whereby we perfayvyd the faid quyn to be rizghte fair handyd, and accordeynge un to hir perfonage they be fome what fully and fofte, and faire, and clene skynnd.

To the 16th article. As to thys articule, the faid quynes brefts be somewhat grete, and fully; and in as muche that they were truffid fomewhat highe after the maner of the, contrey, the whiche caufithe hir grace for to feme muche the fullyer, and hir neck to be the shorter.

To the 17th article. As to thys articule, as farre as that we can perfayve and fee, that the faid quyne hath no here apereyng abowte her lippes, nor mowthe, but flie ys very clere skynned.

To the 18th article.-As to thys articule, we cowde never come un

to the fpeiche of the faid quyn fafteynge, wherefore we cowde nor myzght not attayne to knowliche of that part of this articule: notwithftondeynge at fuch otoer tymes as we have spoken and have had comeunication with the faid quyne, we have aproached as nyzghe un to hir vifage as that we convenyently myzght do, and we cowde fele no favor of any spices or waters, and we thynke verely by the favor of hir vilage and clenenys of complexion and of hir mowthe, that the faid quyn ys lyke for to be of a fewit favour, and well eyred.

To the 19th article,We cowde not come by the parfite knowliché of hir heizghte, for as much as that hir grace werithe flippers after the maner of the contrey, whereof we fawe the fashione, the whiche be of fix fyngere brede, of heizghe large, and hir foot after the proporcion of the fame ys butt fmall.

To the 22d article. The faid Guyn ys a good feder, eets well

hir meit twyes on a daye, and drynkithe not often, and that the drynkithe most commonly water, and fometime that water ys boyled with fynamon, and sometimes the drinkithe ypocras, but not often.

The fervices done at the coronation of our monarchs, is one of the most curious parts of that auguft ceremony, for which reafon as no account has yet appeared of thofe performed at the late coronation, we must be content to give our readers the claims of feveral perfons to do fervice at the coronation of the late king James II. and his queen, in 1684. These ceremonies are too ancient to vary much, if at all, at such a distance from their inftitution in fo fmall a space of time.

England claimed at the faid coHE lord great chamberlain of ronation, to carry the king his fhirt and cloaths the morning of the coronation, and with the lord chamberlain to drefs the king. To have forty yards of crimson velvet for a robe, alfo the king's bed and bedding, and furniture of his chamber where he lay the night before, with his wearing apparel and night. gown: alfo to ferve the king with water, before and after dinner, and to have the bafons and towels, and cup of aflay. Allowed, except the cup of affay. He received the forty yards of velvet, and the reft of the fees were compounded for 2001.

2. The Earl of Derby counterclaimed the office of lord great chamberlain, with the fees, &c. but was not allowed.

3. The king's champion claimed his office as lord of Serivelfby manor in Lincolnshire; to perform the faid office, and to have a gold cup and cover, with the horse on which

he rides, the faddle, armour, and furniture, and twenty yards of crimfon fattin.Allowed, except the twenty yards of fattin.

4. The faid office counterclaimed by another branch of the faid family, but not allowed.

5. The lord of the manor of Lyfton in Effex claimed to make wafers for the king and queen, and to ferve them up to their table, to have all the inftruments of filver and other metal, used about the fame, with the linen, and certain proportions of ingredients, and other neceffaries and liveries for himself and two men. Allowed, and the fervice, with his confent, performed by the king's officers, and the fees compounded for 301.

6. The lord mayor and citizens of London claimed to ferve the king with wine after dinner, in a gold cup, and to have the fame cup and cover for his fee, and with twelve other citizens by them appointed, to affift the chief butler of England in the butlership, and to have a table on the left hand of the hall. -Not allowed in the reign of king James, because the liberties of the city were then feized into king's hands; bat yet they cuted the office, ex gratia, and dined in the hall, and had a gold cup for their fee.

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7. The faid lord mayor and citizens of London claimed to ferve the queen in like manner; and were only difallowed, at that time, for the fame reafon.

8. The mayor and burgeffes of Oxford, by charter, claim to ferve in office of butlership to the king with the citizens of London, with all fees thereunto belonging. Allowed, and to have three maple cups for their fee and alfo, ex gra;

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9. The lord of the manor of Bardolf, in Addington, Surrey, claimed to find a man to make a mess of grout in the king's kitchen, and therefore praying, that the king's mafter cook might perform that fervice.-Allowed, and the faid lord of the manor brought it up to the king's table.

