E. of Oxford E. of Shrewsbury his Majesties Principal Secretary of State. E. of Bedford E. of Bath E of Macelesfield E. of Nottingham principal Secret. of State. E. of Fauconberg E. of Monmouth Lord Mordant E. of Montague E. of Marlborough Lord Churchill E. of Portland Mr. Bertinck Groom of the Stole to his Majesty Visc Newport Treasurer of his Majesties Houshold Visc Lumley Visc Sidney Ld. Bishop of London Ld Wharton Ld. Delamere Sir Robert Howard Kt. Sir Henry Capell Kt. Sir John Lowther Barronet Vice-Chamberlain of his Majesties Houshold Mr. H. Powle Speaker of the H. of Commons Mr. Edward Russell Mr. Richard Hambden Mr. Hugh Boscawen Thomas Wharton Esq Comptroller of his Majesties Houshold William Harbord Esq Lords Commissioners of the Great Seal Sir John Maynard Kt. Sir Anthony Kecke Kt. Sir William Rawlinson Kt. Commissioners for the Office of Lord High Admiral Arthur Herbwert Esq Earl of Carbery Sir Michael Wharton Bar. Sir Thomas Lee Bar. Sir John Chichely Kt. Sir. John Lowther of White-haven Bar. William Sacherverill Esq Lords of the Treasury Earl of Monmouth Lord Delamere Lord Godolphin Sir Henry Capel Kt. Richard Hampden Esq New Knights of the Garters Duke Frederick Mareschal de Scomberg General of his Majesties Forces and Master-General of the Ordnance Earl of Devonshire Duke of Ormond New Bishops Dr. Burnet Bishop of Salisbury Dr. Trewlawny B. of Exet. Ld. Lovelace Captain of the Band of Gentlemen-Pensioners Ld. Lucas Chief Governour of the Tower of London Ld. Willoughby of Eresby Chancellour of the Dutchy of Lancaster Sir Henry Pollixfen Kt. Attorney-General Sir George Treby Kt. Solicitor-General Clerks of the Privy-Council Sir John Nicholas Kt. of the Bath William Blaithwayt Esq Charles Montague Esq Richard Colling Esq Commissioners for the Customs Hon. George Booth Esq Sir Richard Temple Bar. and Kt. of the Bath Sir John Worden Bar. Sir Robert Southwell Bar. Sir Robert Clayton Kt. Sir Patient Ward Thomas Pelham Esq Commissioners for the Excise Sir Henry Fane Kt. Sir Henry Ashurst Kt. Sir Humphrey Edwin Kt. Thomas Frankland Esq Francis Parry Esq John Danvers Esq John Wilcox Jun. Esq The Lords Lieutenants appointed by his Majesty Bedford E. of Bedford Berks D. of Norfolk Bucks E. of Bridgw Cambr. E. of Bedford Chesh Ld. Delamere Cornw. E. of Bath Cumb. E. of Carlysle Derby E. of Devon. Devon E. of Bath Dorset E. of Bristol Essex E. of Oxford Glouc. E. of Matclesfied Heref. E. of Matclesfield Hertf. E. of Shrewsbury during the Minority of the E. of Essex Hunt. E. of Manchester Kent E. of Winchester Lanc. E. of Derby Leic. E. of Rutland Linc. E. of Lindsey Midds E. of Clare Monm E. of Macclesf Norf. D. of Norfolk Northum Ld. V. Lumly Northamp E. of Monm Nott. E. of Kingston Oxon E. of Abingdon Salop Ld. Visc Newp Som. L. Vis Fitz-harding Southamp D. of Bolton Stafford Ld. Paget Suffolk Ld. Cornwallis Surrey D. of Norfolk Sus E. of Dors Midd. Warw. E. of Northampt. Worcester E. of Shrewsb Westm Sir. J. Lowther Wilts E. of Pembroke York East R.E. of Kings North. R.E. Falconb West Rid. E. of Danby S.N. Wales E. of Maccl A List of the Chaplains to be waiting on their Majesties March. DR Horneck Dr. Bright Mr. Kidder Dr. Fowler April Dr. Tillotson Dr. Stillingfleet Dr. Stratford Mr. Young. May. Mr. Brograve Dr. Scott Dr. Alderidge Mr. Wake June Dr. Fuller Dr. Grove Dr. Ironside Dr. Baily July Dr. Hescard Dr. Megott Dr. Tennison Mr. Bramson August Dr. Belk Dr. Hough Mr. Wiggan Mr. Williams September Dr. Sharp Dr. Craddocke Dr. Edwards M. Staino October Dr. Goodman Dr. Beveridge Dr. Freeman Dr. Turner November Dr. Jane Dr. Smith Dr. Hall. Dr. Doughty December Dr. Patrick Mr. Pelling Dr. Horden Mr. Blagrave January Mr. Lamb. Mr. Manningham Dr. Hooper Dr. Mills February Mr. Fielding Dr. Onely Dr. Brabant Dr. Mountague Officers newly made to the Queens Majesty EArl of Wiltshire Ld. Chamberlain Ld. Coot Treasurer Abel Tassind ' Allone Esq Principal Secretary and Master of Requests Countess of Derby Groom of the Stole FINIS
