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<HEAD>An Account of the CEREMONIAL AT THE CORONATION <HI>Of Their Mo&s;t Excellent MAJESTIES</HI> KING WILLIAM AND QUEEN MARY, The Eleventh Day of this In&s;tant <HI>April,</HI> 1689.</HEAD>
<HEAD TYPE="sub"><HI>Publi&s;hed by Order of the Duke of</HI> Norfolk, <HI>Earl-Mar&s;hal of</HI> England.</HEAD>
<P>_THEIR Maje&s;ties being come from <HI>Whitehall</HI> to <HI>Westmin&s;ter,</HI> (the KING by Water in his Royal Barge, about a quarter pa&s;t 10 of the Clock in the Morn|ing, and the QUEEN by Land in Her Chair, a little before 11 of the Clock,) the Heralds began forthwith to put the Proceeding in Order in the Court of Reque&s;ts, and after that, to Mar&s;hal the &s;everal Cla&s;&s;es of the Peers and Peere&s;&s;es, the Peers being called over in the Hou&s;e of Lords, and the Peer|e&s;&s;es in the Painted Chamber, where Their Maje&s;ties were Graciou&s;ly Plea|&s;ed to be Pre&s;ent: And by half an Hour pa&s;t Eleven, Their Maje&s;ties, and the whole Proceeding were conducted into <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter-Hall,</HI> at the upper end whereof a Throne being Erected, Their Maje&s;ties repaired thereunto, and took Their Seats under Their States on the in&s;ide of the Table.</P>
<P>Whereupon, the Ma&s;ter of the Jewel-Hou&s;e pre&s;ented to the Lord High Con&s;table, the Sword of State, the Sword <HI>Curtana,</HI> and the two pointed Swords, &s;everally one after another, who delivered them in like manner to the Lord Great Chamberlain, who drew them out of the Scabbards, and laid them on the Table before their Maje&s;ties.</P>
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<P>Sometime after which, the Dean and Prebendaries of <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter</HI> attended with the Quire of that Church, <HI>&amp;c.</HI> brought the <HI>Regalia</HI> in &s;olemn Proce&s;&s;ion from the Collegiate Church there to <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter-Hall,</HI> viz. The Dean of <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter</HI> the Bible, the Sub-Dean the Chalice, Dr. <HI>Killigrew</HI> the Patin., Dr. <HI>Patrick</HI> the King's Crown, Dr. <HI>Littleton</HI> the Queen's Crown, Dr. <HI>Bu&s;by</HI> the KiNG's Orb, Dr. <HI>Briavell</HI> the QUEENS Orb, Mr. <HI>Anne&s;ley</HI> the KING's Scepter with the Dove, Mr. <HI>Pelling</HI> the QUEENS Scepter with the Dove, Dr <HI>Delangle</HI> the KING's Scepter with the Cro&s;s, Mr. <HI>Berkley</HI> the QUEENS Scepter with the Cro&s;s, and Mr. <HI>Sartre St. Edward</HI>'s Staff; and after the u&s;ual Reverences, the Dean fir&s;t pre&s;ented the Bible to the Lord High Con|&s;table, who deliver'd it to the Lord Great Chamberlain, by whom it was laid upon the Ta|ble before Their Maje&s;ties; And the re&s;t of the <HI>Regalia</HI> being deliver'd &s;everally by the Pre|bendaries who brought them, to the Dean of <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> he pre&s;ented them in like manner to the Lord High Con&s;table, and He to the Lord Great Chamberlain, who laid tho&s;e that ap|pertain'd to the KING, before His Maje&s;ty, and tho&s;e that appertain'd to the QUEEN be|fore Her Maje&s;ty.</P>
<P>Then the Prebendaries being withdrawn to the lower end of the Hall, <HI>Garter</HI> Summoned up the &s;everal Noblemen, who were appointed to carry the &s;aid <HI>Regalia</HI> in the Proceeding, and the Lord Great Chamberlain by Their Maje&s;ties directions deliver'd them accordingly.</P>
<P>Thus all things being ready, the Heralds Mar&s;halled the Proceeding in this manner,</P>
<P>Fir&s;t Drums and Trumpets; then the Six Clerks in <HI>Chancery,</HI> two a Brea&s;t, as all the re&s;t of the Proceeding went; then Chaplains having Dignities; Sheriffs and Aldermen of <HI>London;</HI> Ma|&s;ters in <HI>Chancery;</HI> the Kings <HI>Sollicitor</HI> and <HI>Attourney;</HI> Gentlemen of the Privy Chamber; Judges:</P>
