was dried up with fine Linen, and the Loops of his Shirt cloſed up by the Dean of Weſtminſter, and then the Archbiſhop ſaid theſe two Prayers: ‘[17] GOD, the Son of GOD, Chriſt Jeſus our Lord! who is anointed of his Fa⯑ther with the Oil of Gladneſs above his Fellows, pour down upon thy Head the Bleſſing of the Holy Ghoſt, and make it enter into thy Heart, ſo that thou may⯑eſt receive inviſible Grace; and, having juſtly governed thy temporal Kingdom, thou mayeſt reign with him eternally, who being without Sin, doth live in Glo⯑ry, with GOD the Father, and the Holy Ghoſt, for ever and ever.’ ‘GOD, which art the Glory of the Righteous, and the Saviour of Sinners, who hath ſent thy Son to redeem Mankind with his Precious Blood, who bringeſt Wars to an End, and defendeſt thoſe that truſt in Thee; upon whoſe good Will and Pleaſure doth depend the Strength of all Kingdoms; we humbly pray, in this Royal Seat, to bleſs this thy Servant, who putteth his Confidence in thy Mer⯑cy. Vouchſafe in thy Favour to be preſent with him, that he, which deſireth to be defended by thy Protection, may be ſtronger than his Enemies. Crown him with the Crown of Juſtice and Piety, that with all his Heart and all his Mind he may truſt in thee, ſerve thee, defend and advance thy Holy Church, and govern the People committed to his Charge, in Juſtice and Equity. Kindle, O Lord, his Heart with the Love of thy Grace, by the inward Anointing wherewith thou haſt anointed Prieſts, Kings, and Prophets; that be, loving Juſtice, and leading his People by the Ways of Righteouſneſs, after the glorious Courſe of this Life, which thou haſt appointed, may come to Eternal Joy, through Jeſus Chriſt our Lord. Amen.’

During the time of Unction, a rich Pall oſ Cloth of Gold, brought from the great Wardrobe by Mr. Rumball was held over the King's Head, by the Dukes of Buckingham and Albemarle, the Earls of Berks and Sandwich, as Knights of the moſt noble Order of the Garter.

After theſe Prayers, the Lord Great Chamberlain delivered the Coif to the Archbiſhop, who put it on the King's Head, and immediately after the Dean of Weſtminſter, put the Colobium Sindonis or Surplice b, upon the King. Whereupon the Archbiſhop (the King thus clothed) ſaid this ſhort Prayer: ‘O GOD, the King of Kings and Lord of Lords, by whom Kings reign, and Princes decree Juſtice, vouchſafe, we beſeech thee, in thy favour, to bleſs this Kingly Ornament, and grant that thy Servant Charles our King, who ſhall wear it, may ſhine in thy Sight, with the Ornament of a good Life and Holy Actions, and after this Life ended, he may for ever enjoy that Life and Glory, which hath no End, through Jeſus Chriſt our Lord. Amen.’

This ſaid, the Dean of Weſtminſter, having likewiſe fetched the Tiſſue Hoſe and Sandals from the Altar, he arrayed the KING therewith, as alſo [18] with the Super Tunica c or Cloſe Pall of Cloth Cloth of Gold, and girded the ſame about him.

But the Taffety and Shirt was not uſed.

After all, the Dean took the Spurs from off the Altar, and delivered them to the Lord Great Chamberlain, who touched the KING'S Heels therewith, and forthwith ſent them back to the Altar.

Then the Archbiſhop received the Sword of State, in the Scabbard from the Lord Chamberlain of the Houſhold, and laid it upon the Altar, ſay⯑ing this Prayer: ‘Hear our Prayers we beſeech Thee O Lord! and vouchſafe by thy Right Hand of Majeſty, to bleſs and ſanctify this Sword, wherewith this thy Servant Charles defireth to be girt, that it may be a Defence and Protection, of Church⯑es, Widows, and Orphans, and all thy Servants; and a Terror to all thoſe, that lie in wait to do miſchief, through Jeſus Chriſt our Lord. Amen.’

This Prayer finiſhed, the Archbiſhop and Biſhops aſſiſting, delivered the Sword back to the KING, ſaying, Accipe Gladium, per Manus Epiſco⯑porum d.

Whereupon the Lord Great Chamberlain girt it about the KING, and the Archbiſhop ſaid, ‘Receive this Kingly Sword, which is hallowed for the Defence of the Holy Church, and delivered unto Thee, by the Hands of the Biſhops, though un⯑worthy, yet conſecrated by the Authority of the Holy Apoſtles, and remember of whom the Pſalmiſt did Propheſy, ſaying, Gird thyſelf with thy Sword, upon thy Thigh, O thou moſt mighty, and with this Sword exerciſe thou the force of Equity, and mightily deſtroy the growth of Iniquity. Protect the Holy Church of GOD, and his faithful People. Defend and help Widows and Orphans. Reſtore things gone to Decay, and maintain thoſe that are reſtored; that doing thus, thou mayeſt be glorious in the triumph of Virtue, and excellent in the Ornament of Juſtice; and Reign for ever, with the Saviour of the World, whoſe Image you bear, who with the Father and the Holy Ghoſt, liveth and reigneth World without End.’

After this, the Dean of Weſtminſter took the Armill e, made of Cloth of Tiſſue, and put it about the KING'S Neck, and tied it to the Bowings of his Arms, the Archbiſhop ſtanding before the KING, with the Biſhop of London, on his Right Hand, and ſaying. ‘[19] Receive the Armill of Sincerity and Wiſdom, as a Token of GOD'S embra⯑cing, whereby all thy Works may be defended againſt thine Enemies, both bodi⯑ly and ghoſtly, through Jeſus Chriſt our Lord.’

Next the Mantle f or open Pall, being made of Cloth of Gold and lined with red Taffety, was put upon him by the ſaid Dean, the Archbiſhop likewiſe uſing the Words of Signification, viz. ‘Receive this Pall, which is formed with four Corners, to let thee underſtand that the four Corners of the World are ſubject to the Power of GOD, and that no Man can happily reign upon Earth, who hath not received his Authority from Heaven.’

In the next Place, the Archbiſhop took St. Edward's Crown, and bleſſed it, ſayingg, ‘GOD the Crown of the Faithful, who on the Heads of thy Saints placeth Crowns of Glory; bleſs and ſanctify this Crown, that as the ſame is adorned with divers precious Stones, ſo this thy Servant, wearing it, may be repleniſhed of thy Grace with the manifold Gifts of all precious Virtues, through the King eternal, thy Son our Lord. Amen.’

In the mean Time St. Edward's Chair was removed into the Middle of the Iſle, and ſet right over againſt the Altar, whither the KING went and ſat down in it; and then the Archbiſhop brought St. Edward's Crown from the Altar, and put it upon his Head.

Whereupon all the People, with loud and repeated Shouts, cried, GOD SAVE THE KING. And by a Signal then given, the great Ordinance from the Tower were alſo diſcharged.

At the ceaſing of theſe Acclamations, the Archbiſhop went on, ſaying, ‘GOD crown thee with a Crown of Glory and Righteouſneſs, with the Honour and Virtue of Fortitude; that, by a right Faith and manifold Fruits of good Works, thou mayeſt obtain the Crown of an everlaſting Kingdom, by the Gift of him whoſe Kingdom endureth for ever. Amen.’

Adding thereunto this Prayer: ‘O GOD of Eternity, the Commander of all Powers, the Vanquiſher of all Enemies; Bleſs this thy Servant, who At which Words the King bowed his Head. boweth his Head unto thy Majeſty; preſerve him in Health and proſperous Felicity; be preſent with him whenſoever he calleth upon thee; give him, we beſeeth Thee, the Riches of thy Grace, fill his Soul with Goodneſs, and crown him with thy Mercy, and let him always in godly Devotion wait upon Thee, through thy Son our Lord Jeſus Chriſt. Amen.’

After the Prayer, the Archbiſhop read the Conforture: ‘[20] Be ſtrong and of a good Courage, and obſerve the Commandments of the Lord, to walk in his Ways, and keep his Ceremonies, Precepts, Teſtimonies, and Judgments; and Almighty GOD proſper and ſtrengthen thee, whither ſoever thou goeſt. The Lord is my Ruler, therefore I ſhall want nothing.’

In the mean Time, the Choir ſung this Anthem: ‘The KING ſhall rejoice in thy Strength, O LORD; exceeding glad ſhall he be of thy Salvation: for Thou haſt granted him his Heart's Deſire, and haſt not denied him the Requeſt of his Lips; for Thou haſt prevented him with Bleſſings of Goodneſs, and haſt ſet a Crown of pure Gold upon his Head.’

Upon this, the Dukes, Marquiſſes, Earls, and Viſcounts, put on their Coronets; the Barons their Caps h, and divers of them came and ſtood about the KING, who ſtill ſat in St. Edward's Chair.

Garter and the other Kings at Arms, put on their Crowns likewiſe.

Then the Maſter of the Jewel Houſe, delivered to the Archbiſhop the Ring i, who conſecrated it after this manner, ſaying,‘Bleſs, O Lord, and ſanctify this Ring, that thy Servant, wearing it, may be ſealed with the Ring of Faith, and by the Power of the Higheſt, be preſerved from Sin; and let all the Bleſſings, which are found in Holy Scripture, plenti⯑fully deſcend upon him, that whatſoever he ſhall ſanctify, may be holy; and whatſoever he bleſſeth, may be bleſſed. Amen.’

After which he put it upon the fourth Finger of the King's Right Hand, and ſaid, ‘Receive this Ring of kingly Dignity, and by it the Seal of Catholic Faith; that as this Day thou art conſecrated, the Head and Prince of this Kingdom and People, ſo thou mayeſt preſerve, as the Author and Eſtabliſher of Chriſtianity, the Chriſtian Faith; that being rich in Faith, and happy in good Works, thou mayeſt reign with him, that is King of Kings, to whom be Honour and Glory for ever and ever. Amen.’

And then began this Prayer: ‘O GOD, to whom belongeth all Power and Dignity, give unto thy Servant Charles the Fruit of his Dignity, wherein grant he may long continue, and fear Thee always, and always labour to pleaſe Thee, through Jeſus Chriſt our Lord. Amen.’

[21] When this Prayer was finiſhed, the Linen Gloves were delivered to the KING, by the Lord Great Chamberlain, who going to the Altar, ungirt his Sword, and offered it at the Altar in the Scabbard, which being re⯑deemed by the Lord Chamberlain of the Houſehold, was drawn out of the Scabbard, and carried naked by him, all the following Part of the So⯑lemnity.

Then the Archbiſhop took the Scepter with the Croſs from off the Altar, and delivered it into the KING'S Right Hand ſaying, ‘Receive this Scepter, the Sign of Kingly Power, the Rod of Kingdoms, the Rod of Virtue, that thou govern thyſelf aright, and defend the Holy Church and Chriſtian People committed by GOD unto thy Charge; puniſh the Wicked, and protect the Juſt, and lead them in the Ways of Righteouſneſs, that from this temporal Kingdom, thou mayeſt be advanced to an eternal King⯑dom, by his Goodneſs whoſe Kingdom is everlaſting. Amen.’

