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A51571 Scotiæ indiculum, or, The present state of Scotland together with divers reflections upon the antient state thereof / by A.M. philopatris. A. M. (Alexander Mudie) 1682 (1682) Wing M3038; ESTC R16016 67,555 300

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the first Sessions of each Parliament is to be held the Regalia The Crown Scepter and Sword of State which are kept in the Castle of Edinburgh are brought down in State to the King's Palace the Coach in which they are being well guarded by a File of Musqueteers every one who pass the Coach being uncovered and are carried by three of the Antientest Earls that are upon the place bare-headed before the King or his Commissioner In the Great Court before the King's Palace all the Members in Parliament do mount on horse-back with foot-cloaths The Burgesses Ride first being allowed one Lackey apiece two Trumpeters in their Coats bare-headed two Pursevants in their Coats bare-headed usher the way the Commissioners from Shires Two and Two The Officers of State not Noble men are next in order The Lords and Barons of Parliament the Bishops the Viscounts the Earls and the two Archbishops all of them Two and Two Next are four Trumpeters in their Coats bare-headed Two and Two and Two four Pursevants in their Coats bare-headed Two and Two six Heralds in the●r Coats bare-headed Two and Two the Gentleman Usher bare headed Lyon King at Arms with his Coat and Robes and Foot-Mantle and his Battoon in his hand bare-headed the Sword of State the Scepter and the Crown carried by three of the Antientest of the Nobility on each side the Honours three Mace bearers bare-headed a Noble man bare-headed with a Purse and in it the Lord High Commissioner his Commiss●on Then last of all the Lord High Commissioner with the Dukes and Marquesses on his Right and Left hand When the King is present the Master of the Horse Rides easie but a l●ttle aside It is ordered there be no shooting under the highest pains and penalties that day neither displaying of Ensigns nor beating of Drums during the whole Cavalcade The Officers of State not being Noble men Ride in their Gowns The whole Members Ride covered except those that carry the Honours The highest degree and the most Honourable of that Degree Ride last Every Duke hath eight Lackeys every Marquess six every Earl four every Viscount three every Lord three every Commissioner for Shires two every Commissioner for Burroughs one every Noble man to have a Gentleman to hold up his Train They may have their Pages also The Two Archbishops to have each of them eight Lackeys every other Bishop three and if they please they may have a Gentleman to hold up their Trains The Noble mens Lackeys have over their Liveries short Velvet Coats with their Badges Crests and Motto's done in Plate or embroidered on their back and breast The great Officers of State Ride up from the Abby the King's Palace about half an hour before the Cavalcade in their Robes attended with their friends on horseback waiting in the Parliament-house When the Commissioner enters the House the Lord Chancellor takes his own Purse and ushers him from the Bar to the Throne When the King is present the Lord Chance●lor receives His Majesty at the door of the Parliament-house and ushers him up to the Throne The whole Members of Parliament wait on the High Commissioner in the Great Hall the Noblemen in their Robes They return in the same order back to the Palace only the Constable and Mareschal Ride on the Commissioners Right and Left hand with Caps of Permission The Lord Chancellor and Lord Privy Seal stay behind until all march away and then return in the same State to the Palace as they Ride to the Parliament house When the King Rides in Person the Lord Chancellor Rides bearing the Great Seal but this is not done before a Commissioner When the King is present the Marquesses and Dukes Ride after the Earls but if His Majesties Commissioner be present they follow him at some distance or on his Right and Left hand After the King or his Commissioner is received by the Lord Chancellor he is seated in a Throne six steps high with a State over it And in the first step under him in a Bench sits the Lord Chancellor with other Officers of State on both hands of him In the next step under these sit the Lords of Sessions or Judges On the Right hand of the Throne is the Bishops Bench that rises up in two rows of Benches On the highest the two Archbishops sit and on the lower sit the Bishops according to the Dignity of their Sees On the Left hand of the Throne there is another great Bench of three steps and rows of Benches on which sits the Nobility according to their Precedency In the middle of the four there are two Tables on the one whereof the Regalia are laid and in two great Chairs by them sit the Constable and the Mareschal at the other Table sits the Lord Clerk of Registers with his Deputy Clerks who are the Clerks of the Parliament There are also Forms placed on the Floor these on the Right side are for the Commissioners of the Shires and these on the Left for the Commissioners of the Burroughs When all are placed the Parliament is fenced as the phrase is in the King's Name Then the King speaks to them if he be present in his Robes with the Crown on his head all standing up bare headed But when a Commissioner represents him he is in an ordinary Sute and stands and speaks also bare-headed nor is the Commissioner covered when there is pleading at the Bar but continues bare-headed as all the Members are and tells them the reason for which they are called together which is enlarged by the Lord Chancellor The next thing to be done is the Chusing of the Lords of the Articles which is a matter of great importance who are eight of every State who have been chosen different waies Sometimes the Bishops did Chuse the Eight Lords and sometimes the Nobility the Eight Bishops At other times the Nobility did Chuse their own Eight and the Bishops their Eight But now it is setled by an Act of Parliament that the King or His Commissioner names Eight of the Bishops the Lords Chuse Eight for themselves and these Sixteen do Chuse Eight Commissioners for the Shires and Eight for the Burroughs These Thirty two are the Committee of Parliament to prepare matters When a Bill is drawn by them it is brought into the Parliament Antiently all these Bills were brought in the last day of the Parliament on which the Members Ride in the same State as they do the first and the Bills being Read they were put to the Votes of the Parliament and then were approved or not being approved were presented to the King who by touching them with the Scepter gives his assent to them which is done by his Commissioner in his absence if he refuse to touch them they are of no force Matters have been fully and freely debated in Parliament Sitting all in one House every one answers distinctly to his Name and gives his Vote which is in these terms I approve