<P>Next, Children of the Quire of <HI>Westminster;</HI> the Sergeant Porter and Sergeant of the Ve&s;try; Children of the Chapel Royal; the Choir of <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter;</HI> Gentlemen of the Chapel Royal; Prebends of <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter;</HI> Ma&s;ter of the Jewel Hou&s;e; and Six Privy Coun&s;ellors not Peers.</P>
<P>Two Pur&s;uivants of Arms, Barone&s;&s;es, Barons, Bi&s;hops; Another Pur&s;uivant of Arms, a Vi|counte&s;s, Vicounts; two Heralds of Arms, Counte&s;&s;es, Earls; One Her<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="2 letters">o of Arms A Mar|chione&s;s; Two Heralds of Arms, Duche&s;&s;es, Dukes; The two Provincial Kings of Arms next before the Marquis of <HI>Halifax</HI> Lord Privy Seal, and the Marquis of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 word"> Lord Pre&s;ident of the Council; and next to the&s;e, the Lord Archbi&s;hop of <HI>York.</HI></P>
<P>Then His Royal Highne&s;s Prince <HI>GEORGE</HI> of <HI>Denmark,</HI> Duke of <HI>Cumberland,</HI> in his Robes of E&s;tate with His Train born; followed by two Per&s;ons in Robes of E&s;tate, (being <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 word"> Gentlemen of the Privy Chamber, <HI>viz.</HI> the Honorable Sir <HI>Purbeck Temple</HI> and Sir <HI>Edw. Sutton</HI> Bar.) Repre&s;enting the Dukes of <HI>Aquitain</HI> and <HI>Normandy;</HI> and after them the Lords who bore Their Maje&s;ties Regalia, <HI>viz.</HI> The Earl of <HI>Manche&s;ter</HI> St. <HI>Edwards</HI> Staff, and the Lord <HI>Grey</HI> of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 word"> the Spurs, The Earl of <HI>Clare</HI> the QUEENS Scepter with the Cro&s;s, and the Earl of <HI>Northampton</HI> the KINGS. The Earl of <HI>Shrewsbury</HI> the Sword <HI>Curtana</HI> in the middle between the Earl of <HI>Derby</HI> with the Second Sword, and the Earl of <HI>Pembroke</HI> with the Third Sword. Then <HI>Garter</HI> Principal King of Arms, between the Gentleman U&s;her of the Black Rod, and the Lord Mayor of <HI>Lon|don.</HI> Then the Lord Great Chamberlain &s;ingle; the Earl of <HI>Oxford</HI> with the Sword of State in the Scabbard between the Duke of <HI>Ormond</HI> Lord High Con&s;table for that Day, and the Duke of <HI>Norfolk</HI> Earl Mar&s;hal. The Earl of <HI>Bedford</HI> with the QUEENS Scepter with the Dove, and the Earl of <HI>Rutland</HI> with the KINGS; the Duke of <HI>Bolton</HI> with the QUEENS Orb, and the Duke of <HI>Grafton</HI> with the KINGS; the Duke of <HI>Somer&s;et</HI> with the <HI>Queens</HI> Crown, and the Earl of <HI>Devon&s;hire</HI> Lord High Steward of His Maje&s;ties Hou&s;hold, and Lord High Steward of <HI>England</HI> for that Day, with the <HI>King</HI>'s Crown; The Lord Bi&s;hop of <HI>London</HI> with the Bible, between the Bi&s;hop of <HI>Roche&s;ter</HI> Dean of <HI>We&s;tminster</HI> with the Chalice, and the Bi&s;hop of <HI>St. A&s;aph</HI> with the Patin.</P>
<P>Then the KING and QUEENS MAJESTIES Supported by the Bi&s;hops of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 span"> and <HI>Bristol,</HI> under a rich Canopy, having eight Staves carried by &s;ixteen Barons <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 span"> Ports. His Maje&s;ties Train born by the Ma&s;ter of the Robes a&s;&s;i&s;ted by the Lord <HI>Eland,</HI> the Lord <HI>Willoughby,</HI> the Lord <HI>Lan&s;downe,</HI> and the Lord <HI>Dumblaine;</HI> And Her Maje&s;ties Train born by the Duche&s;s of <HI>Somer&s;et</HI> a&s;&s;i&s;ted by the Lady <HI>Elizabeth Pawlet,</HI> the Lady <HI>Diana Ve<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter">e,</HI> the Lady <HI>Elizabeth Cavendi&s;h,</HI> and the Lady <HI>Henrietta Hyde.</HI></P>
<P>After the <HI>King</HI> followed the Earl of <HI>Monmouth</HI> Gentleman of the Bedchamber, and two Grooms of the Bedchamber; and after the <HI>Queen</HI> the Counte&s;s of <HI>Derby</HI> Lady of the Bedchamber, and two of Her Maje&s;ties Women. La&s;tly, the Captain of His Maje&s;ties Guard in Waitng be|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter">ween the Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard and the Captain of the Band of Gentlemen <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1+ letters">m&s;ioners, followed by the Lieutenant En&s;ign, and Band of Yeomen of the Guard.</P>