Whilſt this was pronounced by the Archbiſhop, Mr. Henry Howard delivered to the KING, a rich Glove which he put on his right Hand, and then received the Scepter. And after that, the Archbiſhop ſaid this Prayer. ‘O LORD the Fountain of all good Things, and the Author of all good Pro⯑ceedings, grant, we beſeech Thee, to this thy Servant CHARLES, that he may order aright, the Dignity which he hath obtained. Vouchſafe to confirm the Honour, which thou haſt given him. Honour him before all Kings, and en⯑rich him with thy Benediction, eſtabliſh him in the Throne of his Realm, viſit him with increaſe of Children. Let Juſtice ſpring up in his Days, and with all Felicity let him reign in thine everlaſting Kingdom. Amen.’

During which Time the ſaid Mr. Howard performed the Service [...] ſupporting the King's right Arm, according as it was adjudged him [...] Court of Claims, by Virtue of holding the Manor of Workſ [...]p, in [...] County of Nottingham.

Next of all, the Archbiſhop took the Scepter with the Dove, and [...] it into the King's Hand alſo, ſaying,‘Receive the Rod of Virtue and Equity, learn to make Account of the [...] and to terrify the Wicked; ſhew the Way to thoſe that go aſtray, offer [...] Hand to thoſe that fall, repreſs the Proud, lift up the lowly, that our Lord JESUS CHRIST may open to thee the Doors, who ſaith of himſelf, I am [...] Door, by me if any Man enter, he ſhall be ſafe: And let him be [...] Help, who is the Stay of DAVID, and the SCEPTER of the HOUSE of IS⯑RAEL, who openeth and no Man ſhutteth, who bringeth the Captive out [...] Priſon, where he ſat in Darkneſs, and in the Shadow of Death. That [...] all Things thou mayeſt follow him, of whom the Prophet DAVID ſaith, Thy Seat, O GOD, endureth for ever: the Scepter of thy Kingdom is a righ [...] Scepter. Thou haſt loved Righteouſneſs, and hated Iniquity; where⯑fore [22] GOD even thy GOD hath anointed thee with the Oil of Gladneſs above thy Fellows; even JESUS CHRIST our LORD. AMEN.’

After which the KING kneeled, holding both the Scepters in his Hands, whilſt the Archbiſhop thus bleſſed him: ‘The Lord bleſs and keep thee; and as he hath made thee King over his Peo⯑ple, ſo may be ſtill proſper thee in this World, and make thee Partaker of his Eternal Felicity in the World to come. Amen.’

Then the KING aroſe, and ſet himſelf again in St. Edward's Chair, whilſt the Archbiſhop and Biſhops preſent, one after another kneeled be⯑fore him, and were kiſſed by him.

In the mean Time, the King's Chair of State, wherein he was anointed, was ſet above the upper Steps at the Entrance upon the Theatre, whither the KING went as ſoon as he had performed the Ceremony of kiſſing the Bi⯑ſhops; having now four Swords born naked before him, the Archbiſhop, Biſhops, and great Officers attending. At his Arrival there, the Arch⯑biſhop ſaid this Prayer, the KING kneeling. ‘Grant, O LORD, that the Clergy and People, gathered together by thy Ordi⯑nance, for this Service of the King, may, by the moſt gracious Aſſiſtance of thy Goodneſs, and the vigilant Care of thy Servant our King, be continually govern⯑ed and preſerved in all Happineſs, and that they, obeying thy holy Will, may be freed from all Adverſities, and enjoying the Riches of thy Grace, may with fer⯑vent Love, walk in the Ways of thy Commandments, that, in this Life being made Partakers of thy Peace, they may be Citizens of thy Kingdom, in the Life to come, through JESUS CHRIST our LORD. AMEN.’

Then the KING aroſe, and repoſed himſelf in his Chair, whilſt both the Choirs ſung TE DEUM.

When Te Deum was ended, the KING aſcended his Throne, placed in the Middle of the Theatre, the Swords and great Officers ſtanding on either Side, as alſo the Biſhops, ſome in Copes, others in Rochets, the Arch⯑biſhop then ſaying,‘Stand and hold faſt from henceforth that Place of Royal Dignity, whereof thou art the lawful and undoubted Heir by Succeſſion, from thy Forefathers, being now delivered unto thee, by the Authority of Almighty GOD, by the Hands of us and all the Biſhops and Servants of GOD; and as thou ſeeſt the Clergy approach nearer unto the Altar, ſo remember that in Places ſuitable, thou give them greater Honour, that the Mediator of God and Man, may eſtabliſh thee in this Kingly Throne, to be the Mediator between the Clergy and Laity; that thou mayeſt reign for ever, with JESUS CHRIST, the King of Kings, and Lord of Lords, who with the Father and the Holy Ghoſt, liveth and reign⯑eth World without End. AMEN.’

After this, the Biſhops and Nobility did their Homage to the KING, in manner following,

[23] And firſt the Archbiſhop of Canterbury kneeled down before the King's Knees, and ſaid,‘I, William k Archbiſhop of Canterbury, ſhall be faithful and true, and Faith and Truth bear unto you, our Sovereign Lord, and your Heirs Kings of England, and ſhall do and truly acknowledge the Service of the Land, which I claim to hold of You, in the Right of the Church. So help me GOD.’

Which ſaid, he kiſſed the King's left Cheek.

The like did all the other Biſhops that were preſent.

Then came up the Duke of YORK, with Garter Principal King of Arms before him, and his Train born by two Gentlemen, who being arrived at the Throne kneeled down before the KING, put off his Coronet, and did his Homage. At which the Drums beat, Trumpets ſounded, and all the People ſhouted.

The like did the Dukes of Buckingham and Albemarle, for themſelves and the reſt of the Dukes.

So alſo did the Marquiſſes of Worceſter and Dorcheſter.

Next the Earl of Oxford did Homage after the ſame manner, for himſelf and all the reſt of the Earls, who attended upon him, to ſignify their Conſent.

After him, Viſcount Hereford, did the like for himſelf and the reſt of the Viſcounts; and then the Drums beat, and Trumpets ſounded.

Laſtly Baron Audley, in like manner, did Homage for himſelf and all the Barons; who alſo accompanied him, to the Throne, to ſignify their Conſent; which being finiſhed, Drums, Trumpets, and Shouts followed.

The Words of Homage, uttered by ſuch of the Nobility as kneeled down, were,‘I, M. M. do become your Liege Man, of Life and Limb, and of earthly Worſhip; and of Faith and Truth I ſhall bear unto you, to live and die againſt all manner of Folks. So help me GOD.’

Afterwards, the Duke of YORK, and all the Nobility, ſingly aſcended the Throne, and touched the King's Crown, promiſing by that Ceremony, to be ever ready to ſupport it, with all their Power.

During the Performance of this ſolemn Ceremony, the Lord High Chan⯑cellor went to the South, Weſt, and North Sides of the Stage, and proclaim⯑ed to the People, the King's GENERAL PARDON, being attended by Gar⯑ter to the South Side, and by a Gentleman Uſher, and two Heralds, to the other two Sides.

And at theſe three Sides at the ſame Time, did the Lord Cornwallis, Treaſurer of his Majeſty's Houſehold, fling abroad the Medals both of Gold and Silver, prepared for the Coronation, as a Princely Donation or Largeſs among the People.

[24] The KING being thus enthronized, the Gentlemen of his Chapel began this Anthem:

Behold; O LORD our Defender, and look upon the Face of thine anointed.

The LORD GOD is a Light and Defence. The LORD will give Grace and Glory, and no good Thing will be withold from them, that live a Godly Life.

O LORD GOD of Hoſts! Bleſſed is the Man, who putteth his Truſt in thee.

In the mean Time, the KING took off his Crown, and delivered it to the Lord High Chamberlain, to hold; the Scepter with the Croſs to Mr. Henry Howard, and that with the Dove, to the Duke of Albemarle.

The Epiſtle taken out of the Firſt Epiſtle of St. Peter, the Second Chapter, and beginning at the Eleventh Verſe, was read by the Biſhop of Chicheſter l.

The Goſpel, being Part of the Twenty-ſecond Chapter of St. Matthew, beginning at the 15th Verſe, by the Biſhop of Ely m

After which the Nicene Creed was begun by the Biſhop of London, and ſung by the Gentlemen of the Chapel, with Verſe and Chorus, the Violins and other Muſic playing alternately.

All which Time, the KING ſtood by his Throne.

But, towards the End of the Creed, he again took his Crown from the Lord Great Chamberlain, and put it on his Head, as alſo the Scepter with the Croſs from Mr. Howard, and that with the Dove, from the Duke of Albemarle, and prepared for his Deſcent from his Throne, to⯑wards the Altar, to receive the Communion.

And as ſoon as the ſinging of the Creed was fully ended, the KING deſcended with the Crown on his Head, and Scepters in both Hands, the Biſhops of Durham and Bath and Wells ſupporting him, with the four Swords naked before, and all the great Officers of State attending.

During the Time of this Proceeding, the Choir ſung,‘Let my Prayer come up unto thy Preſence, as the Incenſe; and the lifting up of my Hands, be as an Evening Sacrifice.’

Here the Archbiſhop of Canterbury retired from the Ceremonies into St. Edward's Chapel, and thence went home, leaving the Remainder of his Duty to be performed by the Biſhop of London.

At the KING'S Approach to the Altar, the Biſhop of Ely delivered unto him Bread and Wine, which he there offered, and then returned to the Faldſtool on the South Side of the Altar, near his Chair of State, before which he kneeled down, and laid his Crown upon the Cuſhion before him, towards his right Hand; and the Scepter with the Dove on his left, and [25] gave again to Mr. Howard the Scepter with the Croſs, who held it kneeling on the King's right Hand. The Great Officers, and the Noblemen with the four Swords naked and erect, ſtanding about him.

Then the Biſhop of London ſaid this Prayer: ‘Bleſs, O LORD, we beſeech Thee, theſe thy Gifts, and ſanctify them unto this holy Uſe; that by them, we may be made Partakers of the Body and Blood of thy only begotten Son, JESUS CHRIST. And grant that thy Servant CHARLES, our dread Sovereign, may be fed thereof unto everlaſting Life of Soul and Body, and enabled thereby to diſcharge the Duty of his high Place and Office, whereunto thou haſt called him, of thy great Goodneſs. Grant this, O LORD, for JESUS CHRIST'S ſake, our only Mediator and Advocate. AMEN.’