acknowledgement of the care he had taken of the Religion Laws and Liberty of the Kingdom c. intreating him to take upon him the Administration of Government and use to that end the publick Revenues to take speedy Care of the Stats of Ireland and issue out his Circular Letters for the calling a Convention to sit at Westminster on the 22d of January c. Whereupon his Highness was pleased to declare to this effect That being a matter of weight he would consider of it and give them an answer the next day On the 28th of December in the Morning the Lords attended his Highness at St. James's who gave them this answer My Lords I Have considered of your Advice and as far as I am able I will endeavour to secure the Peace of the Nation untill the meeting of the Convention in January next for the Election whereof I will forthwith issue out Letters according to your Desire I will also take care to apply the publick Revenues to the most proper uses that the present Affairs do require and likewise endeavour to put Ireland into such a Condition that the Protestant Religion and the English Interest may be maintained in that Kingdom And I farther assure you that as I came hither for the preservation of the Protestant Religion and the Laws and Liberties of these Kingdoms so I shall always be ready to expose my self in any hazard for the defence of the same The Lords having made their Thankfull acknowledgment for this Speech so suitable to their Desires the Gentlemen who had served as Members of Parliament during the Reign of King Charles II. together with the Aldermen and Common-Council of the City of London waited upon him in the Afternoon to whom his Highness was pleased to give the same answer Nor was there only a Pleasure conceived in England for His Highness's Success and prosperous Proceedings but on the first of January New-Style all the Persons of Quality that were at the Hague appeared at Court to complement her Royal Highness the Princess of Orange and in the Evening their Electoral Highnesses of Brandenburgh arrived there and were conducted to the old Palace which was prepared for them whither her Royal Highness went to visit the Electoress and splendid Entertainments were made upon the occasion On the 30th of December His Highness was pleased to issue out his Declaration for authorizing Sheriffs Justices of the Peace and other Officers and Ministers to Act in their respective Places that were in Office the first of December Papists excepted with a Charge to be carefull and diligent in their Places and Trusts for preserving the Peace and Quiet of the Kingdom and relieving the Poor c. And now the Country People and others scouting abroad had gleaned a great number of Persons whose desire of Safety had caused their withdrawing amongst whom was the Earls of Salisbury and Peterborough Lord Chancellour Sir Edward Hales Sir Thomas Jenner Charles Hales Dr. Obadiah Walker Richard Graham Philip Burton and many others as also nine Jesuites viz. John Leybourn Charles Poulton Ralph Clayton Joseph Gifford Robert Jenison William Locker Francis Calamy and Thomas Kingsley with many more who are in safe Custody and his Highness having issued out his Circular Letters for chusing Members to be present at the Convention the Elections were carried on in most Places as it were with one consent without any appearance of those Strivings and Heats that have too often attended former Elections and that there might no disturbance or hinderance happen upon the occasion of the Soldiers quartering in Cities and Boroughs they were ordered to draw off except Garisons to other Quarters till the Elections were over which was punctually observed with an exact and ready Obedience and soon after his Highness put forth a Declaration for the better quartering of the Forces This Declaration though the people seemed no where unwilling to quarter the Soldiers according to their ability highly satisfied them in the Prince's Justice and good Intentions so that the Association for the preservation of his Person has been promoted in the Signing through all the Countries of England with much freeness and alacrity a Copy of which as it was drawn up and signed at St. James's by the Lords and Gentlemen take in the following Words WE whose Names are hereunto subscribed who have jointed with the Prince of Orange for the defence of the Protestant Religion and for maintaining the antient Government and the Laws and Liberties of England Scotland and Ireland do engage to Almighty God to his Highness the Prince of Orange and to one another to stick firm to this Cause and to one another in defence of it and never to depart from it till our Religion our Laws and Liberties are so far secured to us in a Free Parliament that we shall be no more in danger of falling under Popery and Slavery And whereas we are engaged in this common Cause under the Protection of the Prince of Orange by which means his person may be exposed