To The lord of the manor of Ilmer in Bucks, claimed to be marfhal, furveyor, and confervator of his majefty's hawks in England, with divers fees, and the nomination of under-officers. - -Not allowed, becaufe not refpecting the coronation, but left to take his courfe at law, if he thought fit.

11. The lord of the manor of Little Wilden, who at that time was alfo feized of the bailiwicks of keeper of the king's buckhounds, claimed to be keeper and master of the fame, and to keep 24 buckhounds, and 16 harriers, and to have certain fees and liveries for himfelf and fervants.-Difallowed, for the fame reafon as the former, but left to take his courfe at law.

12. The mafter of the king's great wardrobe, claimed to receive from his deputy a pall of cloth of gold, and to carry it to the altar for the king to offer, and that his deputy fhould attend near Garter king of arms, in a robe of fcarlet cloth, with a gold crown embroidered on the left fleeve. -Not allowed, but left to take his courfe at law, if he thought fit.

13. The clerk of the great wardrobe, claimed, to bring a rich pall of cloth of gold to be held over the king's head while he is anointed, as alfo the armil of cloth of tissue, and to attend near Garter king of arms,

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14. The master of the horfe to the king, claimed to attend at the coronation as ferjeant of the filver fcullery, and to have all the filver dishes and plates, ferved on that day to the king's table, with the fees thereto belonging, and to take affay of the king's meat at the kitchen dreffer bar. Not allowed, becaufe not claimed heretofore; but left to make application to the king; who was pleafed to allow the faid fervice and fees, as the duke of Albemarle enjoyed them on the coronation of king Charles II. by virtue of the fame post.

15. The lord of the manor of Nether Bilfington, Kent, claimed to prefent the king with three maple cups, by himself or deputy. Al

lowed.

16. The lord of the manor and hundred of 'Wynfred Dorfet, claimed to ferve the king with water for his hands, and to have the bafon and ewer for his fee.-Not allowed, but left to make his application to the king, if he thought fit.

17. The duke of Norfolk, as the firft earl of England, claimed to redeem the fword offered by the king at the altar, and to carry it before his majefty, in his return to his palace, and refervation of other rights and dignities, with fees, &c.

18. And alfo, as earl of Surrey, claimed to carry the fecond fword before the king, with all privileges and dignities thereto belonging, Neither of which allowed, the claims not being made out, and the fame being difallowed at the laft coronation.

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19. The earl of Exeter, 20. Sir George Blundel, 21. Thomas Snaggs, veral parts of the barony of Bedford, respectively claimed to execute the office of almoner; and as the fees of that office, to have the filver alms-bafon, and the diftribution of all the filver therein, and of the cloth spread for their majefties to walk on; as alfo the fine linen towel, a tun of wine, &c. reference to the king to appoint which of them he pleased, the earl was appointed, pro hac vice, with a folvo jure to the other two; but the filver difh, and the cloth from the throne in Weftminfter-hall to the weft door of the abbey-church, were only allowed.

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22. The dean and chapter of Westminster claimed to inftruct the king in the rites and ceremonies ufed at the coronation; to affift the archbishop in divine fervice; to have the cuftody of the coronation robes; to have robes for the dean and his three chaplains, and for fixteen minifters of the faid church; the royal habits put off in the church, the feveral oblations, furniture of the church, canopy, ftaves and bells, and the cloth on which their majefties walk from the weft-door of the church to the theatre, &c.- Allowed, except the cuftody of the regalia; and the fees referred to the king's pleafure.

23. The church-wardens of St. Margaret's Weftminster, claimed to have the cloth (lying in their parifh) whereon the king goes in preceflion, for the ufe of the poor.

24. The vicar and church-wardens of St. Martin's in the fields, claimed a fhare of the faid cloth,

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for their poor. Which claims were only read, and not admitted.

25. The earl marfhal of England claimed to appease the debates that might arife in the king's houfe on this day; to keep the doors of the fame, and of the abbey, &c. and to difpofe of the places to the nobles, &c. with all fees belonging thereto, -Difallowed, as unprecedented; and feveral of the particulars being counter claimed by the lord great chamberlain; but with a falvo jure, to the earl marshal.

26. The lord of the manor of Afhlee, Norfolk, claimed to perform the office of the napery, and to have all the table linen when taken away. Not allowed, because that he had not his evidence ready to make it out, but with a faluo jure.

27. The earl of Derby, as feifed in fee of the ifle and caftle of Pel. ham, and dominion of Man, claimed to prefent the king with two faulcons on this day. Which was allowed, and the faulcons prefented accordingly.

