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A91273	The second part of The signal loyalty and devotion of Gods true saints and pious Christians under the Gospel, (especially in this our island) towards their Christian kings & emperors, whether orthodox or heterodox, virtuous or vicious, Protestants or papists, protectors or persecutors, ever since their kings and emperors first became Christian, till this present. Expressed in, and evidenced by their publike and private supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings, options, acclamations, for their long life, health, safety, prosperity, victory over enemies, temporal, spiritual and eternal felicity; peaceable, just, glorious reign over them, &c. And likewise for their queens, children, royal posterity, realms, armies, counsels, officers. ... Together with the various forms of prayers, supplications, collects, votes, and acclamations used at the coronations of emperors and kings, especially of our ancient and late kings of England and Scotland (not hitherto published.) By William Prynne Esq; a bencher of Lincolns Inne.	Prynne, William, 1600-1669.	1660 (1660)	Wing P4075; Thomason E1037_3; ESTC R203326	204,194	342

with all patience and humility to suffer as the will and pleasure of the higher powers shall adjudge as we are ready through the goodness of the Lord to suffer whatsoever they shall ●djudge us unto And Bishop Hooper writ an Apology against the slanderous Report made of him that he should encourage and maintain such as cursed Qu. Mary printed 1552. wherein his innocency and loyalty to the Queen in praying for her are vindicated at large In this Parliament there being a general opinion that Queen Mary was with child by King Philip her husband there was a special Act made that in case Queen Mary should die during her childs Minority that King Philip should have the education and protection of him In which Act The Lords Spiritual and Temporal and Commons assembled in Parliament have firm hopes and confidence by the goodnesse of Almighty God that he will of his infinite goodnesse give the Queens Majesty and Highnesse strength the rather by our continual prayers so passe well the danger of deliverance of Child c. Upon this occasion the Popish Bishops Clergy and Churchmen made many Processions Masses Collects and Prayers to be daily said in all Churches for Qu. Maryes safe deliverance and her issue recorded at large by Mr. Fox where you may peruse them in one of which prayers there were these expressions Give unto our Queen thy servant a little infant in fashion and body comely and beautifull in pregnant wit notable and excellent Grant the same to be in obedience like Abraham in chastity and Brotherly love like Joseph in meeknesse and mildnesse like Moses in strength and valour like Sampson let him be found faithfull as David after thy heart let him be wise among Kings as the most wise Solomon let him be like Job a simple and an upright man fearing God and eschewing evil let him finally be garnished with the comlinesse of all virtuous conditions and in the same let him wax old and live that he may see his Childrens Children to the third and fourth generation And give unto our Soveraign Lord and Lady King Philip and Queen Mary thy blessings and long-life upon earth and grant that of them may come kings and Queens which may stedfastly continue in faith love and holinesse And blessed be their seed of our God that all Nations may know thou art only God in all the earth which art bl●ssed for ever and ever Amen Anno 1550 After Queen Maries decease Anno 1558. Masses and Popish Prayers being again abolished and the Book of Common Prayer restored by the Parliament of 1 Eliz. ch 2. there were the same prayers publickly used for the Queen both in the Letany and Collects as were formerly used for King Edward and in sundry Books dedicated to her Majesty and Prayers published during Her reign there were many loyal and zealous Prayers Supplications and Intercessions made to God for her long life and Prosperous reign over-tedious to recite at large and vulgarly known and in all or most Prayers Morning and Evening for Private Families and Christians there were special Petitions to God for her Majesty some of them being Printed with the Bibles themselves then in use and likewise at the end of most Quarto Bibles under King James and King Charles I shall touch only upon some few presidents of many Anno 1564 In the 2. year of her reign John Veron Divinity Lecturer at Pauls in the close of his Dedicatory Epistle to Her Majestie before his Fruitfull Treatise of Predestination prayes thus Christ Jesus of his tender mercy and goodnesse vouchsafe to defend and preserve your most Gracious Highnesse from all your Enemies and with his holy Spirit so to fill strengthen and comfort your Princely heart that ye may at all times boldly set forth his glory and maintain it to your lives end Which the Lord long continue to his Honor. Anno 1569 In the 7th year of Queen Elizabeth there was a Collection of Prayers in Latin intituled Preces privatae printed by William Seres and published by the Queens special Privilege and Authority wherein not only the Duty of Subjects is set down out of Mat. 22. 