to dangers and to the desperate and cursed Attempts of the Papists and other bloudy Men we do therefore solemnly engage both to God and to one another That if any such Attempts are made upon him we will pursue not only those that make them but all their Adherents and all that we find in Arms against us with the utmost severities of a just Revenge to their Ruine and final Destruction And that the Execution of any such Attempts which God of his Mercy forbid shall not divert us from prosecuting this Cause which we do now undertake but that it shall engage us to sarry it on with all the vigour that so barbarous a Practice shall deserve His Highness having as is before mentioned been pleased to take upon him the Administration of the Civil and Military Power and by reason of the sudden change and alteration of Affairs the the publick Revenues had been put out of Order as to the method of Collecting and placing and dis-placing the Collectors he issued out a Declaration commanding all Collectors Receivers and Officers not being Papists authorized and employed by the proper Commissioners of the Customs Excise Hearth-money or any other Branch of the Revenue to proceed in the Managing Receiving and Levying the said Revenue as formerly and that all Magistrates and Officers should be assisting to them in their respective Stations the better to enable them to make their due Collections and Receipts And moreover his Highness taking into his charitable Consideration the necessitous Condition of the poor people as well Handicrafts as others destitute of employment out of a sense of their wants caused a considerable Summe of Money to be distributed amongst those of the Out-Parishes of the Cities of London and Westminster But now the Papists notwithstanding a former Declaration commanding them not being House-keepers Merchants or Servants to the Queen Dowager c. to depart the Cities of London and Westminster continuing in contempt
William the III King of England Scot Fran. and Ireland Prince of Orange c. Aetatis suae 38 HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE AN Historical Account OF THE MEMORABLE ACTIONS Of the most Glorious Monarch WILLIAM III. KING of England Scotland France and Ireland Prince of Orange c. Giving a true Relation of all that hapned of consequence since his glorious Expedition into England from time to time as also the happy Arrival of his Royal Consort Queen Mary and their being Proclaimed and Crowned King and Queen of these Realms The whole containing a Summary from his Birth to this day Together with the Names of several of those worthy Persons upon whom he has conferred Honours and places of Trust since his being Proclaimed LONDON Printed and are to be sold by H. Rhodes next door to the Swan Tavern near Bride-lane in Fleet-Street 1689. LICENSED April 24 1689. THE PREFACE TO THE READER THE weight of this illustrious Subject might have required a greater Vndertaker and made me have kept at an awfull distance whilst the most celebrated Pens of Europe had interwoven and enamell'd the Birth and Rising Glories of so great a Prince with all the Rhetorical and Heroick Accents and Expressions that are capable of giving Life and Fire to the Minds of Men and raising their Souls to a highth capable of knowing the Centre of true Greatness but with humble submission not finding any forward in so invaluable an Enterprize I though unworthy have presumed to make this Essay hoping it will not be taken ill since this at least is the Ground-work upon which the most aspiring Historian must build when he consults the Golden Rolls of Fame to raise a Pyramid of lasting Honour to the Memories of the World 's undoubted Worthies In this Book though small to appearance you may find things as vast in Extent as Virtue and Valour can enlarge them and when I tell you it is the Compendium of the Birth and Actions of the Great and Renowned Prince of the House of Orange with what more especially relates to his Redeeming us from Popery and Slavery by his generous Expedition Valour and Conduct I might be silent since the World is sufficiently sensible of what I farther intend yet that Posterity may not forget so great a Deliverance it is fit that it should be Recorded till Time is swallowed up in Eternity You have Reader in this Book an Account of the illustrious Birth of a Prince born to be the Protectour of the true Religion and the Support next the Almighty Arm of Christianity coming nearest to its