28. The earl of Kent claimed to carry the great fpurs before the king; but not being made out, was not allowed.

29. The fame counter-claimed by the lord de Grey of Thyn, and allowed.

30. The fame counter-claimed by the duke of Norfolk, as earl of Surrey; but difallowed for want of evidence, and because it was not admitted at the preceding coronation.

31. The barons of the cinque ports claimed to carry the canopy over the king, and to have the fame with the faves and bells for their fees, and to dine in the hall on the king's right hand. Allowed.

32. The lord of the manor of Scoulton, alias Bourdelies, Norfolk, claimed to be chief larderer; and to have for his fees the provifions remaining after dinner in the larder. Which office and fees, and also that of caterer, were likewise.

33. Counter-claimed by the lord of the manor of Efton at the Mount, Effex; and on reference to the king, it appearing that other ma, nors were also severally held by the fame fervice, the former was appointed pro bac vice, with a falva jure to the other.

34. The lord of the manner of Wirkfop, Nottingham, claimed to find the king a right hand glove, and to fupport the king's right arm while he holds the fcepter.. Allowed.

35. Bishops of Durham, and Bath and Wells, claimed to fupport the king in the proceffion.-- Allowed the king having graciously confent ed thereto; and the bishops of London and Winchefter being appointed to fupport the queen.

36. The lord of the manor of Fyngrith, Effex, claimed to be chamberlain to the queen for the day, and to have the queen's bed and furniture, the basons, &c. belonging to the office; and to have a clerk in the exchequer to demand and receive the queen's gold, &c.Difallowed, because not made out; but left to profecute it at law, if he thought fit.

37. The lord of the manor of Great Wymondley, Hertfordshire, claimed (as chief cup-bearer) to ferve the king with the firft cup of filver gilt, at dinner, and to have the cup for his fee.-Allowed.

38. The lord of the manor of Heydon, Effex, claimed to hold the bafon and ewer to the king, by vir

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with pamphlets, written for or a gainft any connection with a fubject; an extraordinary gazette appeared with the following intelligence, which agreeably put an end to all their conjectures, and convinced them, that even in the affairs of life which moft nearly concerned his majesty's perfonal welfare he made that of his fubjects the chief rule of his deliberations.

At the court at St. James's, the 8th day of July, 1761.

PRESENT. The KING's most excellent majefty,

His royal highness the duke of York, archbishop of Canterbury, lord chancellor, lord prefident, ford privy feal, lord chamberlain, duke

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HE early proofs given by his majefty, our prefent moft gracious fovereign, that his only ambition was to be the father of his people, and that he was poffeffed of all the endowments requifite to fill fo exalted a character, rendered the whole nation extremely impatient to fee him united to a princefs ca pable of making him as happy, as he was defirous of making his people. As foon, therefore, as they faw him, by his afcending the throne, at full liberty to liften to the dictates of his own royal heart, they bent all their thoughts towards finding out the princess moft worthy of the love and affection of the beft, as well as the greateft prince of Europe; not but that a few thought he might find in a fubject one every way qualified to wear a crown, and made no difficulty of pointing her out. But while fome were amufing themfelves with accounts of his majefty having actually fixed his choice on this, or that foreign princefs; and others

Bedford, duke of Rutland, duke of Queenfberry, lord great chamberlain, duke of Newcastle, lord Steward, earl of Huntingdon, earl of Winchelfea, earl of Sandwich, earl of Shaftesbury, earl of Holderneffe, earl of Rochford, earl of Albemarle, earl of Godolphin, earl of Cholmondely, earl of Kinnoul, earl of Bute, earl of Halifax, earl Waldegrave, earl of Bath, ear! of Buckinghamfhire, earl Powis, earl Harcourt, earl Cornwallis, earl of Hardwicke, earl of Egmont, earl of Thomond, viscount Falmouth, viscount Barrington, vif count Bateman, vifcount Ligonier, viscount Royton, lord Berkley of Stratton, lord Sandys, lord Anfon, lord Lyttleton, lord Melcombe, lord Grantham, Mr. vice chamberlain, Henry Legge, Efq; George Gren ville, Efq; James Grenville, Efq; Mr. fecretary Pitt, lord chiefjuttice Willes, maiter of the rolls, Henry Fox, Efq; Charles Townshend, Eiq; Robert Nugent, Efq; Welbore Ellis, Efq; Sir Francis Dathwood. - 32

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