At the End of which, the Lord Cornwallis, Treaſurer of the Houſhold, preſented the KING with another Wedge of Gold, which goeth under the Name of the Mark of Gold. This the KING offered into the Baſon, kneel⯑ing ſtill at his Faldſtool, whilſt the Biſhop of London ſaid the following Prayer: ‘Almighty GOD, give thee of the Dew of Heaven, and of the Fat of the Earth, and abundance of Corn and Wine. Let the Nations ſerve thee, and the Tribes worſhip thee, and let him be bleſſed that bleſſeth thee; and GOD ſhall be thy Helper. Almighty GOD, bleſs you with the Bleſſing of Heaven above, in the Mountains and Hills, and with the Bleſſings of the Earth beneath; with the Bleſſings of Corn, and Wine, and Fruit, and let the Bleſſings of the Fathers, Abraham, Iſaac, and Jacob, be eſtabliſhed upon thee, through JE⯑SUS CHRIST our Lord. Amen.’

And next pronounced this Bleſſing: ‘Bleſs, O LORD, the virtuous Carriage of this KING, and accept the Work of his Hands; repleniſh his Realm with the Bleſſings of Heaven, of the Dew of the Water, and of the Deeps. Let the Influence of the Sun and Moon drop down Fatneſs upon the high Mountains, and the Clouds rain Plenty on the Val⯑lies, that the Earth may abound with all Things. Let the Bleſſings of him, that appeared in the Buſh, deſcend upon his Head; and the Fulneſs of his Bleſ⯑ſings fall on his Children and Poſterity. Let his Feet be dipped in Oil, and his Horn exalted, as the Horn of an Unicorn; with which he may ſcatter his Enemies from off the Face of the Earth. The Lord that ſitteth in Heaven be his Defender, for ever and ever, through JESUS CHRIST our LORD. AMEN.’

Then the Biſhop proceeded to the Conſecration of the Sacrament. Which being finiſhed, he firſt of all received, next the Dean of Weſtminſter, then the Biſhop of Bath and Wells, and laſtly the Biſhop of Durham.

The four Prelates having communicated, Preparation was made for the King's receiving, who kneeled all this while before the Faldſtool.

[26] The Towel being brought and preſented to the Biſhops of Hereford n and Carliſle o they held it before the KING while he received.

The Biſhop of London gave the KING the Bread, and the Dean of Weſt⯑minſter the Cup.

As ſoon as the KING had received, this Anthem was begun by the upper Choir,

"O hearken unto the Voice of my Calling, my King, and my God!

My Voice ſhalt thou hear in the Morning, O LORD; in the Morning will I direct my Prayer unto Thee.

For thou, LORD, wilt bleſs the Righteous; with Favour wilt thou com⯑paſs him, as with a Shield."

In the mean while, the KING returned to his Throne, upon the Theatre, with the Crown on his Head, and the Scepters in his Hands.

When he came thither, he put off his Crown, and delivered it to the Lord Great Chamberlain; the Scepter with the Croſs, to Mr. Howard; and that with the Dove, to the Duke of Albemarle.

And then the Biſhop of London went on with the Communion; which being finiſhed, the KING, attended as before, deſcended from his Throne, crowned, with both the Scepters in his Hand.

The reſt of the Regalia, which lay all this while on the Altar, being delivered to the Noblemen, that brought them in the Proceeding to the Church, were carried before him; and thence the KING proceeded into St. Edward's Chapel, the Organs playing all the while.

Where being arrived, he took off St. Edward's Crown, and delivered it to the Biſhop of London, who immediately laid it upon St. Edward's Altar; all the reſt of the Regalia were given into the Hands of the Dean of Weſt⯑minſter, and laid there alſo.

Afterwards, the KING entered into the Traverſe, erected in the middle of the Wall, on the back ſide of the High Altar, and there retired whilſt he was diſrobed of St. Edward's Robes, by Mr. Seymour and Mr. Aſhburn⯑ham, Grooms of the Bedchamber, on the behalf of the Lord Great Cham⯑berlain, which were laid on St. Edward's Altar, by the Biſhop of Durham, and afterwards delivered to the Dean of Weſtminſter, to lay up with the Regalia.

After this the KING was arrayed in his Purple Robes, and then came near to St. Edward's Altar, where the Biſhop of London ſtood ready with the Imperial Crown in his Hands, and ſet it upon the King's Head, upon which the KING took the Scepter with the Croſs in his right Hand, and the Globe in his left, and immediately the Proceeding began thence into Weſt⯑minſter [27] Hall, the ſame Way that he came, and attended after the ſame Manner, ſaving that the Noblemen and Biſhops, which brought the Re⯑galia to the Abby Church, went not now immediately before the KING, as they did then, but were ranked in Places, according to their Degrees and Conſecrations; all the Noblemen with their Coronets and Caps on their Heads. The Kings of Arms marched likewiſe with their Crowns on.

The Proceeding being entered into Weſtminſter Hall, the Nobility, and others who had Tables aſſigned them, went and placed themſelves there⯑at; but the KING, attended by the Great Officers, withdrew into the inner Court of Wards for half an Hour. In the mean Time, all the Tables in the Hall were ſerved, before the King's Service came up, and were placed in this Manner:

On the right Hand of the King's Throne, below in the Hall, were ſet two Tables, one beneath the other. At the upper End of the firſt, next the State, which had two Side Tables to ſerve it, ſat the Biſhops, and be⯑low them the Judges with the reſt of the Long Robe.

At the ſecond Table, which had two Side Board Tables likewiſe, to ſerve it, ſat the Maſters in Chancery, and the Six Clerks.

And here at this Table were the Barons of the Cinque Ports obliged to ſit, through a Diſturbance that happened, with which it is not neceſſary to trouble the Reader, although the upper End of the firſt Table was ap⯑pointed for them.

Upon the left Hand of the King's Throne, below on the other Side of the Hall, was placed a long Table, whereat the Nobility dined, and this Table had four Side Tables to ſerve it.

And behind this, cloſe to the Wall, at a ſhorter Table, ſat the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, Recorder, and twelve Chief Citizens of London, who had alſo two Side Tables to ſerve them.

Laſtly, was a Table, with one Side Table to ſerve it, ſet for the Offi⯑cers of Arms, whereat they alſo dined. Each Table was furniſhed with three Courſes, anſwerable to that of the King's, beſides the Deſert.

A little before the KING returned to Dinner, two Eſquires of the Bodyp, viz. Ferdinando Marſham, and Henry Norwood, took their Seats upon two little Footſtools, on either Side of the Foot of the King's Chair, placed in the Middle of the Table, and there ſat, until the KING came in to Dinner, when riſing and performing their Duty, in placing the King's Robes, for his better Conveniency of ſitting, they ſat down [28] again at the King's Feet, a good Part of the Dinner Time, and until the KING gave them leave to riſe, he accepting that Time of Seſſion, in full Performance of their Service.

On the right Side of the Throne was erected a Gallery for the Kings of Arms, Heralds, and Purſuivants, and oppoſite thereto, another for the Muſic, and below ſtood the King's Trumpeters.

The PROCEEDING at carrying up the firſt Courſe, to the King's Table.

Sir George Barker, Sir William Bowman, Clerks Comptrollers. Mr. Stephen Fox, Sir Henry Wood, Clerks of the Green Cloth. All four in black Velvet Gowns, trimmed with black Silk, and Gold Lace, with Velvet Caps, raiſed in the Head. William Aſhburnham, Eſq. Cofferer, ſix Serjeants at Arms, two and two.
The Earl Marſhal on the left Hand.The Lord High Steward.The Lord High Con⯑ſtableq on the right Hand.
 All theſe mounted on Horſeback, in their Robes, and with their Coro⯑nets on their Heads, having their Horſes richly capariſoned. 
 Six Serjeants at Arms, two and two. 
Comptroller of the Houſehold. Treaſurer of the Houſehold,
 With their White Staves. 
 Earl of Dorſet, Server. 
 Earl of Cheſterfield, his Aſſiſtant. 
 The Knights of the Bath. 
[29] Who carried up the Service, two and two, to a Diſh; which was ſet upon the Table, by the Earl of Lincoln, Carver; aſſiſted by the Earl Sewers.
In the Rear, came up three Clerks of the Kitchen, all dreſſed in black figured Satin Gowns, and Velvet Caps, like thoſe worn by the Clerks Comptrollers.

Dinner being ſet upon the Table, the KING came forth from the Inner Court of Wards, in his Royal Robes, with the Crown on his Head, and Scepter in his Hand, having the three Swords borne naked before him, and went directly to his Chair, at the Table, wherein he ſat down to Dinner, the Biſhop of London ſaying Grace. The Baſon and Ewer were brought up, and preſented by the Earl of Pembroke and Montgo⯑mery, aſſiſted by the Lord Paget, and the Serjeant of the Ewery.

On the King's right Hand, the Noblemen that carried the three Swords, ſtood holding them naked and erected, all the Dinner; at his left Hand ſtood the Lord High Chamberlain, to whom the KING had given the Scepter to hold. And at the Table End, on the King's left Hand, ſat the Duke of YORK in his Robes and Coronet.

Soon after Dinner was begun, the Lord Allington carried to the KING, his firſt Draught of Drink, in a Silver Gilt Cup, being aſſiſted by the Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery, Viſcount Montague, and the Lord Paget, his Aſſiſtants.

The Office of Cup-bearer, as alſo the Fee, having been, by the Court of Claims, adjudged to him, as being ſeized of the Manor of Wymondley, in the County of Hertford, and when the KING had drank, the ſaid Lord Allington received the Cup for his Fee.

Next, Thomas Leigh, Eſq. was brought up to the Table, with a Meſs of Pottage called Dillegrout, this Service being adjudged unto him, by the aforeſaid Court of Claims, in right of the Manor of Addington, in Surrey; whereupon the Lord High Chamberlain preſented him to the KING, who accepted the Service, but did not eat thereof.

Afterwards, a little before the ſecond Courſe was ready, Sir Edward Dymock, to whom the Court of Claims had adjudged the Office of the King's Champion, as being ſeized of the Manor of Scrivelſby r, in the County of Lincoln, entered the Hall on a goodly white Courſer, and armed at all Points, in rich Armour, having a Plume of blue Feathers in his Helmet, he there made a Stand for ſome Time, and then advanced in Manner following, Way being made for him, by the Knight Marſhal.

[30] Firſt, Two Trumpets, the Serjeant Trumpeter, the Serjeant at Arms, an Eſquire carr [...]ing a Target, having the Champion's Arms depicted thereon, an Eſquire carrying the Champion's Lance upright, York He⯑rald, the Earl Marſhal on his left Hand, the Champion, the Lord High Conſtable on his right Hand, both likewiſe on Horſeback.

At the lower End of the Hall, York Herald proclaimed the Challenge in theſe Words:‘If any Perſon of what Degree ſoever, high or low, ſhall deny or gainſay, our Sovereign Lord King CHARLES the Second, King of England, Scot⯑land, France, and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, Son and Heir to our Sovereign Lord Charles the Firſt, the laſt King deceaſed, to be right Heir to the Imperial Crown of this Realm of England, or that he ought not to enjoy the ſame: Here is his Champion, who ſaith that he lyeth, and is a falſe Traitor, being ready in Perſon to combat with him, and in this Quarrel will adventure his Life, againſt him, on what Day ſoever he ſhall be ap⯑pointed.’