17. Rom. 13. 1 Tim. 2. 1 2 3. Tit. 3. 1. 1 Pet. 2. but these special Prayers Psalms and Hymnes made to God to be used daily in private Closets and Families for the Queen Domine Pater coelestis Rex Regum Dominus Dominantium omnium Principum gubernator rector intimis votis te suppliciter quaesumus Reginam nostram Elizabetham benigno vultu respicias eique singulari gratia spiritu sancto ità semper assistere digneris ut voluntatem tu●m ubique exequatur secundum saluberimam normam mandatorum tuorum omnem vitam transigat Accumul● in illam coel●stia tua dona ut diu feliciter Nobis imperet Hostes sortiter devincat tandemque in Coelesti gloria vivat in aeternum qui vivis regnas Deus per omnia saecula saeculorum Amen After which follow the same Prayers for her in Latin in the Letany as in the English Letany in the Book of Common-prayer And the same Collects for her in Latin as for her and the King in English Then there ensue Psalmi selecti peculiares pro Rege vel Regina to wit Psalm 20 21 72. applyed to the King and Queen litterally with Domine salvum fac Regem exaudi nos in die in qua invocaverimus After that Precatio ad exemplum orationis Salomonis pro Regina Domine Deus qui serenissimam nostram Reginam super nos regnare fecisti eamque in medio populi tui ut in aequitate Nos regat in cordis integritate subditos suos judicet constituisti Mitte illi quaeso de coelis sanctis tuis à sede majestatis tuae assistricem tuam sapientiam ut ei semper adfit apud eam perpetuò refideat ut sciat quod tibi acceptum sit Dies praetereà super Dies ejus adjicito eique tàm benignè Principali tua gratia adesto ut in hac vita grata sint tibi opera ejus in futuro tecum regnet in omnem aeternitatem per Christum Dominum et Servatorem nostrum Amen Salvam fac Domine Reginam nec unquam avertas faciem tuam ab ea Vitam longaevam tribus illi et sub umbra tuarum alarum protege eam Amen After these follow this Prayer Pro Christianis Magistratibus Misericors Deus ac Coelestis pater in cujus manu est omnis terrena potestas Magistratus per te constitutos ad supplicium malorum defensionem bonorum in cujus potenti dextera fita sunt omnia jura leges imperatorum Te supplices oramus pro Principe nostro proque eis qui sunt ei à consiliis qui rempublicam administrant ut gladium ipsis per te commissum in side vera timore Dei rectè gerant eoque pro tua

and for that cometh of thee all Counsel and equity all understanding and strength grant unto us here gathered together in thy name that wisdom which is alwaies assistant to thy seat to give knowledge to our feeble and ignorant minds Send down we beseech thee the same wisdom out of thy holy heavens and from the throne of thy Majesty that is may be now with us and labour with us whereby we surely knowing what is acceptable unto thee may be led through it to the debating weighing and final determining of those matters by the which thy blessed Name may be glorified thy Catholick Church of England confirmed and increased the Kings assurance established the common tranquillity of this Realm safely maintained and last of all all estates and people thereof in true obedience and charity united and knit together Grant this O God for thy only Sons sake Jesus Christ our Lord Amen In the Lords House the Collects and Prayers in the Common Prayer Book and Letany for the King Queen Prince and Royal Posterity with other prayers were daily used by the Bishops and Peers during their Session To mention all the particular Prayers for the King Queen and Royal posterity comprised in Books of private Prayers and Devotion as the Practice of Piety and the like and Epistles Dedicatory perfixed to hundreds of B●oks and Sermons dedicated to King James by Bishops Ministers and others of all sorts and in usual Graces before and after meals would be both infinite and nauseous being commonly known and obvious to all and therefore I shall wholy pretermit them the substance of them being comprised in those Prayers already mentioned Anno 165 I shall now proceed to the reign of our late King Charles who as he had constant Supplications and Prayers made for him in all Cathedral and Parish Churches Chapels Colledges most private families and in our Parliaments themselves by name during all King James his reign as Duke of York and Prince of Wales so after his comming to the Crown March 27. 