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Caliope's cabinet opened wherein gentlemen may be informed how to adorn themselves for funerals, feastings, and other heroick meetings : also, here they may know their place and worth with all the degrees and distinctions of honour in the realm, shewing how every one ought to take place with the titles due to them, with other things of antiquity very observable / by James Salter.
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Salter, James, fl. 1665.
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1665
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Wing S465; ESTC R16669
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Guard At every course the Trumpets with other Musick are to sound Going to the Parliament in State FIrst the Messengers of the Court. Gentlemen of lesser note Esquires Esquires of the Body Clerks of the Chancery Clerks of the Signet Clerks of the Privy Seal Clerks of the Counsel Masters of the Chancery Knights Bachelours Knights Baronets and Bannorets Serjeants at Law The Kings Serjeants Two Heraulds Judges of the Exchequer Judges of both Benches Chief Justice of the Pleas and chief Baron Chief Justice of the Kings Bench and Master of the Roll. Younger Sons of Noblemen Treasurer of the Kings Chamber Knights of the Bath Eldest Sons of Noblemen Knights of the Privy Counsel Knights of the Garter Principal Secretary Treasurer and Comptroler of the House Two Heraulds Barons Two Heraulds Bishops The Bishop of Winchester Prelate of the Garter Bishop of London Durham and Lord Chancellour to the Archbishop of Canterbury go next before the Archbishop by Act of Parliament Viscounts Two Heraulds Earles Herauld King at Armes Marquesses Dukes Lord Chancelour Arch-Bishops Clarenceaux King at Arms. Two Serjeants at Arms. Garter with the chief Gentleman Usher at his right hand The Earle Marshal Great Chamberlain and Steward of the House The King in a Chair carried Four Esquires and Footmen in rich Coats Pentioners with Partisans ranked on each side Master of the Horse leading a spare Horse Vice-Chamberlain Who are to be admitted Gentlemen In Ecclesiastical Vicars Generals Guardians of Spirit Deans of Cathedrals Arch Deacons Chancellors Treasurers Chaunters Doctors Provosts Deans Governours of Colledges In Military The high Constable Lieutenant General Marshal Admiral Major General Quartermaster General Treasurer Guardians of Fronteers Grand Esquires Mr. of Artillery Collonels Serjeant Major Captain and all that receive Commission In Civil State The Chancelor President Treasurer Judges Justices Chief Officer of the Palace Royal. Secretary of State Mayors Provosts Bayliffs of incorporate Towns and Cities Of Doctors The Doctor of Divinity is to be preferred next the Knight The Doctor of Law next The Doctor of Physick next To these professions is admitted the bearing of armes but the Herauld ought to have a special care and regard in the designment Gentility obtained by learning is honorable Professions not Gentlemen 1. Viliny which is the Countreyman 2. Shop-keepers commonly named Merchants whose condition of life is ungentlle in regard of the doubleness of their tongue without which they cannot live 3. Craftsmen 4. Bondmen Seven more but Laudable 1. Agriculture 2. Cloathing 3. Architecture 4. Merchandizing beyond Sea 5. Armatura working of metal 6. Arsvenatoria the art of Hunting 7. Theatoria the Arts of Playes These seven are correspondent to seven Sciences which may be admitted Gentlemen and bear armes they are as followeth Seven Sciences Gentile with the Arms they may bear Doctor of Physick MAy bear Argent about a Laurel Tree a Serpent inwrapped The Orator May bear Azure on a chief gules three Roses Or The Mathematician May bear Azure a Globe Or Geometrician May bear Vert a Carpenters Square Argent Astronomer May bare Azure a Serpent biting his Tail Or Musician May have Vert a Grashopper Or Poet. May bear Azure a Swan proper Precedencies of Kings and Kingdoms GReat debates have been concerning the preheminance of Kings and Kingdoms How their Embassadors and Bishops were placed at the Council of Constance is as followeth 1. First was placed the German ranck to whom was united Bohemia Hungaria Polonia Dalmatia Gretia and Croatia 2. The French had place alone as a Nation absolute 3. Next was the English to whom was united Scotland Norway Denmark Sweeden and Cyprus 4. Then the Italians who had all the Kingdoms subject to Rome as Scicily Naples c. 5. Lastly the Spaniards who were there hardly allowed a Nation but in the end to be the fifth and last to whom were joyned Castilia Arragon Majorca Navarra Portugal and Granado Officers of State how to take place THose of the Crown are to precede and take place of all other Nobility that are not except of the Blood Royal. Of the Crown are Lord Chancelor Lord Treasurer Lord President of the privy Councel Lord Privy Seal These six are next If he be a Baron to sit above all Barons or an Earle above all Earls as 1. Lord great Chamberlain of England 2. Lord high Constable of England 3. Lord Marshal of England 4. Lord Admiral of England 5. Lord great Master or Steward of the Kings House 6. Lord Chamberlain of the Kings House The principal Secretary if a Baron above all Barons How Gentlemen of a Civil or Military State are to take place DUkes Marquesses Earles Viscounts and Barons are to take their places according to the antiquity of their Title and their Ancestors Creation and their Wives accordingly A Dukes eldest Son takes place as a Marquess but beneath him his Wife beneath a Marchioness if she be the Daughter and Heir of a Duke she shall go before all Dukes eldest Sons Wives but beneath a Marchioness The youngest Sons of Dukes are in equal degree with an Earle but to go beneath him So the eldest Sonne of a Marqness as an Earle and the younger as Viscounts their Ladies and Sisters to take place accordingly An Earles eldest Son takes place as a younger Viscount and a younger as a Baron their Wives and Sisters accordingly Viscounts eldest Sons as Barons and their youngest Sons to take place with Barons eldest Sons above all Knights Taking of place from a Slave to a Baron Rom. 12. v. 10. AS men here in England do and ought to precede and take place is as followeth Workmen and Labourers of no substance are to precede a Bondman Masons before Workmen Watermen and Ferrymen before Masons Fishermen before Watermen Marriners and Sea Souldiers before Fishermen Victuallers Retailers of wares and Chapmen before them Artificors occupied in Arts either necessary or pleasing before Victuallers c. Husbandmen whose endeavours are imployed about the fruits of the Earth before Artificers A Gentleman is to precede a Husbandman a Gentleman that has Title shall go before others as a Doctor being a Gentle man before others A Gentleman Graduate before a graduate tantum A Gentleman qualified with learning and vertue is before a Gentleman rich onely A Gentleman advanced for vertue shall be preferred before a Gentleman by Office An Esquire by Office is to precede a Gentleman An Esquire by creation to precede him An Esquire by Birth him A Knight Batchelor is to go before an Esquire A Baronet before a Knight A Knight Bannorer before him A Baron before him If a man of wealth as a Merchant c. purchase a Barony he ought not to have place amongst Barons A Father that hath a Son that beareth Office shall give place to his Son in publick meeting except in private Between two equals he that is in his own Jurisdiction shall precede A Citizen of a chief City is to take place of a Citizen of a meaner City in any