Thereupon the Champion threw down his Gantlet, which, lying ſome ſmall Time, and nobody taking it up, it was delivered unto him again, by York Herald. Then all advanced forward, until the Champion came to the Middle of the Hall, when York Herald made the like Proclama⯑tion, and the Gantlet was again thrown down, taken up, and returned to the Champion, who advanced to the Foot of the aſcending Steps to the State, and at the Top of the ſaid Steps, the ſaid Herald proclaimed the ſaid Challenge the third Time, whereupon the Champion threw down his Gantlet again, which nobody taking up, it was delivered unto him.

This being done, the Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery, aſſiſted as before, preſented on the Knee to the KING, a gilt Cup with a Cover, full of Wine, who drank to his Champion, and by the ſaid Earl, ſent him the Cup, and he, after three Reverences, drank it all off, went a little backward, and ſo departed out of the Hall, taking the ſaid Cup for his Fee, according as had been adjudged him, by the ſaid Court of Claims.

When this Solemnity was finiſhed, the King's Heralds and Purſuivants deſcended from their Gallery, and went into the Hall, to the lower End of the Noblemen's Table, and there altogether made their Reverence; thence they proceeded a little further, and then made a ſecond Reverence; and the like Reverence at the Steps aſcending to the State. Where all ſtanding ſtill, Garter Principal King at Arms, cried LARGESS thrice, and proclaimed the King's Style, in Latin, French, and Engliſh, making Rev⯑erence between every Style. At the Concluſion of which, they all retired backward, into the midſt of the Hall, and there, after crying LARGESS [31] again thrice, he proclaimed the King's Style as before. Laſtly, they went yet backwards to the End of the Noblemens Table, and did the ſame again, and from thence to Dinner.

Immediately after this, the ſecond Courſe was brought up by the Gen⯑tlemen Penſioners, with the former Solemnity.

And the laſt Diſh being carried by Eraſmus Smith, Eſq. he, having de⯑livered the ſame to the Table, preſented the KING with three M [...] Cups, on the behalf of the Lord of the Manor of Nether Bilſington, in Kent.

Laſtly, The Lord Mayor of London preſented the KING with Wine in a Gold Cup having a Cover, of which, the King, having drank, the Lord Mayor received the Cup for his Fee.

By this Time, the Day being pretty far ſpent, the KING having Water brought him by the Earl of Pembroke and his Aſſiſtants, waſhed and roſe from Dinner, before the third Courſe was brought in, and retiring into the Inner Court of Wards, and, being diſrobed, went privately to his Barge, and ſo to Whitehall, where he landed.

The Evening was diſtinguiſhed by Bonfires, Ringing of Bells, Royal Healths, and other Marks of Feſtivity, Duty, Loyalty, and Affection, in the Cities of London and Weſtminſter.

THE CEREMONY OF THE CORONATION, &c.
The Anointing, Crowning, and Inthroning of QUEEN MARYa, Conſort of KING JAMES the Second, with the Prayers at length, which are not to be found in Sandford's large Hiſtory.

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THE Anthem being ended, the Archbiſhop of Canterbury went to the Altar; and being there, the QUEEN aroſe from her Chair, on the South Side of the Area, where ſhe had re⯑poſed herſelf, during the Time that the KING was Anointed, Crowned, and Inthronized; and being ſupported by the two Bi⯑ſhopsb, went towards the Altar, attended by the Ducheſs of Norfolk, and the four Ladies Aſſiſtants, who conſtantly bore her Ma⯑jeſty's Train, together with the Ladies of the Bedchamber, and Kneeled down at the Steps of the Altar, the Carpets and Cuſhions being ſpread and laid there for Her, in like manner as they had been before for the KING.

Then the Archbiſhop, being at the North Side of the Altar, ſaid this Prayer:‘Almighty and everlaſting GOD, the Fountain of all Goodneſs, give Ear we beſeech Thee, to our Prayers, and multiply thy Bleſſings upon this thy Servant, whom in thy Name, with all humble Devotion, we conſecrate OUR QUEEN. Defend her always with thy mighty Hand, protect her on every Side, that ſhe may be able to overcome all her Enemies; and that [34] with SARAH, and REBECCA, LEAH, and RACHEL, and other Bleſſed and Honourable Women, ſhe may multiply and rejoice, in the Fruit of her Womb, to the Honour of the Kingdom, and the good Government of thy Church, through CHRIST our LORD, who vouchſafed to be born of a Virgin, that he might redeem the World, who liveth and reigneth with thee, in UNITY of the HOLY GHOST; World without End.’

This done the QUEEN aroſe, and went to the Faldſtool, at which ſhe was to be Anointed and Crowned, placed between King Edward's Chair, and the Steps of the Altar; where the Counteſs of Peterbo⯑rough, Groom of the Stole to her Majeſty, with the two Ladies of the Bedchamber, aſſiſted by the Queen's Women, took off her Rich Circle or Coronet.

Then the QUEEN kneeled down, and the Archbiſhop poured the Holy Oil, on the Crown of her Head, in form of a Croſs, uſing theſe Words.‘In the Name of the FATHER, the SON, and the HOLY GHOST, let the anointing of this Oil, increaſe thine Honour, and eſtabliſh thee for ever and ever.’

After which, the ſame Lady aſſiſted as before, opened her Appa⯑rel, for the anointing her Majeſty on the Breaſt; which the Arch⯑biſhop alſo performed, pouring on the Holy Oil, in form of a Croſs, and uſing the ſame Words, viz. ‘In the Name of the FATHER, &c.’

After this the Archbiſhop ſaid this Prayer. ‘Almighty and everlaſting GOD, we beſeech Thee of thy abundant Good⯑neſs, pour out the Spirit of thy Grace and Bleſſing upon this thy Servant QUEEN MARY; that as by the Impoſition of our Hands, ſhe is this Day crowned QUEEN, ſo ſhe may, by thy Sanctification, continue always thy choſen Servant, through CHRIST our LORD.’

Then the ſaid great Lady, with her Aſſiſtants, having firſt dried the Place anointed, with fine Cotton Wool, cloſed the QUEEN'S Robes at the Breaſt, and after put a Linen Coif, upon her Head, becauſe of the Anointing.

Which done, the Archbiſhop put the RINGc, which he re⯑ceived from the Maſter of the Jewel Houſe, on the fourth Finger of the Queen's Right Hand, ſaying,‘Receive this Ring, the Seal of a ſincere Faith, that you may avoid all [35] infection of Hereſy, and by the Power of GOD, compel barbarous Nations, and bring them to the Knowledge of the Truth.’

Then the Archbiſhop took the CROWNd in his Hands, from off the Altar, and reverently ſet it upon the Queen's Head, ſaying,‘Receive the Crown of Glory, Honour, and Joy; and GOD the Crown of the Faithful, who by our Epiſcopal Hands, though moſt unworthy, hath this Day ſet a Crown of pure Gold upon thy Head; Enrich you with Wiſdom and Virtue, that after this Life, you may meet the everlaſting Bridegroom our LORD JESUS CHRIST, who with the FATHER and the HOLY GHOST, liveth and reigneth for ever and ever. AMEN.’

The Queen being crowned, all the Peereſſes, immediately put on their Coronets.

This done, the Archbiſhop put the SCEPTREe with the Croſs, into her Majeſty's Right Hand; and the IVORY RODf with the Dove, into her Left Hand; and ſaid the following Prayer.‘O LORD the Fountain of all good Things, and the Giver of all Perfec⯑tion, grant unto this thy Servant, MARY our QUEEN, that ſhe may or⯑der aright, the high Dignity ſhe hath obtained, and with good Works, eſtabliſh the Glory thou haſt given her, through CHRIST our LORD. AMEN.’

The Queen, being thus Anointed and Crowned, and having received all the Royal Ornaments, the Choirs ſang the following ANTHEM, per⯑formed by the whole Concert of Voices and Inſtruments.

Pſalm xlv. ver. 1. My Heart is inditing of a good Matter, I ſpeak of the Things, which I have made unto the KING. Ver. 10. At his Right Hand, ſhall ſtand the QUEEN. Ver. 14. All glorious within, Her Clothing is of wrought Gold. Ver. 15. She ſhall be brought unto the KING, in Raiment of Needlework. The Virgins, that follow Her, ſhall bear her Company. Ver. 16. With Joy and Gladneſs, ſhall they be brought, and ſhall enter into the King's Palace.

Ver. 11. Hearken, O Daughter! and conſider, incline thine Ear, for⯑get alſo thine own People, and thy Father's Houſe. Ver. 17. Inſtead of thy Father's, thou ſhalt have Children, whom thou mayſt make Princes in all Lands.

[36] Pſalm cxlvii. Ver. 12. Praiſe the LORD, O JERUSALEM: Praiſe thy GOD, O SION! Iſaiah xlix. Ver. 23. For Kings ſhall be thy Nur⯑ſing Fathers, and their Queens thy Nurſing Mothers. AMEN. AL⯑LELUJA.

As ſoon as this Anthem began, the Queen aroſe from her Faldſtool, and being ſupported by the two Biſhops, and her Train borne and at⯑tended as before, went up to the Theatre, and as ſhe approached to⯑wards the King, bowed herſelf reverently to his Majeſty, ſitting upon his Throne, on the Left Hand of the King, where ſhe repoſed herſelf 'till the Anthem was ended.

After the Anthem, there being no Communion, the King and Queen deſcended, and kneeled at their Faldſtools, upon the Theatre, at the Foot of their Thrones, whilſt the Archbiſhop ſaid the final Prayers.

Aſſiſt us mercifully, O LORD, in theſe our Supplications and Prayers, and diſpoſe the Way of thy Servants, towards the Attainment of everlaſting Salvation, that among all the Changes and Chances of this mortal Life, they may ever be defended by thy moſt gracious and ready Help, through JESUS CHRIST our LORD. AMEN.

O LORD our GOD! who upholdeſt and governeſt all Things in Heaven and in Earth, receive our humble Prayers, with our Thankſgivings, for our Sovereign Lord JAMES, ſet over us by thy Grace and Providence to be our KING, and ſo together with Him, bleſs his Royal Conſort, our gra⯑cious Queen MARY, KATHERINE the Queen Dowager; their Royal Highneſſes, MARY, the Princeſs of ORANGE, and the Princeſs ANNE of DENMARK, and the whole Royal Family. Endue them with thy HOLY SPIRIT, enrich them with thy heavenly Grace, proſper them with all Happineſs, and bring them to thine everlaſting Kingdom, through JESUS CHRIST our LORD. AMEN.

And grant, O LORD, we beſeech Thee, That the Courſe of this World, may be ſo ordered, by thy gracious Providence, that thy Servants putting their Truſt in Thee, may in all their Actions, evermore glorify thy Holy Name, and by thy Mercy obtain everlaſting Life, through JESUS CHRIST our LORD. AMEN.