1625. till January 1648. he had the like publike and private Prayers Intercessions and Supplications made for him throughout his 3. Realms as King and for his Queen and royal Posteritie not only by our preaching Ministers in their prayers before their Sermons and by most others in their morning and evening family and closet prayers Graces before or after meales as our own experience attests but likewise these special set Prayers Petitions and Collects in our Letany and common Prayer Book which I shall here transcribe because almost quite forgotten by above 12. whole years discontinuance in most Churches Families too In the publike L●tany ordered to be read thrice every week or oftener upon occasion there are these several Prayers and Petitions to God That it would please thee to keep and strengthen in the true worshipping of thee in righteousnesse and holinesse of life thy servant Charles our most gracious King and Governor That it may please thee to rule his heart in thy faith fear and love and that he may evermore have affiance in thee and ever seek thy honour and glory That it may please thee to be his defender and keeper giving him the victory over all his Enemies That it may please thee to blesse and preserve our gratious Queen Mary Prince Charles and the rest of the Royal Issue After every of which several Prayers and Supplications all the People severally answered We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. After which followed these two Prayers for the Kings Majestie the Queen Prince and Royal Issue and read twice every day in most places O God our heavenly Father high and mighty King of Kings and Lord of Lords the only Ruler of Princes which dost from thy throne behold all the dwellers upon earth most heartily we beseech thee with thy favour to behold our most Gracious Soveraign Lord King Charles and so replenish him with the grace of thy holy Spirit that he may alwaies incline to thy will and walk in thy way endue him plentifully with heavenly gifts Grant him in health and wealth long to live strengthen him that he may vanquish and overcome all his Enemies and finally after this life he may attain everlasting joy and felicity through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen Almighty God the Father of thine elect and of their seed which Bishop Laud changed into the fountain of all goodnesse we humbly beseech thee to blesse our gracious Queen Mary Prince Charles and the rest of the royal issue Endue them with thy holy Spirit enrich them with thy Heavenly grace prosper them with all happinesse and bring them to thine everlasting Kingdom through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen In the Prayer for the whole Estate of Christs Church there is this Clause relating to Kings in general and King Charles in particular We beseech thee also to save and defend all Christian Kings Princes and Governors and Specially thy servant Charles our King that under him we may be godly and quietly Governed When these Prayers and Collects with the Book of Common-Prayer were suspended by the Directory of the publike worship of God in most places throughout the 3 Kingdoms of England Scotland and Ireland Printed by order of both Houses 13 Martii 1644. yet the substance of them was still continued by the very Directory it self during the heat of the late Wars between the King and Parliament witnesse p. 10 11. of publike Prayer before the Sermon wherein all Ministers are directed To pray for all in Authority especially for the Kings Majesty that God would make him rich in blessings both in Person and Government establish his Throne in Religion and righteousnesse save him from all evil Counsel and make him a blessed and glorious Instrument for the Conservation and Propagation of the Gospel for the Encouragement and Protection of those that do well and the terror of all that do evil and the great good of the whole Church and of all his Kingdoms for the Conversion of the Queen the Religious education of the Prince and the rest of the Royal seed for the comforting of the afflicted Queen of Bohemia