primitive Purity with his Advancement to early Honours and his memorable Actions from time to time with the various dangers and hazards to which he has exposed himself for the Repose of Christendom but more especially for the securing and promoting the Protestant Religion You have likewise a Discovery of Popish Cruelties in the wretched State and Condition of the Protestants in France under the late Persecution from which you may gather what we might have expected and suffered had not this great Prince at so much Cost hazard of his Person and indefatigable Labour and Industry dispell'd with the Rays of his early and glorious Success the cloudy Tempest that was breaking over our Heads and to be brief you have an Account of all that has memorably passed from his Birth to this day and that more particularly in England upon the ever-to-be-remembered Occasion of his coming over as our Protectour and Deliverer with the indefatigable Industry he has successfully used to infatuate and defeat the Designs of our Enemies and the Returns he has found from a sensible and gratefull People and especially the Wisdom of the Nation Assembled in Parliament in Proclaiming and Crowning him together with his Royal Consort King and Queen of England c. with the manner of the performance and what else can be required to set forth so illustrious an History the Subject of which may some Angel sound with a golden Trumpet to the utmost Kingdoms of the Earth which is the Wish of Your humble Servant S. J. An Historical Account of the Life and memorable Actions of the most Illustrious William Henry King of Great Britain France and Ireland Prince of Orange c. WHen we undertake to Write of illustrious Persons whose great Actions are sufficiently known to the World and whose Vertues and Candour have placed them upon a Pinacle of Fame it is then that Rhetorical Strains or flattering Applause is altogether to be laid aside as vain and useless for true Diamonds require not the Art to set them off like Counterfeits but relying upon their proper Lustre make their value known and shine in a kind of careless Glory wherefore considering the Illustrious Subject I am here to handle waving elaborate Circumstances and Expressions not greatly pertinent to History or Matters of this kind my Care and Endeavour shall be to keep to Truth and Fact and as much as in me lies to give a satisfactory Account of the Birth and glorious Actions of a Prince whose Fame has travell'd with the Sun. WIlliam Henry of the Illustrious House of Nassau our present Sovereign descended from that renowned German Family that has been ever Famous and to which the Empire and all Christendom has been so much beholden Son to William of Nassau Prince of Orange by the Royal Princess Mary Daughter to Charles I. King of England c. was Born on the 14th of November in the year of our Lord 1650. his Father dying the preceding Month after he had been Married about nine Years and done Actions worthy of his high Birth in the Four and Twentieth year of his Age leaving this hopefull Issue to dispell the Clouds of Sorrow that began to spread themselves over most European Courts upon notice of a Death so unexpected and a Loss so important This great Prince at his Baptism had for Godfathers the Lords States of Holland Zealand and the Cities of Amsterdam Delf and Leyden receiving the Name of William Henry and as he increased in years under the Care of the indulgent Princess and such as were appointed to attend and wait upon him he gave early hope of what hath since been sufficiently manifested At five years of Age he came to visit his Uncle King Charles II who then was at Breda preparing for England to take Possession of the Thrones and Kingdoms so long detained from him where the King expressed his extraordinary satisfaction to see the Prince his Nephew and highly welcomed him and soon after the Estates General having a particular Audience of the King recommending the firmness and fidelity of that Republick to his Interest c. his Majesty in the most obliging Terms replyed That the Interest if no other Motives should induce him to it of two Persons so nearly allied to him as the Princess Royal his Sister and the Prince of Orange his Nephew who live in the Estate as part of it