After which, the Archbiſhop pronounced the BENEDICTION, viz. ‘The Peace of GOD, which paſſeth all Underſtanding, keep your Hearts and Minds, in the Knowledge and Love of GOD, and of his Son JESUS CHRIST our LORD; and the Bleſſing of GOD ALMIGHTY, the FA⯑THER, the SON, and the HOLY GHOST, be amongſt you, and remain with you always. AMEN.’

Appendix A APPENDIX.

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Appendix A.1 No. I. QUEEN ELIZABETH'S Coronation Prayer.

THE unſettled Times, in which this Princeſs lived, obliged her to be very circumſpect in her Behaviour; and ſhe certainly ſhewed great Wiſdom, in the ſeveral Methods ſhe took to ingratiate herſelf with, and to fix the Affections of her People. She aſcended the Throne, November the 17th, 1558. On Sunday January the firſt, ſhe directed the Engliſh Litany to be reſtored, and publickly read in all Churches, and this made way for the Ceremony of her Coronation.

On Thurſday the 12th of January, the Queen went by Water from the Palace at Weſtminſter, to the TOWERa, in great Splendor, accompanied by the Lord Mayor and the City Corporations, in their Barges, and this was the Water Triumph. On Saturday the 14th the Queen went in ſolemn Proceſſion, from the Tower to Weſtminſter; which took up many Hours, ſeveral triumphal Arches being erected with Pageants, and other ſtately Ornaments, according to the Manner of thoſe Days, and received variety of Congratulations as ſhe paſſedb; at Cheapſide Conduir, ſhe was preſented with a BIBLEc, from the City, which ſhe graciouſly received, kiſſed, preſſed it to her [38] Heart, and promiſed to read it. This was ſtiled the City Triumph, and was very coſtly and magnificent. Her Prayer was made, before ſhe aſcended her Chariot in the Tower, after the Example of King SOLOMON, and was conceived in the following Terms.

Appendix A.1.1 The QUEEN'S PRAYER.

O LORD Almighty and everlaſting GOD! I give thee moſt hearty Thanks, that thou haſt been ſo merciful unto ME, as to ſpare ME to behold this Joyful Day. And I acknowledge, that thou haſt dealt as wonderfully and as mercifully with ME, as thou didſt with thy true and faithful Ser⯑vant DANIEL, thy Prophet, whom thou deliveredſt out of the Den, from the Cruelty of the greedy and raging Lions, even ſo was I overwhelmed, and only by THEE delivered. To THEE therefore only be Thanks, Honour and Praiſe, for ever, AMEN.

The next Day, being Sunday, the 15th, her Majeſty, with the uſual State and Solemnity, was crowned in the Collegiate Church of St. PETER'S Weſtminſter d, by Dr. Owen Oglethorpe, Biſhop of Car⯑liſle, the See of Canterbury being then vacant, and Dr. Nicholas Heath, Archbiſhop of York, who at the Demiſe of Queen MARY was alſo Lord High Chancellor of England, declining to officiate becauſe of the Change in Religion. At this Coronation, Sir Edward Dymock per⯑formed the Service of Champion e, to whom the Queen drank in a Cup of Gold, which he received for his Fee. Sir Thomas Leigh, Mer⯑cer, Lord Mayor, preſented the Queen with Ipocras, or Spiced Wine, [39] in a Gold Cupf, of which kneeling before her, he made the Aſſay, and the Queen having drank of it, returned it to his Lordſhip, who had the Cup and Cover, weighing 16 Ounces, for his Feeg.

Appendix A.2 No. II. A ſuccinct Account of the Coronation of CHARLES the Firſt.

THE King on the 2d of February 1625, went from Weſtminſter-Hall to the Abbey Church, attended by the Aldermen of Lon⯑don, eighty Knights of the Bath in their Robes, the Kings Serjeants at Law, Sollicitor and Attorney General, the Judges, Barons, Biſhops, Viſcounts, and ſuch of the Earls, who bore no particular Office that Day, in their Parliament Robes, going two and two before the King, all uncovered; and after them followed his Officers of State, being eight Earls and one Marquis, thoſe Perſons according to their re⯑ſpective Places and Offices, carried the Swords, the Globe, the Scep⯑ter, the Crown; and the Lord Mayor of London h, carried the ſhort Scepter, two Biſhops carried the one the Golden Cupi, and the other the Plate for the Communion. Next before his Majeſty went the Earl of Arundel, as Earl MARSHAL of England, and the Duke of Buckingham, as Lord HIGH CONSTABLE of England for that Day. The King being cloathed in white Sattin, went under a rich Canopy, ſupported by the Barons of the Cinque Ports; the King having on each Hand a Biſhop, and his Train of Purple Velvet, was carried up by the Maſter of the Robes, and the Maſter of the Wardrobe. At the entering into the Church, Biſhop Laud k delivered into the King's Hands, the Staff of King Edward the Confeſſor, with which the King walked up to the Throne, then the Archbiſhop of Canter⯑bury l [40] preſented his Majeſty to the Lords and Commons, there pre⯑ſent, Eaſt, Weſt, North, and South, who gave their Conſent to his Coronation, as their lawful Sovereign. After Sermon was done, the King went to the Altar, to take the CORONATION OATHm, which was performed in this Manner.

ARCHBISHOP. Sir, Will you grant and keep, and by your Oath confirm to the People of England, the Laws and Cuſtoms to them granted, by the Kings of England, your lawful and Religious Predeceſ⯑ſors, and namely, the Laws, Cuſtoms, and Franchiſes granted to the Clergy, by the glorious King St. Edward, your Predeceſſor, according to the Laws of GOD, the true Profeſſion of the Goſpel eſtabliſhed in this Kingdom, agreeable to the Prerogative for the Kings thereof n, and the ancient Cuſtoms of the Realm.

KING. I Grant and Promiſe to keep them.

ARCHBISHOP. Sir, will you keep Peace, and Godly Agreement (ac⯑cording to your Power) both to GOD, the Holy Church, the Clergy, and the People?

KING. I will keep it.

ARCHBISHOP. Sir, will you to your Power, cauſe Law, Juſtice, and Diſcretion, in Mercy and Truth, to be executed to your Judgment?

KING. I will.

ARCHBISHOP. Sir, will you grant to hold and keep, the Laws and Rightful Cuſtoms, which the Commonalty of this your Kingdom have, and will you defend and uphold them to the Honour of GOD, ſo much as in you lieth?

KING. I grant and promiſe ſo to doo.

[41] Then one of the Biſhops read this Paſſage to the King.

Our Lord and King, we beſeech you to pardon, and to grant and to preſerve unto us, and to the Churches committed to your Charge, all Cano⯑nical Privileges, and due Law and Juſtice, and that you would protect and defend us, as every good King, in his Kingdom, ought to be Protector and Defender of the Biſhops and the Churches under their Government.

The KING anſwered,‘With a willing and devout Heart, I promiſe and grant my Pardon, and that I will preſerve and maintain to you, and the Churches committed to your Charge, all Canonical Privileges and due Law and Juſtice, and that I will be your Protector and Defender to my Power, by the Aſſiſtance of GOD, as every good King in his Kingdom, in right ought to protect and defend, the Biſhops and Churches under their Government.’

Then the KING aroſe, and was led to the Communion Table, where he took a SOLEMN OATH, in ſight of all the People, to ob⯑ſerve all the Premiſſes, and laying his Hand upon the BIBLE ſaid,‘The things which I have here promiſed, I ſhall perform and keep. So help me GOD, and the Contents of this Book.’

After the OATH, the KING was placed in the Chair of Corona⯑tion, and was anointed by the Archbiſhop, and the ancient Robes of King Edward the Confeſſor, was put upon him, and the Crown of that Prince put upon his Head, and his Sword girt about him, and he offered the ſame, and two Swords more, together with Gold and Sil⯑ver, at the Communion Table. He was afterwards conducted by the Nobility to the Throne, where this Paſſage was read to his Majeſty. ‘Stand and hold faſt from henceforth, the Place to which you have been Heir, by the Succeſſion of your Forefathers, being now delivered to you, by the Authority of ALMIGHTY GOD, and by the Hands of us and all the Biſhops and Servants of GOD, and as you ſee the Clergy to come nearer the Altar, than others, ſo remember that in all Places convenient, you give them greater Honour, that the MEDIATOR of GOD and Man, may eſtab⯑liſh you in the Kingly Throne, to be a Mediator betwixt the Clergy and the Laity, and that you may Reign for ever, with JESUS CHRIST, the KING of KINGS, and LORD of LORDS.’

Afterwards the Nobility were ſworn to be Homagers to the King, and ſome other Ceremonies were performed, which being done, the Lord Keeper p, by the KING'S Command, read a Writing unto them, [42] which declared the King's FREE PARDON to all, his Subjects who would take the ſame under the Great Seal.

The Ceremonies of the Coronation being ended, the Regalia were offered at the Altar, by Biſhop Laud q, in the King's Name, and then repofited.

Appendix A.3 No. III. An Account of the ancient REGALIA, which were deſtroyed and diſſipated, in the Time of the Com⯑mon-wealth.

AFTER the Reſtoration of King Charles the Second, Commiſſioners were appointedr to enquire after, and recover ſuch of the Crown Jewels and Furniture, belonging to the King's Palaces, as had been embezzled, from the Time of the breaking out of the civil War. Theſe Commiſſioners called before them Mr. Thomas Beauthamp, who had been Secretary to the Committee for diſpoſing of King Charles the Firſt's Goods and Effects; and he, to exculpate himſelf, laid be⯑fore them the Books and Papers that were in his Cuſtody, from whence the following Account was extracted, which is equalty cir⯑cumſtantial and curious, ſhewing how theſe Inſignia of Royalty, which had eſcaped through ſo many Changes and Revolutions, were at length irrecoverably diſperſed, in Hopes that Monarchy would never have revived.

Beſides theſe, there were other Parts of the REGALIA fetched from Weſtminſter Abbey, and ſold by theſe Truſtees, namely:

King Charles the Firſt, to do Honour to himſelf, the Nation, and the moſt noble Order of the Garter, when he ſent it to that great Prote⯑ſtant Hero, GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS, King of SWEDENy, cauſed the [45] Gold COLLAR of thirty four Ounces and a quarter, to be moſt exquiſitely wrought, and in his GEORGE, which weighed ſeven Ounces, there were eighty ſeven Diamonds, ſome of them very large and fine, and the MOTTO on the Garter, was compoſed of four hundred and eleven Dia⯑monds. This being reſtored, upon that Monarch's Deathz, was ſent to Windſor, and committed to the Cuſtody of the Dean and Chapter, who, at the Beginning of the civil War, buried it in St. George's Chapel, where being diſcovered by Cornelius Holland, the Truſtees for the Sale of the King's Goods, ſent John Hunt, their Trea⯑ſurer, to fetch it, and by them, together with the Collar and George, it was ſold to their Servant Thomas Beauchamp.

The Collar of the Order, worn by King CHARLES the Firſt, which weighed thirty-five Ounces, falling into the Hands of Major General Harriſon, was by him delivered into the Hands of the Truſtees for the Sale of the King's Effects, and was, by their Order, ſent to the Mint, out of which the firſt Pieces were coined which bore the Arms of what was then ſtiled, the Common-wealth a.

