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The Compleat solemnity of St. Georges Day consisting in the morning preparation and magnificent proceeding, the solemn coronation and coronation oath : with the solemnities of serving the Kings table at the royal feast, and ceremonies of the challenge made by the champion in Westminster-Hall / all described in a perfect narrative of the coronation of His late Sacred Majesty Charles the Second, on Saint Georges Day, April the 23th.
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Wing C5654; ESTC R27267
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Tables one beneath the other at the upper end of the first sate the Bishops and below them the Judges with the rest of the Long Robe At the second Table sate the Masters of the Chancery and the six Clerks at which likewise the Barons of the Cinque Ports were then necessitated to sit by reason of a Disturbance which some of the Kings Footmen made in offering to take the Canopy from them although the upper end of the first Table was appointed for them On the other side of the Hall was placed likewise a long Table which reached down near to the Common Pleas Court wherat the Nobility dined and behind this close to the wall sate the Lord Mayor Aldermen Recorder and twelve chief Citizens of London Lastly within the Court of Common Pleas was a Table set for the Officers at Arms each Table being furnished with three Courses answerable to that of the Kings besides the Banquet At the upper end of the Hall where upon an Ascent of steps a Theater was raised for his Majesties Royal Seat at this great Solemnity a large Table being placed the Serjeant of the Ewry two Serjeants at Arms with their Maces going before him brought up the Covering which was spread by the Gentelmen Ushers and Serjeants of the Ewry This being done the Officers of the Pantry with two Serjeants at Arms also before them brought up the Salt of State and Caddinet A little before the King return'd to dinner two Esquires of the Body took their Seats upon two little foot-stools on either side of the foot of the Kings Chair placed opposite to the middle of the Table and there sate until the King came in to Dinner when Rising and performing their Duty in placing the Kings Robes for his better conveniency of sitting they sate down again at the Kings feet until the King gave them leave to rise On the right side of the Throne was erected a Gallery for the Officers at Arms and opposite to that on the other side another for the Musick and below on the old Scaffold next the Court of Common-pleas stood the Kings Trumpets The proceeding at the carrying up of the first Course to the Kings Table THe two Clerks Comptrollers The two Clerks of the Green Cloath And the Cofferer of his Majesties Houshold All in Black Velvet Gowns trimm'd with black Silk and Gold Lace with Velvet Caps raised in the Head Six Serjeants at Arms two and two The Earl Marshal on the Left Hand The Lord High Steward The Lord High Constable on the Right All three mounted on Horse-back in their Robes and with their Coronets on their Heads having their Horsâ—â— richly trapped Six Sejeants 〈…〉 two and two The Comptroller of the Household The Treasurer of the Household With their white Staves The Earl of Dorset Sewer The Earl of Chesterfield his assistant The Knights of the Bath carrying up the Service two and two to a Dish which was set upon the Table by the Earl of Lincoln Carver assisted by the Earls Sewers In the Rear came up the three Clerks of his Majesties Kitchin all suted in Black Figur'd Satin Gowns and Velvet Caps in fashion like those worn by the Clerks Comptrollers Dinner being set on 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 born naked before him and having wash'd sate downe to dinâ—â—â— the Bishop of London saying Grace On the Kings Right hand stood the Noble men that carried the three Swords holding them naked and erected all the Dinner while at his left hand stood the Lord high Chamberlain to whom the King had given the Scepter to hold and at the Tables end on the Kings left hand sate the Duke of York in his Robes and Coronet Soon after Dinner was begun the Lord Allington by virtue of his Tenure of the Manour of Wymundley in the County of Hertford served the King of his first Cup which was of Silver Gilt and after the King had drank he had the Cup for his fee. Next Thomas Leigh Esquire was brought up to the Table with a Mess of Pottage called Dilegrout by reason of his Tenure of the Maner of Addington in the County of Surrey Afterwards a little before the second Course was ready Sir Edward Dymock Knight being the Kings Champion as being seized of the Manâ—r of Scrivelsby in the County of Lincoln enter'd the Hall on a goodly White Courser armed at all points and there having made a stand for