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<P>The Serjeants at Arms went on each &s;ide of the <HI>Regalia,</HI> and the Gentlemen Pen&s;ioners on each &s;ide of the Canopy.</P>
<P>In this manner Their Maje&s;ties arrayed in their Royal Robes of Crim&s;on Velvet Furred with Ermine, the KING on the Right Hand with a Crim&s;on Velvet Cap on His Head, and the QUEEN on the Left with a Rich Circlet of Gold on her Head; all the Nobility in Robes of Crim&s;on Velvet, with their Caps and Coronets in their Hands; and the re&s;t who formed the Proceeding being richly clad, or wearing their proper and peculiar Robes or Habits, but all uncover'd, marched on foot upon two Bredths of Blew Cloth, &s;pread from the &s;teps of the Throne in <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter-Hall,</HI> to the &s;teps of the Theatre in the Quire of the Church of <HI>We&s;t|min&s;ter.</HI> The whole pa&s;&s;age being railed in, and guarded with His Maje&s;ties Hor&s;e and Foot-Guards: And all the Streets, Windows, Balconies and Scaffolds crowded with &s;uch an infinite number of Spectators, as was &s;carce ever &s;een before, expre&s;&s;ing their great Joy by Shouts and univer&s;al Acclamations.</P>
<P>Being entred the Church, and the Nobility and others, all duely placed, Their Maje&s;ties a&s;cended the Theatre, and repair'd to their Chairs on the South &s;ide of the <HI>Ar<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="2 letters"></HI> or <HI>Sacrarium,</HI> with Fald&s;tools before them, for their Private Devotions. Then the Bi&s;hop of <HI>London,</HI> who perform'd this great Solemnity, began the <HI>Recognition,</HI> which being concluded with a mighty &s;hout of all the People pre&s;ent, Their Maje&s;ties came to the Altar and made their fir&s;t Oblation which done the Lords who carried the <HI>Regalia,</HI> pre&s;ented them &s;everally at the Altar to be there depo&s;ited.</P>
<P>Then the Litany was Sung by the Bi&s;hops of <HI>St. A&s;aph</HI> and <HI>Bangor;</HI> which ended, the Com|munion Service began. The Epi&s;tle taken out of 1 <HI>Pet.</HI> II. 13, 17. was read by the Bi&s;hop of <HI>Carli&s;le,</HI> and the Go&s;pel taken out of <HI>St. Matt.</HI> XXII. 16, 22. was read by the Bi&s;hop of <HI>St. A&s;aph.</HI> After which followed the Nicene Creed; which ended, the Bi&s;hop of <HI>Salisbury</HI> being ready in the Pulpit, repeated the Lords Prayer, and took his Text 2 <HI>Sam.</HI> XXIII. 3. and 4 <HI>ver. The God of I&s;rael &s;aid, The Rock of I&s;rael &s;pake to me, He that ruleth over men mu&s;t be ju&s;t, ruling in the fear of God. And he &s;hall be as the light of the morning, when the Sun ri&s;eth, even a Morning with|out Clouds; as the tender gra&s;s &s;pringing out of the Earth by clear &s;hining after Rain.</HI> Upon which words he made an excellent Di&s;cour&s;e. Their Maje&s;ties &s;itting in their Chairs on the South &s;ide the <HI>Area,</HI> and hearing the &s;ame with great Attention.</P>
<P>After Sermon, which la&s;ted ju&s;t half an Hour, Their Maje&s;ties took the New E&s;tabli&s;ht Oath, and <HI>Veni Creator</HI> being Sung, and the Holy Oyl Con&s;ecrated, Their Maje&s;ties were conducted to Their Regal Chairs placed on the Theatre (near the Ea&s;t &s;ide thereof) that they might be more Con&s;picuous to the Members of the Hou&s;e of Commons, (who, with their Speaker, were Seated in the North Cro&s;s,) and were di&s;robed of their Crim&s;on Velvet Mantles, and being Solemnly Anointed, were Pre&s;ented with the Spurs, and the Sword, (which being Offer'd, was Redeem'd by the Earl of <HI>Portland,</HI>) and Inve&s;ted with the Imperial Palls, and Orbs; and then with the Rings, and Scepters; and at Four of the Clock the Crowns were put upon Their Maje&s;ties Heads by the Lord Bi&s;hop of <HI>London,</HI> a&s;&s;i&s;ted by the Lord Bi&s;hop of <HI>Roche&s;ter,</HI> at &s;ight whereof all the People &s;houted, the Drums Beat and Trumpets Sounded, and the great Guns at the Tower, and in St. <HI>James</HI>'s Park, &amp;c. were di&s;charged, and all the Peers and Peere&s;&s;es put on their Co|ronets.</P>