sister to our Soveraign and for the Restitation and Establishment of the Illustrious Prince Charls Elector Palatine much more then now of our Illustrious long-exiled King CHARLES to all his Dominions and Dignities To pretermit all Prayers made for King Charles in Epistles perfixed to hundreds of Books of all sorts dedicated to him whiles Prince of Wales and King of England Scotland and Ireland I shall Conclude only with 3. short Prayers of this Nature in 3. of our learnedest late deceased Antiquaries Dedicatory Epistles to his Majesty being of 3. several professions The first is Mr. John Seldens in the cloze of his Dedicatory Epistle to His Mare clausum Londini 1635. Inexuperabilem Tibi felicitatem sanctissima illa Majestas quae Tuae ●rchetypa est praestet conservetque The 2. is Sir Henry Spelmans in

religious Lord and Emperor that you command us to depart to our Churches if it so please your Godlinesse before the sharpnesse of Winter come That we may make our accustomed Prayors together with the People to the Almighty God and our Lord and Saviour Christ for your Empire or Reign as we have alwaies accustomed in times past and yet cease not to do and now wish to continue Here we have a most pregnant double Testimony of all these Godly Bishops assembled in full Council of their own and the Peoples constant and continual Custom both for time past present and to come to powre forth fervent publick Prayers Supplications and Thanks givings to God for the Health Reign Safety and Prosperity of their Christian Emperors though Arrians and Persecutors of them much more then was it their constant usage when Orthodox and Protectors of them thus to do Anno 370 St. Cyril Bishop of Hier●s●lem thus recites the practise of the Christians in his Age in this particular We pray to God for the common peace of the Church throughout the world For our Kings their Forces and Adherents Anno 370 St. Ambrose Bishop of Millain flourishing in the year of Christ 370. in his Book De Vocatione Gentium l. 1. c. 4. reciting the 1 Tim. 2 1 2 3. thus descants upon it De hac ergo doctrinae Apostolicae regula qua Ecclesia universalis imbuitur ne in diversum intellectum nostro evagemur arbitrio quid in ipsa universalis Ecclesia s●ntiat requiramus quia nihil dubium esse poterit in praecepto si obedientia concordat in studio Praecepit itaque Apostolus imò per Apostolum Dominus qui loquebatur in Apostolo Fieri obsecrationes postulationes gratiarum actiones pro omnibus hominibus pro Regibus ac pro iis qui in sublimitate sunt Quem legem supplicationis ita omnium Sacerdotum et omnium Fidelium devotio concorditer tenet ut nulla pars mundi sit in qua hujusmodi Orationes non celebrantur a populis Christianis Supplicat ergo ubique Ecclesia Deo non solum pro sanctis in Christo jam regeneratis sed etiam pro omnibus infidelibus inimicis crucis Christi pro omnibus Idolorum cultoribus pro omnibus qui Christum in membris suis perfequuntur pro Judaeis quorum caecitati lum●n Evangelii non refulget pro haereticis Schismaticis qui ab unitat● fidei charitatis alieni sunt Quid autem pro istis petat nisi ut relictis erroribus suis convertentur ad Deum accipiant fidem accipiant charitatem de ignorantiae tenebris liberati in agnitionem veniant veritatis c. Which he thus prosecutes in his Commentary on 1 Tim. 2. 1 2 3. Haec regula Ecclesiastica est tradita a Magistro Gentium qua utuntur Sacerdotes nostri ut pro omnibus supplicent Deprocantes pro Regibus huius seculi ut subjectas habeant Gentes ut in pace positi in tranquillitate mentis quietè Deo Domino servire possumus Orantes etiam pro ●is quibus sublimis potestas est credita ut in justitia veritate gubernent Rempublicam suppeditante rerum abundantia amota perturbatione seditionis succedat laetitia c. ut sepositis omnibus quae huic Imperio infesta inimica sunt in affectu pietatis castitatis Deo servire possumus Perturbatio enim captivitas nec pietatem servat nec castitatem Unde enim pius qui invidus est unde castitas ubi potestatis suae non est In his Epistolarum l. 5. Epist 26. ad Gratianum Augustum he thus expresseth his servent Prayers for him Et nocte die in tuis castris cura censu locatus Orationum excubias praetendebam si invalidus merito sed affectu sedulus Et haec quidem pro tua salute deferebamus pro nobis faciebamus Nihil hic adulationis est si scit ipse arbiter quem fateris in quem piè credis me non solum officio publico debitas pendere preces sed etiam amore privato Which Epistle he concludes with this Prayer for this Emperor ' Beatissimum te florentissimum Deus Omnipotens