must unavoidably endear it to him However there were many Reasons of State which obliged him to make with those Provinces a most strict Alliance And now the King's Departure for England being at hand the Estates General named Mr. De Gent. Deputy of Guelderland Guelderwagen of Holland and Lampsins of Zeland to wait upon the Queen of Bohemia who was then with the King and the Duke of York and Gloucester who Lodged in the Extroardinary Ambassador's House to complement them on the Re-establishment of the King and the Revolution of the Affairs of England and at the same time Mr. Renswonde of Utreicht Ripperdo of Hengelo of Overysel together with Isbrants of Groning were deputed to the same Office by the Princess Royal and the Prince of Orange The King being treated by the Estates General at the Hague he sitting at the middle of the Table-head had on the Right Hand the Queen of Bohemia on the Left the Princess Royal and there the Prince was present a Seat being placed on purpose for him to distinguish his Character though in his tender years from Lords of great Rank and Quality who were present at that splendid Entertainment and this order was observed whenever he Dined publickly with the King which he frequently did as well at the Hague as at other places and when the King left the Hague his Highness accompanied with Prince William of Nassau Governour of Friezeland with sundry Nobles and Gentlemen went before him towards the Ships on which together with his Train he was to embark for England and when he went on Board he was conducted to the Admiral 's Ship by the Queen of Bohemia the Princess Royal and the Prince of Orange to whom at his Departure he returned most obliging Thanks and endearing Expressions of Affection which ended not but with his Life These were the remarkable Passages as I may term them in the Infancy of this great Prince But it is time to go on to those of his riper years A prevailing Faction growing up in the United Provinces managed by Statesmen that ambitiously strove to engross the Power and enrich themselves as much as in them lay to overshadow the Brightness of this Rising Sun to eclipse the Family that had laid the very Foundation of the State and by which Providence would have it supported though at the same time France pressed them with a prevailing Army Amongst those of the Faction the De Wits were very forward for which and some underhand Practices against the Person of the Prince the two Brothers John and Cornelius soon after felt the Rage of the People who out them to pieces however those that remained struggled to keep themselves in Power and the better to doe it disbanded their experienced Forces and Officers putting in their steads the Sons of Burgher-masters and such others as they supposed would stickle for them against the Interest of this Rising Prince however it lasted not for within a while the French taking more effectually the advantage of this oversight swept away divers of the Frontier Towns and entered deep with great ravagement and devastation into some of the Provinces which made the People consider of a General to lead their Forces whereupon in the beginning of the year 1672. the Prince was invested with the Titles of Captain and Admiral General of the United Provinces Honours his Ancestors had a long time meritoriously enjoyed to the extraordinary contentment of the People by having next under God been the chief means of reducing those Provinces from Slavery into a State when his Highness Marching at the Head of a few Troups made good his Post at Nienkop against the violent Attacks and Incroachments of the French and so gallantly ordered Affairs that he made them retire with loss Upon the Ravage the French had made on the Frontiers the people of the Province of Holland grew discontented and displeased with their Magistrates attributing the Misfortune to their neglect so that those of Dort broke into open Mutiny demanding to see the Megazines but being put off or refused suspecting some Treachery they resolved to have the Prince made Stateholder nor would they by any means be appeased till he was sent for and confirmed in that Dignity which being passed into an Act great joy ensued amongst the People and soon after the other Cities and Provinces consented to the like Investment and his Highness took his Place in the Hall of Audience with the Ceremonies the Dignity required Upon these Proceedings and his Highness's returning â—o the Army at Bodegrove the Face of things were changed and the late drooping Provinces seemed to take new Life and Vigour the French were manfully resisted and the Bishop of Munster forced from the Walls of Groning by a slender