<P>Then the Holy Bible (brought in the Proce&s;&s;ion for that purpo&s;e,) was pre&s;ented to Their Maje&s;ties; and after the Benediction Their Maje&s;ties vouch&s;afed to Ki&s;s the Bi&s;hops. And <HI>Te Deum</HI> being Sung Their Maje&s;ties A&s;cended the Throne, and being Inthronized, the Archbi&s;hop and Bi&s;hops did their Homage to them jointly, and Ki&s;&s;ed Their Left Cheeks, and after them Prince <HI>GEORGE,</HI> and the other Temporal Lords in like manner, each of them touching the Crowns upon Their Maje&s;ties Heads, and &s;everally Ki&s;&s;ing Their Maje&s;ties Cheeks. During which time, the Trea&s;urer of the Hou&s;hold threw about the Coronation, Medals, In&s;cribed on one &s;ide <HI>Ne totus ab&s;umatur,</HI> and on the other &s;ide <HI>Gulielmus &amp; Maria Rex &amp; Regina.</HI></P>
<P>Then began the Communion, Their Maje&s;ties making their Second Oblation, And the KING and QUEEN having received the Holy Sacrament, and the Bi&s;hop having read the Fi|nal Prayers; Their Maje&s;ties went in State into <HI>St. Edward's Chapel,</HI> where being dive&s;ted of their Imperial Palls, <HI>&amp;c.</HI> and arrayed in their Royal Robes of Purple Velvet; The whole Com|pany (except the Church of <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter</HI>) return'd to <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter-Hall</HI> in the &s;ame Order they came, Their Maje&s;ties wearing their rich Crowns of State, and all the Nobility their Coronets on their Heads. The Spectators all the time continuing their Acclamations of Joy. And being Entred into the Hall were conducted to their &s;everal Tables to Dinner, which were all ready furni&s;hed before their coming in.</P>
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<P>The fir&s;t Cour&s;e for Their Maje&s;ties Table was &s;erved up with the proper Ceremony, the Lord High Steward betwixt the Lord High Con&s;table and the Earl Mar&s;hal preceding it on Hor&s;eback; And before the Second Cour&s;e was &s;erved up, <HI>Charles Dymoke</HI> <ABBR>E&s;q</ABBR> Their Maje&s;ties Champion in Compleat Armour, between the Lord High Con&s;table and Earl Mar&s;hal, all on Hor&s;eback, performed the Ceremony of the Challenge after the u&s;ual manner, <HI>York</HI>-Herald Pronouncing it in the&s;e Words:</P>
<Q>IF any Per&s;on of what Degree &s;oever, High or Low, &s;hall Deny or Gain&s;ay our Soveraign Lord and Lady <HI>KING WILLIAM</HI> and <HI>QUEEN MARY,</HI> King and Queen of <HI>England, France</HI> and <HI>Ireland,</HI> Defenders of the Faith, to be Rightful <HI>King</HI> and <HI>Queen</HI> of this Realm of <HI>England,</HI> or that <HI>They</HI> ought not to Enjoy the Impe|rial Crown of the Same, Here is their Champion, who &s;aith he Lyeth and is a Fal&s;e Traytor being ready in Per&s;on to Combat with him, and in This Quarrel will adven|ture his Life again&s;t him, on what day &s;oever he &s;hall be appointed.</Q>
<P>After which <HI>Garter</HI> (with the Officers of Arms) cryed Large&s;s and Proclaimed Their Maje|&s;ties Stiles in <HI>Latin, French</HI> and <HI>Engli&s;h,</HI> after the accu&s;tomed manner.</P>
<P>Dinner being ended, and the whole Solemnity performed with great Splendor and Magnifi|cence, and with all po&s;&s;ible Expre&s;&s;ions of an Univer&s;al Joy; About eight in the Evening the Com|pany broke up, and Their Maje&s;ties returned to <HI>Whitehall,</HI> the night being concluded with Bonfires and other Illuminations, Ringing of Bells, Drinking Their Maje&s;ties Healths, and all other Tokens of the Highe&s;t Affections, Loyalty and Satisfaction.</P>
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