Pater Domini nostri Jesu Christi tueri aetate prolixa et Regnum tuum in summa gloria et pace perpetua confirmare dignetur Domine Imperator Auguste Divino electe judicio Principum gloriosissimo In his Epist l. 4 Epistola 28. Ad Theodosium Imperatorem he concludes with this Prayer Beatissimus florentissimus cum sanctis pignoribus fruaris tranquillitate perpetua Imperator Auguste To pretermit all other passages of this kind in his Funeral Oration De obitu Valentiniani Imperatoris he hath this passionat expression Nulla inhonoratos vos mea transibit Orati● Nulla nox non donatus aliqua precum mearum contexione transcurret Omnibus Oblationibus frequentabo c. Quam nostrae vitae temporibus fulcire curaremus ut de nostris Annis viveret qui fungi non potuit suis Which he thus concludes Tequaeso summe Deus ut clarissimos juvenes matura resurrectione suscites resuscites ut immaturum hunc vitae istius cursum matura resurrectione compenses to which this other passage in his Oration De obitu Theodosii Imperatoris might be added Da requiem perfectam servo tuo Theodosio Requiem quam praeparasti sanctis tuis This Godly Emperor Theodosius as Eutychius Patriarch of Alexandria records was by the joynt and servent Prayers of the Christians in Constantinople who spent the whole night in Supplications and beseeched God and our Lord Jesus Christ ut nobis Regem eligat quem●unque ipse elegerit nobis Regem praeficiamus miraculously elected and chosen Emperor beyond all human expectation being of a very poor and mean condition as he there relates Anno 380 Gregory Bishop of Nyssa in his excellent Book De Oratione p. 6. hath this memorable passage Oratio corporum robur est abundantia domus recta Iuris ac Legum in Civitate constitutio Regni vires belli Trophaeum pacis securitas dissidentium conciliatio conjunctorum conservatio c. Therefore it was certainly used by all Christians Churches Bishops Ministers Subjects for their Kings and Kingdoms to effect these publick ends especially in times of war and danger Anno 381 The 150. Godly Bishops assembled together in the first General Council of Constautinople Anno 381. in their Epistle to the Emperor Theodosius not only render publick Thanks to God for advancing him to the Empire for the peace of the Church and maintenance of the Orthodox Faith but likewise pray to God for the establishment of his Empire in peace and righteousnesse for many Generations and his temporal and eternal joy and beatitude in these ensuing words Initio quidem nostri ad tuam Poetatem scripti Gratias agamus Deo qui tuae Pietatis Imperium constituit ad communem

day Then the Archbishop setteth the Crowns Imperial provided for the King and Queen to wear that day upon their heads The King and Queen so Crowned taking into their hands each of them their Scepter and Rod after the train is set in order before them go from St. Edwards Altar out to the great Altar and so up to the Stage and so thorough the midst of the Quire and Church and return the same way they came The Scepters and Rods of St. Edward which the King and Queen carried in their hands are after Dinner to be re-delivered to the Church of Westminster to be kept with the Residue of the Regalia It hath pleased his Majestie to give order to me the Archbishop for the appointing of these Bishops 2. Bishops to support the King 2. Bishops to support the Queen 1. Bishop to carry the Regal 1. Bishop to carry the Paten Your Lordships are to understand the King his pleasure which of the Noblemen it will like his Majestie to appoint 1. To carry the Spurs before the King 3. To bear the 1 2 and 3. Sword 2. To bear the 2. Scepters 1. To bear the Rod with the Dove 1. To carry the Crown Imperial which the King is to wear that day 1. To bear the Crown before the Queen 1. To bear the Scepter 1. To bear the Ivory Rod 1. To put on the Kings Spurs 1. To gi●t on the Kings Sword 1. To ●edeem the Sword after it is offered and to bear it drawn before him 2. To ease the King of the carriage of his Scepter and Rod. The manner of the proceeding at the Coronation GEntlemen and Esquires 2. and 2. Knights having no Liveries Sewers of the Chamber Aldermen o● London Esquires of the body Clerks of the Signet Clerks of the privy Seal Cle●ks of the Counsel Clerks of the Markets of England Chaplin having Dignity Secreta●ie● of the 〈◊〉 ●nd French Solicitor Atto●ny and the Kings Sergeants Masters of the Request Lord c●ie● Ba●on of the Exchequer Lord chief J●stice of the common Pleas. Master of the Rolls Lord chief Justice Popham Nunc privati consilii Knight● of