Garison after the Loss of a great part of his Army so that now the Prince being very powerfull in the Hearts of the people the De Wits were sacrificed to the popular Fury for conspiring against him the Government for the Burghers and others taking Arms and breaking in upon them where Cornelius was imprisoned by the Magistrates and his Brother John at that time come to see him they dragged them thence with great Cries and after a miserable mis-usage hung them up by the Heels in the Market-place and cutting them to pieces sold their Joints and Flesh by piece-meal at great Rates which were carried away by the Buyers in a Triumph of Revenge The De Wits falling thus from their highth of Honour Min Heer Fagel was made Pentionary with the Prince's approbation and indeed deservedly having been the first when only Pentioner of Haerlem to open peoples Eyes upon the inevitable Ruine that must have attended upon the continuance of the De Wits Ministry and thereupon the Elector of Brandenburgh wrote a most obliging Letter to the States to let them know he had received the News of the Prince's Advancement and Settlement in the Honours and Dignities of his Ancestors and to assure them of his Friendship and good Will so that the Provinces within themselves being settled it was thought high time to oppose the Insults of the French whereupon the Prince marched to dislodge their Out-gaurds and came upon them so unexpectedly and with so much terrour as they lay at the Seige of Utreicht that he beat them into their Trenches and took several Prisoners of Note which he commended to be kindly used and sent to Amsterdam And now there being a Rumour that some Attempt was designed against his Highness's Person by some private means so far it wrought that from that time he has been entreated to accept of a Guard for his Person and although the season was far advanced he laid Seige to Woerden a considerable Garison held by the French to the relief of which the Duke of Luxemburgh hasted and was the first time obliged to retire with considerable loss but returning with a great Re-inforcement as the Toown was about to Capitulate after an obstinate Fight
Religion established by Law And will you preserve unto the Bishops and Clergy of this Realm and to the Churches committed to their Charge all such Rights and Privileges as by Law do or shall appertain to any of them King and Queen All this I promise to doe After this the King and Queen laying his and her hand upon the holy Gospel shall say King and Queen These things which I have here before promised I will perform and keep So help me God. Then the King and Queen shall kiss the book And this Oath by the same Act is to be administred to all the Kings and Queens that shall succeed to the Imperial Crown of this Realm at their respective Coronations by one of the Archbishops or Bishops and to be done in publick Thus every thing being in a readiness and the expected day arrived their Majesties being come from White-Hall to Westminster the Heralds began to put the Proceedings in order the Peers in the Lords House and the Peeresses in the painted Chamber so that about eleven in the morning their Majesties and the whole Proceeding were conducted into Westminster-Hall where at the upper end a Throne being erected their Majesties took their Seats under their Cloath of State on the inside the Table which done the Master of the Jewel-house presented to the Lord High Constable the Sword of State also the Sword Curtana and the two pointed Swords in their order who in the like order delivered them to the Lord Great Chamberlain and he having drawn them out of the Scaboards laid them on the Table before their Majesties as likewise the Spurs After which the Dean and Prebendaries of Westminster bring the Crowns and other Regalia presented them severally and then they were delivered to those Lords whose Office or Trust it was to bear them Then the Proceeding began from Westminster Hall to the Abbey where being entered and each seated or placed in order the Lord Bishop of London began with the Recognition which ending with a general Shout and universal Acclamation of Joy their Majesties offered and the Lords who carried the Regalia offered them at the Altar severally to be there disposed after which the Litany was sung by the Bishops of St. Asaph and Bangor which ended the Communion Service began the Epistle taken out of the 1 Pet. 2. ver 13 17. was read by the Bishop of Carlisle and the Gospel out of Mat. 22. 