The Garter worn by the King upon his left Leg, at the Time of his Death, had the Letters compoſed of Diamonds, to the Number of four hundred and twelve, of different Sizes, and was eſteemed the moſt rich and elegant Ornament of the Kind, that till then had been madeb. This Princely Enſign came into the Hands of Captain Preſton, who commanded a Troop of Cromwell's Horſe, by whom it was delivered to the Truſtees, who ſold it to Alderman John Ireton, [46] who executed, A. D. 1659, the Office of Mayer of London, for the Sum of two hundred and five Poundsc. This Mr. Ireton, being ſummoned before the King's Commiſſioners, after the Reſtoration, and the Matter of Fact ſtated to him, he did not deny that the Gar⯑ter had been fold to him, and ſold for that Price. But being offered a Compoſition, which was their Method in all Caſes of that Nature, he abſolutely refuſed it, upon which the King's Attorney General d was directed to bring an Action againſt him, of Trover and Conver⯑ſion; which he accordingly did in the King's-Bench, where it was tried in Trinity-Term, the Sixteenth of Charles the Second, where, upon a full Hearing, a Verdict was given for the King, againſt the ſaid John Ireton, for the Sum of two hundred and five Pounds, with ten Pounds Coſts of Suit. Theſe Particulars in Relation to the Loſs of the ancient Regalia, and other Jewels of the Crown, being equally curious and authentice, cannot fail of being ſatis⯑factory to the judicious Reader.

Appendix A.4 No. IV.

THE paffing through the CITY in grand Cavalcade, from the Tower to Weſtminſter, the Day preceding the Coronation, was a Spectacle ſo grateful to the People, that it was not omitted anciently, except for very cogent Reaſons. At the Coronation of King James the Firſt, and Anne his Queen, the Plague raged in London f, and therefore the Citizens were forbid, by Proclamation, except the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and twelve grave reſpectable Aſſiſtants, to come to that Solemnity. What the Reaſon was of its Omiſſion at the Corona⯑tion of Charles the Firſt, we cannot now diſcover. But Charles the [47] Second, on his Reſtoration, very wiſely reſtored it, and a moſt magni⯑ficent Ceremony it was. But being now out of Uſe, we thought it more proper to be inſerted in the Appendix, and that too with all the Brevity poſſibleg.

His Majeſty, on the 22d of April, early in the Morning, paſſed from Whitehall to the Tower, by Water, in order to go from thence to Weſtminſter. There he found the Knights of the Bath, ready to at⯑tend him, who had been made ſome Nights before, with great Solem⯑nity, and according to all the ancient Forms h. The CITY, upon this Occaſion, were at a very great Expence, to which, as it was un⯑derſtood, they were obliged by their Charter, and all Ranks and De⯑grees of People, vied with each other in the Magnificence of their Dreſs, that the Foreign Miniſters, who were preſent upon this Occa⯑ſioni, might return home with high Ideas of the Opulence of this Nation, which the Writers of thoſe Times ſay, had its Ef⯑fects, and conſtrained them to confeſs, that never any of them had ſeen a Proceſſion approaching it in Splendor.

Preparatory thereto, the four following ſtately, and triumphal Arches, were erected.

The Proceſſion moved in the following Order.

The Duke of York's Horſe Guard.
Meſſengers of the Chamber.
[48] Eſquires to the Knights of the Bath.
Knight Harbinger, Serjeant Porter.
Sewers of the Chamber.
Quarter Waiters.
The ſix Clerks of the Chancery.
Clerks of theSignet.
Privy Seal.
Council.
Parliament.
Crown.
Chaplains having Dignities, ten.
The King's Advocate and Remembrancer.
The King's learned Council at Law.
Maſters in Chancery.
King's Puiſne Serjeants.
King's Attorney and Sollicitor.
King's eldeſt Serjeants.
Secretaries of the French and Latin Tongues.
Gentlemen Uſhers daily Waiters.
Sewers, Carvers, and Cupbearers in Ordinary.
Eſquires of the Body.
Maſters of Standing Offices, being no Counſellors, viz. of the Tents, Jewels, Ceremonies, Armory, Wardrobe, Ordnance.
Maſters of the Requeſts.
Chamberlains of the Exchequer.
Barons of the Exchequer, and Judges, according to their Dignities.
Lord Chief Baron.
Lord Chief Juſtice of the Common Pleas.
Maſter of the Rolls.
Lord Chief Juſtice of the King's Bench.
Trumpets.
Gentlemen of the Privy Chamber.
Knights of the Bath.
Knight Marſhal.
Treaſurer of the Chamber.
Maſter of the Jewel Houſe.
Barons younger Sons.
Viſcounts younger Sons.
[49] Knights of the Privy Council.
Barons eldeſt Sons.
Earls youngeſt Sons.
Viſcounts eldeſt Sons.
The Trumpets, and Serjeant Trumpet.
Two Purſuivants at Arms.
Barons.
Marquiſſes younger Sons.
Earls eldeſt Sons.
Viſcounts.
Dukes younger Sons.
Marquiſſes eldeſt Sons.
Two Heralds.
Earls.
Earl MARSHAL.
Lord Chamberlain of the Houſhold.
Dukes eldeſt Sons.
Two Heralds.
Marquiſſes.
Dukes.
Clarencieux and Norroy, Kings at Arms.
Lord TREASURER.
Lord CHANCELLOR.
Lord HIGH STEWARD.
Two Perſons repreſenting the Dukes of NORMANDY and AQUITAIN.
Gentleman Uſher. Garter. Lord Mayor.
The Duke of YORK alone.
The Lord HIGH CONSTABLE of England.
The Lord GREAT CHAMBERLAIN of England.
The Sword borne by the Duke of Richmond.
 THE KING.
Equerries, and Footmen, next his Majeſty.
Gentlemen, and Penſioners, without them.
The Maſter of the Horſe, leading a ſpare Horſe.
The Vice Chamberlain.
Captain of the Gentlemen Penſioners.
Captain of the Guard.
The Guard.
The King's Horſe Guard.
The General's Horſe Guard.

Appendix A.5 No. V. The LAWS relative to the CORONATION.

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THE Scots, ſo early as the firſt Seffion of the firſt Parliament, of King James the Sixth, framed an Act for eſtabliſhing an Oath to be taken by their Kings at their Coronation, for the Maintenance and Preſervation of the Proteſtant Religion. After the Revolution, by an Act in the firſt Year of the Reign of King William and Queen Ma⯑ry, the Coronation Oath was fixed and ſettled as it was to be taken by their then Majeſties, and their Succeſſors. By another Act, in the Second Seffion of the ſame Parliament, for declaring the Rights and Liberties of the Subject, and ſettling the Succeſſion of the Crown, a farther Provi⯑ſion is made, by appointing the Declaration mentioned in the Statute of the thirtieth Year of Charles the Second, to be made and taken by the King or Queen.

By an Act paſſed in the fifth Year of her late Majeſty Queen Anne, Proviſion is made for the Support and Maintenance of the Church of England, and by an Act in the ſame Reign, paſſed in Scotland, previous and preparatory to the UNION, the like Care is taken for the Preſerva⯑tion of the Proteſtant Religion, and Preſbyterian Church Government in that Kingdom. By theſe ſeveral Laws, the Directions of which have been ever ſince punctually complied with, the civil and religious Rights of the Subject have been effectually ſettled and ſecured; and all Cauſes of Jealouſy, in reſpect to the Power of the Crown, have been entirely and happily removed