the Bath Se●geant Porter Sergeant of the vestry The Kings Chapel in Copes The Prebends of W●stminster Master of the Jewel-House Master of the Ga●drobe Counsellors being Knights Bishops in thei● Robes Ba●on● in their Robes Secretary Controuler Thresorer Earls in their Robes Their Coronets on their caps in their hands C●arencieux Lion V●ster Lord Keeper Lord Archbishop alone An Earl with the Spurs An Earl with Saint Edwards Scepter An Earl with the pointed Swo●d An Earl with the Sword called ●urtana An Earl with the third Sword The Mayor of London with his Mace Ga●ter principal King at Arms. Gent●eman usher of the Privy Chamber The Lord G●eat Chamberlain of England The Constable with his Mace The Sword in the Scabbard The Ma●shal with his Rod. An Earl bea●ing the Scepter of the Dane An Earl bea●ing the Crown An Earl bea●ing the O●b Barons of the Cinquepo●ts for the Canop● His Majestie led by the Bishops of Dur●sm a●d Wells The Chamberlain assisting the Train Master of the Horse Gentlemen of the Privy Chamber to the King Grooms of the privy Chamber Gentlemen-Ushers to the Queen An Earl bearing the Queens Scepter An Earl bearing the Queens Crown An Earl bearing the Queens Ivory Rod. A Bishop The Queen in a purple Robe Her hair dependent under a Canopie borne by the Barons of the Cinqueports A Bishop Train-bearer The Queens Chamberlain supporting the Train Marquesses Countesses Baronesses Ladies of the Privy Chamber Gentlemen of the Queens Privy Chamber Captain of the Guard with all the Guard following For the third I shall present you with the Ceremonies and Prayers used at King James Queen Annes and our late King CHARLES their Coronations at Westminster of which I have two Authentick Copies never formerly Printed Processio ad Templum de Palatio Ascentio ad Thronum Oblatio Interrogatio Populi Concio Descentio ad Altare Juramentum Regis Himnus veni Creator Colobii c. Tunica Litaniae Gladii Unctio Regis Investitura Regis Armillae Pallii Benedictio Regis Coronae Ascentio ad Thronum Annuli Inthronizatio Oblatio Gladii Homagium Sceptri Virgae Caeremoniae supportationis Coronae Descentio ad Tumulum Edwardi Confessoris Communio Sacra Depositio Coronae sacrae vestium Descentio ad oblationem   Communicatio Regis Indutio Coronae Novae vestium Ascentio ad Thronum   Finis Communionis Discessio de Templo ad Palatium A Brief out of the Book of the Rites of the Coronation called Liber Regalis 1. THE person that is to Annoint and Crown the King is the Lord Arch-bishop of Canterbury 2. The place is the Church of VVestminster to which it is by divers Charters granted to be Locus constitutionis Coronationis Regiae Repositorium Regalium 3. The time if it may well be some Sonday or Holy-day The Preparation 1. There is a Stage set up square close to the four high Pillars between the Quire and the Altar railed about which Stage is to be spread with Tapestry and the Railes of it to be richly covered 2. It is also to have Stairs out of the Quire up to it and down from it to the Altar other Staires Eastward 3. There is a Throne of Estate for the King to be erected on the said Stage adorned in all points as is meet 4. There is also another Chair of Estate for the King to be set below by the Altar on the right side of it and a Fald-stool with Cushions for the King to pray at 5. There is a traverse also to be made in Sr. Edwards Chappell for the King to disrobe himself in after the Ceremonies of his Coronation ended The Evening before the Coronation 1. The Evening before the Coronation the King is to be put in minde to give himself a certain space to contemplation and prayers In what sort it is set down in Libro Regali It appertaineth by office to the Abbot of Westminster to remember his M●jesty of this and other observances 2. There is then also to be delivered by his Majesties appointment to such persons as he shall like to assigne to carry them 1. The Regall 2. The Paten 3. The two Scepters 4. The Rod with the Dove 5. The Spurs 3. There is then also to be delivered to his Majesty the Tuniea or Shirt of red Silke with the places for the annoynting opened and looped close which he is to wear next over his Shirt The morning of the Coronation 1. It is to be provided that all the Regalia that is King Edward the Confessors Crown and other Ornaments together with the Ampull wherein is the Oyle with which antiently the Kings and Queens have been anoynted be laied ready upon the Altar 2. It is to be provided that the Crown and other Robes Royal which the King is to put on and wear after the Rites of the