16 22. was read by the Bishop of St. Asaph after which followed the Nicene Creed and by this time the Bishop of Salisbury being in the Pulpit after repeating the Lords Prayers took his Text 2 Sam. 23.3 4. viz. The Lord God of Israel said the Rock of Israel spake to me he that ruleth over men must be just ruling in the fear of God and he shall be as the Light of the morning when the Sun riseth even a morning without Clouds as the tender Grass springing out of the Earth by clear shining after rain The Sermon which lasted half an hour being ended their Majesties took the new established Oath before mentioned and after Veni Creator was sung and the Holy Oil consecrated their Majesties were conducted to their Royal Chairs placed on the Theatre where the Honourable Members of the House of Commons who with their Speaker were seated in the north Cross might have a full prospect and there being disrobed of their Crimson Mantles their Majesties were solemnly annointed and presented with the Spurs and Sword which being offered up and redeemed by the Earl of Portland their Majesties were invested with the Imperial Robes and Orbs after that with the Rings and Sceptres and about four of the Clock the Crowns were placed on their heads by the Lord Bishop of London assisted by the Lord Bishop of Rochester upon which the Drums beat the Trumpets sounded the great Guns were fired yet were drowned in a manner by the loud shouts and joyfull Acclamations of the People and the Peers and Peeresses putting on their Coronets the holy Bible was presented to their Majesties and after the Benediction they vouchsafed to kiss the Bishops and then Te Deum was sung and they ascended the Throne the Archbishop and Bishops doing jointly Homage and kissed their Majesties left Cheeks and after them the Temporal Peers did the like whilest the Medals were cast about by the Treasurer of the Houshold inscribed on one side Ne totus absumatur and on the other Gulielmus Maria Rex Regina After this began the Communion their Majesties making their second Offering and having received the Holy Sacrament they went in State into St. Edward's Chapel where being divested of the Imperial Palls c. and robed in Purple Velvet returned to Westminster-Hall with their Crowns of State on their Heads the Peers and Peeresses wearing their Coronots where a very splendid Entertainment was furnished at sundry Tables and between the first and second course Charles Dymcke Esq their Majesties Champion came on Horseback completely armed between the Lord High Constable and Earl Marshal both on Horseback and made his Chalenge which was pronounced by York Herald in these words viz. If an Person of what degree soever high or low shall deny or gainsay our Sovereign Lord and Lady King William and Queen Mary King and Queen of England France and Ireland Defenders of the Faith to be rightfull King and Queen of this Realm of England or that they ought not to enjoy the Imperial Crown of the same Here is their Champion who saith he lyeth and is a false Traitor being ready in Person to combate with him and in this Quarrel will adventure his Life against him on what day soever be shall be appointed After which their Majesties Styles were proclaimed in Latin French and English and about eight in the evening they returned to White-Hall This caused great Rejoicing in Holland as well as England the States ordering it to be exprest by Bells Bonfires and Fireworks c. The Convention in Scotland declared their Majesties King and Queen in the following manner viz. After the Vote had passed the Estates assisted by the Ld. Provost Magistrates and Council of Edinburgh attended by Lyon King at Arms Heralds Pursuvants and Trumpets went to the Cross on foot proclaimed their Majesties ' King and Queen of Scotland and deputed some of the Estates to offer the Crown with an Instrument of Government for settling that Kingdom A Table of the chief Ministers of State and Officers of Trust newly made by the King and Queen of England The most Honourable Privy-Council HIS Royal Highness Prince George of Denmark Duke of Cumberland c. Lord A. B. Cant. Marquess of Caermarthen E. of Danby and L. President of the Council Marquess of Halifax L. Privy-Seal D. of Norfolk Earl-Marshal of England Duke of Bolton Marquess of Winchester E. of Lindsey L. Great Chamberlain of Engl. E. of Devonshire L. Steward of his Majesties Houshold E. of Dors Midds Ld. Chamberlain of his Majesties Houshold