FINIS.
Notes
a
Theſe were anciently made, only on three Occaſions. The Coronation of a King or Queen, the Creation of a Prince of Wales, or of a Duke of York. The Order was ſtyled of the Holy Trinity, tho' from the Ceremony of Bathing before they received the Honour of Knighthood, they were commonly ſtyled Knights of the Bath. The Motto of the Order was anciently, Tria Numina juncta in uno, alluding to the Myſtery of the Holy Trinity. But at the Coronation of King James the Firſt, the Word Numina was omitted, and the Motto has ever ſince been Tria juncta in uno, alluding to the Union of the three Crowns. On this Occaſion, Sixty-eight Gen⯑tlemen of the firſt Families in the Kingdom, were created Knights of the Bath.
b
Curtana is a Sword without a Point, and is ſtiled the Sword of Mercy, or St. Edward the Confeſſor's Sword; the firſt in Point of Honour of all that are born before the King: The Length of the Blade is thirty-two Inches; its Breadth near two Inches: The Handle is about four Inches in Length, covered with Gold Wire; the Pomel an Inch and three Quarters, which, with the Croſs, is Steel, gilt; the Croſs is in Length near eight Inches. The Scabbard is covered with Cloth of Tiſſue, with a gilt Ferule Hook and Chape.
c
The two Swords mentioned in the Text, are ſtiled the Spiritual and the Temporal Swords. The firſt is pointed, but ſomewhat obtuſe; its Blade is about forty Inches long, and an Inch and half broad; its Handle and Scabbard reſembling that of the preceding. The other is ſharp pointed, its Blade forty Inches long, and an Inch and three Quarters in Breadth; its Handle, Pomel, Croſs, and Scabbard differing little, if any thing, from the former.
d
Montague Bertie, Earl of Lindſey, eldeſt Son of Robert, Earl of Lindſey, General of the Forces of Charles the Firſt, at the Battle of Edge Hill. This noble Perſon, being then only Lord Willoughby of [...] claimed the Office of Lord High Chamberlain of England, in Virtue of his [...] from the noble Family of the Veres, Earls of Oxford, which was adjudged to him in Parliament [...] the Firſt of King James I. and is ſtill enjoyed by his moſt noble Deſcendant, the preſent Duke of [...].
e
The ancient Crown of St. Edward the Confeſſor was deſtroyed in the Civil Wars. That uſed at this Solemnity (and which has been made uſe of for that Purpoſe ever ſince) is a rich Im⯑perial Crown of Gold, reſembling the old one, adorned with Diamonds, Rubies, Emeralds, and Saphires, having a Mound of Gold on the Top, enriched with a Fillet of the ſame Metal, highly embelliſhed with precious Stones, a Croſs on the Mound, adorned in like Manner with three very large oval Pearls, one at the Top, and two others pendant at the Ends. This Crown, as all the Imperial Crowns of England are, is compoſed of four Croſſes, and as many Fleurs de lis of Gold, upon a Rim of Gold embelliſhed with precious Stones, from the Top of which Croſſes, ariſe four circular Arches, which meet at the Top in form of a Croſs, at the Interſection of which is a Pe⯑deſtal on which the Mound is fixed. The Cap within is of Purple Velvet, lined with white Taf⯑fety, and turned up with Ermine.
f
The Scepter is the moſt ancient Mark of Royalty, as appears from Homer. This, of which we are ſpeaking, is of Gold, the Handle plain, the upper Part wreathed in Length two Feet, nine Inches, and a Quarter, and about three Inches in Circumference, finely adorned with precious Stones.
g
This is three Foot, ſeven Inches in Length, of the ſame Thickneſs with the former. Up⯑on the Mound is a ſmall Jerufalem Croſs, on which is fixed a Dove, with Wings expanded, as the Emblem of Mercy.
h
This was firſt uſed as an Enſign of Sovereignty, by Auguſtus. It is ſaid to have been ſur⯑mounted by a Croſs in the Reign of Conſtantine; but does not appear in any Coin till that of Theodoſius. It has been uſed by all our Kings from the Time of Edward the Confeſſor. It is a Ball of Gold of ſix Inches Diameter, very richly adorned with precious Stones; the whole Height of the Orb and Croſs being eleven Inches.
i
Is a kind of Scepter of Gold with a Pike or Foot of Steel, with a Mound and Croſs at the Top; the whole Length is four Foot, ſeven Inches and a half, and the Diameter about three Quarters of an Inch.
k
Dr. John Gaurden.
l
Dr. Gilbert Sheldon.
m
Thomas Wriotheſley, Earl of Southampton, and Knight of the Garter.
n
Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon.
o
The Right Honourable Sir Richard Brown.
p
Sir Edward Walker, Knight.
q
John Ayton, Eſq.
r
Dr. William Pierce.
s
Dr. John Cofin.
t
Dr. John Warner
u
Dr. George Morley.
w
This ancient Chair is of very ſolid hard Wood, painted and wrought after a very antique Manner. It is in Height fix Foot ſeven Inches, in Breadth at the Bottom thirty-eight Inches, in Depth twenty-four Inches. From the Seat to the Bottom is twenty-five Inches, the Breadth of the Seat within the Side twenty-eight Inches, and the Depth eighteen Inches. The bottom Board nine Inches from the Ground is ſupported at the four Corners by as many Lions, and between the Seat and this bottom Board is incloſed that Stone, which Hector Boethius calls Fatale Marmor. The Legend concerning it is this, that it is the very Stone on which the Patriarch Jacob repoſed his Head in the Plain of Luz. It is of a bluiſh Colour, mixed with ſome Veins of red, of an oblong Form, twenty two Inches long, thirteen broad, and eleven deep. It was brought to Bri⯑gantia in the Province of Galicia in Spain, by Gathel King of Scots, who uſed it as his Throne. Tranſported from thence into Ireland by Simon Brech the firſt King of Scotland, who ruled there about Seven Hundred Years before Chrift. Three Hundred and Twenty Years after this, King Fergus removed it into Scotland, where, Anno Domini 859, it was placed in the Abby of Scoon by King Kenneth, who cauſed it to be incloſed in this Wooden Chair with this Diſtich:
Ni fallat fatum, (ſome Copies read vatum) Scoti hunc quocunque locatum
Invenient lapidem, regnare tenentur ibidem.
If Truth our Sages ſpeak, nor Fables feign;
Where'er this Stone is found; the Scots ſhall reign.
Edward the Firſt, in the twenty-fourth Year of his Reign Anno Domini 1296, having vanquiſhed John Baliol, brought it from Scotland, placed it in the Abby of Weſtminſter, and dedicated it to St. Edward the Confeſſor, ſince which Time our Kings have been always ſeated in it at their Co⯑ronation. The Prophecy is ſuppoſed to have been fulfilled in the Perſon of James the Sixth of Scotland, and Firſt of England, from whom his preſent Majeſty King George the Third is de⯑ſcended in a direct line. See the Frontiſpiece, A.
x
Dr. Benjamin Laney.
y
Dr. William Nicholſon.
z
The Ampulla is in the Form of an Eagle, with Wings expanded ſtanding on a Pedeſtal, all of pure Gold, weighing about ten Ounces. The Eagle being hollow, unſcrews in the Middle of the Neck, for the more eaſy putting in the Oil, which, when the King is anointed, is poured through the Beak. The French have an Ampulla, which is ſaid to have been brought from Hea⯑ven by a white Dove, and which is kept in the Abby of S Remi, from whence it is brought in great Ceremony when the moſt Chriſtian King is crowned at Rheims In regard to this, our Po⯑piſh Anceſtors were not behind; for the Reader may find, in Thomas Walſingham, that the Bleſſed Virgin gave to Thomas Becket, Archbiſhop of Canterbury, being then in Exile, a Holy Eagle full of Oil in a Stone Veſſel, which he depoſited in a Monaſtery at Poitiers. There, in the Reign of Edward III Henry I. Duke of Lancaſter received it from a holy Man, who found it by a ſecond Revelation. The Duke gave it to the Black Prince, who placed it in a ſtrong Cheſt in the Tower, where his Son Richard the Second, ſearching for his Father's Jewels, met with it, and preſſed the Archbiſhop of Canterbury to anoint him therewith; but the Archbiſhop told him, he had been once anointed, and that this Royal Unction could not be repeated. The King carried it over to Ireland, and at his Return from thence gave it to the Archbiſhop, who therewith anointed Henry the Fourth. In Sandford's Hiſtory of the Coronation of James the Second, we are told, the Oil for that Monarch's Coronation was prepared by his Order, by James St. Amand, Eſq. Apo⯑thecary to that Prince, and which was ſolemnly conſecrated the Morning of the Coronation by the Dean of Weſtminſter, aſſiſted by the Prebendaries. It was ſo exceeding rich and fragrant, and ſo highly approved of by the King and Queen, that he had two hundred Pounds paid him for it by the Treaſurer of the Houſehold, in Conſequence of a Warrant from the Lord Chamberlain.
a
It is very remarkable that theſe Prayers, and even the Anthem, made a Part of the Cere⯑mony uſed in the Coronation of our Saxon Kings near a thouſand Years ago, as appears by a Frag⯑ment of their Pontifical ſtill remaining.
b
This is a Garment of white Cambrick without Sleeves, laced about the Neck, Arm- [...], down the Breaſt, upon the Slits, on the Sides, and round the Bottom, with very fine Lace.
c
This [...]coat is cloſe, with plain Sleeves of a very thick and rich Cloth of Gold Tiſſue. The Length behind is a Yard, Quarter and half, and before a Yard and Quarter, below which the Colobium reaches about a Nail. To this Surcoat belongs a Belt of the ſame Cloth of Gold Tiſſue, with a Gold Buckle, to which the King's Sword is faſtened with which he is girded.
d
This ſeems, from the Fragment beforementioned, to have been a Part of the old Saxon Ceremonial.
e
This is made of the ſame Cloth of Tiſſue as the Surcoat, lined with Crimſon Sarſenet; in Length it is about an Ell, and in Breadth three Inches, with two double Ribbands at each End for the more convenient tying it above and below the Elbows.
f
This is likewiſe ſtiled Dalmatica, and anſwers to the Imperial Cloak, being of Gold and Pur⯑ple brocaded Tiſſue, adorned with large Flowers of Gold froſted.
g
This alſo appears to have been taken from the old Saxon Pontifical.
h
In the Month of Auguſt following, the King was graciouſly pleaſed to grant, that in all future Coronations, and on other public Occaſions, the Barons of this Realm ſhould uſe a Crimſon Silken Cap, with a Circle of Gold, having fix Pearls diſpoſed at equal Diſtances thereon; and King James the Second, in the Firſt Year of his Reign, granted them further to wear Robes of Velvet, inſtead of thoſe of Cloth, which they had worn hitherto.
i
This Coronation Ring is of Gold, with a large Table Ruby Violet, wherein a Croſs of St. George is curiouſly enchaſed.
k
Dr. William Juxon who deceaſed October 27, 1663.
l
Dr. Henry King.
m
Dr. Matthew Wren.
n
Dr. Nicholas Monk.
o
Dr. Brian Walton.
p
This was a very honourable Office in the King's Houſehold, and of theſe there were anciently four, who, in their Turns, attended in the Day Time near the Perſon of the King, and in the Night near his Bed-chamber.
q
The Office of High Conſtable was the firſt in the Kingdom, inaſmuch as in Time of War he commanded all the Forces, and in Time of Peace he decided in all Pleas relating to Arms not determi⯑nable by the Courts of Common Law. This Office was at firſt Hereditary; but, upon the Attainder of Thomas of Woodſtock, Duke of Glouceſter, Richard II. granted it to Edward Plantagenet, Duke of Albemarle for Life. Subſequent Princes following his Example, granted it either during Life or during Pleaſure. At Length, upon the Attainder of the Duke of Buckingham in the Reign of Henry VIII. it was ſuppreſſed, and has ever ſince been only occaſionally revived at the Ceremony of the Co⯑ronation. It was at this Time executed by Algernon Percy Earl of Northumberland, and Knight of the Garter.
r
The Manor of Scrivelsby in Lincolnſhire, is held by the Service of grand Serjeanty, by per⯑forming the Office of the King's Champion at the King's Coronation. It was thus held by the an⯑cient Family of Marmions, and at the Coronation of Richard II. was claimed by Baldwin Frevile, but adjudged to Sir John Dymock his Competitor, in whoſe Family it remains to this Day.
a
This Princeſs was Mary-Beatrice-Eleonora d'Eſte, Daughter of Alphonſo Duke of Mo⯑dena, and born in that City, September 25, 1658, married to James the Second, then Duke of York, in November 1673, by Dr. Nathaniel Crew, Biſhop of Oxford, afterwards of Durham. She was crowned with that Monarch, April 23, 1685, and deceaſed at the Palace of St. Germain en Laye, in France, April 26, 1718.
b
Dr. Peter Mew, Biſhop of Wincheſter, and Dr. Henry Compton, Biſhop of London.
c
Her Majeſty's Ring for this Occaſion was of Gold, with a large Table Ruby ſet therein, and ſixteen ſmall Rubies ſet round the Hoop, thoſe next the Collet were the largeſt, the reſt di⯑miniſhing proportionably.