sometime advanced in manner following First two Trumpets Then the Serjeant Trumpeter with his Mace After him two Serjeants at Arms with their Maces Then one Esquire carrying his Target having his Arms depicted thereon And another Esquire carrying the Champions Launce upright After them York Herald at Arms. The Earl Marshal on his Left Hand on Horse-back The Champion The Lord High Constable on his Right Hand on Horse-back Being come some few Steps he made a stand whereupon the said Herald proclaimed his Challenge in the following words If any Person of what Degree soever high or low shall deny or gainsay our Soveraign Lord KING CHARLES the Second King of England Scotland France and Ireland Defender of the Faith Son and next Heir to our Soveraign 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 lieth and is a False Traytor being ready in Person to Combat with him and in this Quarrel wild adventure his Life against him on what day soever he shall be appointed Whereupon the Champion threw down his Gantlet which lying some small time and no body taking it up it was delivered to him again by the same Herald then he advanced further forward till he came to the Middle of the Hall And lastly to the foot of the Steps going up to the Throne of State This being done the Earl of Pembrook and Montgomery assisted as before presented on the Knee to the King a Gilt Cup with a Cover full of Wine who drank to the Champion and by the said Earl sent him the Cup which having receiv'd 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 After which Garter principal King at Arms with the two provincial Kings having their Coronets on with the Heralds and Pursuivants at Arms came down from the Gallery and went to the lower end of the Tables where they first made their Obeysance to his Majesty then advancing up to the midst of the Hall they did the like and afterward at the foot of the steps to his Majesties Throne where Garter being ascended proclaimed his Majesties Stile in Latine French and English according to antient sage crying Largess thrice which done they all retired into the midst of the Hall and there after crying Largess again thrice he proclaimed the Kings Stile as before And lastly they went to the end of the Noble mens Table and did the same again and from thence into the Common-Pleas Court to Dinner Immedidiately after this the second Course was brought up by the Gentlemen Pensioners with the former Solemnity the last dish being carried up by Erasmus Smith Esquire who then presented the King with three Maple Cups on the behalf of Robert Barnham Esquire in respect of his Tenure of the Manor of Nether Bilsington in the County of Kent Lastly the Lord Mayor of London then presented the King with Wine in a Golden Cup having a Cover of which the King having drank the said Lord Mayor receiv'd it for his Fee By this time the day being far spent the King having water brought him by the Earl of Pembrook and his Assistants washed and rose from Dinner before the third Course was brought in and retiring into the Inner Court of Wards he there disrobed himself and from thence went privately to his Barge which waited for him at the Parliament Stairs and so to the Privy Stairs at VVhitehall where he landed FINIS The CORONATION OATH ARch-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 Vid. Rushworths Col. part 1. Fol. 200. 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 Antient Customs of the Realm KING I grant and promise to keep them Arch-Bishop Sir 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 Arch-Bishop Sir will you to your power cause Law Justice and Discretion in Mercy and Truth to be executed to your judgment KING I will Arch-Bishop 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 as much as in you lies KING I grant and promise so to do Advertisement THe four Triumphal Arches built by the City of London for the entertainment of our late most gracious Soveraign Charles the second in his Passage from the Tower to Whitehall on the 22th of April 1661. being the day before his Coronation The Inside of Westminster-Abby describing the Places of the Nobility and great Officers with the manner of the Kings Coronation on St. Georges day proper to be added to this Book THe Compleat Map of the Survey of all London Westminster and Southwark with a Prospect of London and Westminster The Pocket Book of the Roads with the computed and measured distance between each Village and Town Sheet Maps describing the several Roads with the Towns Churches Houses and other things remarkable in the Road and on each side with the turnings that lead to them and other distant places both pleasant and useful for Travellers the price 6 d. a sheet or 10 d. each 100 Mile fitted for a Pocket Book Sold by William Morgan next the Blew Boar in Ludgate-street