d
The Crown made uſe of at this Solemnity was of Gold, ſet with Diamonds, Rubies, Emeralds, and Pearls of great Value. It was compoſed of Croſſes and Fleurs de Lis, with Arches, and a Mound and Croſs on the Top, after the Manner of the Imperial Crown wore by the King. The Cap was of Purple Velvet, lined with white Taffetee, and turned up with Er⯑mine.
e
The Sceptre is of Gold, adorned with Diamonds and other precious Stones, in length two Feet ten Inches, with a Mound and Croſs at the Top, iſſuing out of a Fleur de Lis.
f
This Ivory Rod or Sceptre, is in length three Feet one Inch and half; the Pomel is Gold, as is alſo the Mound and Croſs, the Dove at the Top of the Croſs is enamelled white; the Circumference at Bottom is about two Inches, and the other End about an Inch and half.
a
The Poſſeſſion of the Tower was anciently accounted a Mark of Sovereignty, and there⯑fore our Monarchs repaired thither, previous to, and in order that Preparations might be there made for their Coronations. This was practiced by Henry VIII. Edward VI. Mary, who was accompanied from thence to Weſtminſter by the Lady Elizabeth and the Lady Anne Dowager of Cleves. Here alſo the Knights of the Bath were made with great Ceremony
b
The Citizens of London had a peculiar Affection for this Queen, and for a very par⯑ticular Reaſon. Sir Geoffry Bullen, Lord Mayor, A. D. 1457, was Great Grandfather to Queen Anne, this Queen's Mother. This ſingular Regard ſhewed itſelf manifeſtly in the Cavalcade from the Tower to Weſtminſter at her Coronation, May 19, 1553. This no doubt influenced them in their Conduct on Elizabeth's Coronation, which however was far leſs ſplendid and coſtly.
c
At this Conduit, was a Cave, out of which came a Perſon with grey Hairs, bald behind, with his Glaſs and Scythe repreſenting TIME, followed by a Woman who was arrayed all in white as Painters depict TRUTH, to her the old Man delivered a Book, which from her was pre⯑ſented to the Queen by one of her Attendants. This was richly bound, and on the Cover was embroidered VERBUM VERITATIS. At this Time alſo Ranulph Cholemly, then Re⯑corder, preſented one thouſand Marks in Gold in a Crimſon Velvet Purſe, (the ſame Sum which had been given to Queen Anne her Mother) as a Token of the City's Goodwill, which ſhe moſt graciouſly received, and returned them Thanks and Aſſurances of her Protection in the kindeſt Manner.
d
The Queen ſhewed great Steadineſs, Sagacity, and Addreſs in the Conduct of this Affair, which though a Point of Ceremony with her Predeceſſors, was matter of great Importance to herſelf. She was determined to reſtore the Proteſtant Religion, but to reſtore it by Authority of Parliament. The Parliament were to meet after her Coronation, and there was only one of the Biſhops who could be prevailed upon to crown her. The directing the Litany, the Epiſtles and Goſpels to be read in Engliſh, was to ſhew her Inclinations. The retaining the Popiſh Cere⯑monies at her Coronation, and ſending for Bonner's Veſtments, in which the Biſhop of Carliſle officiated, and the making the Earl of Arundel High Conſtable for the Day, who had been ſo at the Coronation of her Siſter, was to quiet, or at leaſt to keep in a State of Incertainty, the Papiſts.
e
The firſt Mention of a Champion, as we have before obſerved, was at the Coronation of Richard the Second. But that there were Champions before is apparent from that very Diſpute, as alſo that the Marmions were in Poſſeſſion of that Office. The Eſtates of that Family were very great, and diſperſed through ſeveral different Counties. The Caſtle of Tanfield was in the Fitz Hughs. The Caſtle of Tamworth belonged to Baldwin Frevile, and the Manor of Scrivelſby, which Leland ſpells, as it is pronounced Skreelſby, came to the Dymocks. The Diſpute therefore was, which of theſe Manors was held by the Service of performing the Office of Champion at the Coronation, and the Court of Claims determined that it was not the Caſtle of Tamworth, but the Manor of Scrivelſby, as appears by the Record.
f
The ſame Office had been claimed and executed at the Ceremony of her Mothers Coro⯑nation, by Sir Stephen Pecock, then Lord Mayor of London.
g
At the Coronation of her Mother, the Lord Mayor had the Gold Cup and Saucer, in which he made the Aſſay, and which he carried out of the Hall in his Hand to his Barge. It appears from hence, that the Lord Mayor claims his Office at the Coronation of a Queen Con⯑ſort, as well as of a King or Queen in their own Right.
h
The then Mayor was Sir John Goare, and there is no doubt that he executed the ſame Office, and had the ſame Fees as his Predeceſſors.
i
This Gold Cup is no longer in being, as will appear from the next Article.
k
Dr. Williams, Biſhop of Lincoln and Dean of Weſtminſter, being at this Juncture under his Majeſty's, or rather under the Duke of Buckingham's Diſpleaſure, Dr. William Laud, at this Time Biſhop of St. Davids, afterwards ſucceſſively of Bath and Wells, London, and at length, Archbiſhop of Canterbury, officiated in his Stead, as Dean of Weſtminſter, which Intruſion into another's Province, was no ſmall Cauſe of his ſubſequent Misfortunes.
l
Dr. George Abbot, who deceaſed Auguſt 4, 1633.
m
This Oath, together with all the other Ceremonies, had been firſt ſettled by a Commiſſion to the Biſhops, then by a Committee of the Privy Council, and laſtly, adminiſtered to the King by the Archbiſhop, than whom, no Man had greater Regard to the Liberty of the Subject, or ſtood fairer in the Opinion of the People; notwithſtanding which, it was ſurmiſed that this Oath was altered or interpolated, which, however, was not charged upon the Archbiſhop, but upon his Succeſſor, Archbiſhop Land.
n
This was ſurmiſed to be an Interpolation, and if ſo, to have been made by Dr. Laud. The Charge againſt him was offered under Colour of Evidence, on the Seventh Article of his Impeach⯑ment. The Archbiſhop, in Defence of himſelf, juſtified the Words of the Oath, though at the ſame Time he denied the Interpolation, and appealed to the old Forms, ſeveral of which he ſaid were in his Study, when his Books were ſeized. None of theſe however could be found, ex⯑cept the Coronation of King James the Firſt, which, with much Difficulty, he got to be compared by the Lords, when both Oaths appeared to be exactly the ſame. The Archbiſhop alſo appealed to the Votes of the Houſe of Commons, in which, upon examining thoſe Oaths, they had themſelves reſolved that they were exactly the ſame.
o
It was ſuppoſed that the Anſwer ſhould have been, I will; the Reader will judge, if the Anſwer had been ſo, whether it had been ſtronger or weaker.
p
Sir Thomas Coventry, to whom the Cuſtody of the Great Seal was given, November 1. 1625.
q
This Offering of the Regalia, though the conſtant Practice in all Reigns, Proteſtant as well as Popiſh, was offered in Evidence againſt the Archbiſhop at his Trial.
r
It is remarkable, that the Houſe of Lords, while the King was yet at the Hagne, appointed a Committee for this Purpoſe of recovering the late King's Goods, who appointed Mr. Kynnerſley, afterwards one of the Officers of the Wardrobe to King Charles the Second, to ſeize and ſecure ſuch Effects wherever they could be found.
s
This appears to have been the Crown of Edward the Confeſſor, in Imitation of which that was made, which has been ſince uſed in the Ceremony of the Coronation of our Kings. This Monarch died on the Eve of the Feaſt of the Epiphany, Ann. Dom. 1066, and by his Charter endowed the Monaſtery of Weſtminſter, which was of his own Foundation, with all the Enſigns of Royalty which himſelf had uſed; and likewiſe thoſe that had deſcended to him from his Anceſtors.
t
Patena, in the Romiſh Church, is the Cover or Lid of the Chalice, made of the ſame Metal therewith, ſerving to hold the Particles of the Hoſt, and given the People to kiſs when they make an offering.
u
This Queen Edith was the Daughter of Earl Godwin, and the Comfort of King Edward, with whom, by mutual Conſent, ſhe lived in continual Chaſtity.
w
It is much to be regretted, that we have no Deſcription whatever of this Crown: King Alfred received rich Preſents from Pope Marinus and the Emperor Charlemagne, and poſſibly this Crown and ſome others of theſe rich Utchſils might be amongſt them.
x
As for the Form of the Buſkin and Sandal, they may be ſeen in the Frontiſpiece, marked D. and E. but how they came to be uſed is a Queſtion to which none of our learned Heralds have ſupplied us with any competent Anſwer. It appears, however, from our ancient Hiſtorians, that the Kings and Queens, even to the Time of Richard the Third and his Conſort, were accuſtomed to come barefooted to St. Edward's Shrine, and this being the Caſe, Buſkins and Sandals were very convenient to put upon the Legs and Feet, as it might be done ſooner, and with greater Eaſe than Stockings and Shoes.
y
The uſual Weight of the Collar, according to the Statutes of the Order, is no more than thirty Ounces, but the King thought proper to exceed it, in Honour of ſo great a Prince. The Enſigns of the Order were ſent by Mr. Peter Young, Gentleman Uſher, and Mr. Henry St. George, Richmond Herald, as Deputies to Sir William Segar, Garter King at Arms, with which Enſigns that Monarch was inveſted in his Tent, being then before the Town of Darſhaw, in Pruffia, the 23d of September, 1627. At this Time, his Swediſh Majeſty created the ſaid Mr. St. George, a Knight, by Letters Patents, and as a farther Mark of Honour, granted him permiſſion to bear his own Arms on a Canton.
z
This victorious Prince, the Protector of the reformed Religion, and of the Liberties of Germany, died gloriouſly in the Field November 16, 1632.
a
Theſe Pieces of Gold were of the Value of twenty Shillings, ten Shillings, and five Shil⯑lings, having on one Side a St. George's Croſs, ſtamped with theſe Words, circumſcribed, The Commonwealth of England; and on the other Side, the Croſs and Harp, with this Motto, God with us.
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This is ſaid, on the Authority of Mr. Aſhmole, a conſummate Judge of ſuch Things. It may not be amiſs to remark, that it appears upon the Journal of the Houſe of Commons, the very Day after the King's Death; upon the Report of Commiſſary Ireton, in Relation to this, ſome other Things, and particularly a Couple of Seals, which were found in his Majeſty's Pockets, that they ſhould be ſent to his Son Charles Stuart; but the Queſtion being put ſeverally, upon each of them, it was carried in the Negative, upon them all.
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This Alderman Ireton was a very active Man in thoſe Days. He had been a Member for the City of London in that Parliament in which they had Six Repreſentatives. He was knighted by Oliver, and, upon the Reſtoration, was one of the twenty Perſons excepted out of the Act of Oblivion, and diſabled from holding any Office.
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Sir Jeoffry Palmer, Knight and Baronet.
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The Matters of Fact, are taken from Mr. Aſhmole, who tranſcribed them from the In⯑ventory of the King's Effects, and from the Minutes of the Commiſſioners Proceedings.
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The like Misfortune of a Plague raging, happened in the Eighteenth of Henry the Sixth, when the Commons ſent up a Bill to ordain, and grant by the Authority of this preſent Parliament, that every of your Lieges in the doing of their Homage, may omit the kiſſing of you; and be excuſed thereof, and have their Letters of doing their Homage, the kiſſing of you [...]itted notwithſtanding. This had the Concurrence of the Lords, and the Royal Aſſent, being ſtiled an Act for the Preſervation of the King's Perſon.
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If the Reader is inclined to ſee it at large, he may have Recourſe to Mr. Ogilby's Ac⯑count of this City Triumph, moſt magnificently printed by the King's Command, and adorned with Sculptures.
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This Ceremony was performed in Henry the Seventh's Chapel; they dined afterwards to⯑gether in the Painted Chamber, and proceeded with the Heralds before them from thence, in great Solemnity, to Whitehall, and at their Return were informed that they were to attend his Majeſty in his Proceſſion from the Tower.
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The Readers may ſee the Names of all theſe foreign Miniſters in the Account of the Coronation of King Charles the Second.
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