Miscellanies upon various subjects ... / [John Aubrey].

  • John Aubrey
Date:
1784
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Credit: Miscellanies upon various subjects ... / [John Aubrey]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ing to the ancient cuftom,, the Peers goto the throne, and kifs the king) the Crown, was al- omott Kkifed off. his head, », An: Earl..did fet;it right ; andyas'he came from the Abbey to Weftminfter Hall, the, Crown tottered ; ex- ‘tremely. The Canopy (of cloth-of gold) carried over’ the head of King James II. by the:Wardens of the Cinque Ports, was: torn: by a puff of-wind as he came to Weftminfter Hall; it huag down very lamentably: I faw it, When King James II. was crowned, ae “was given from» Weftminiter,, Abbey to. the ‘Tower, where it was Sir Edward Sherborne’s »pott to ftand to give order for firing the can- nons, and to hoift-up the great flag with the King’s arms. >It. was a windy day,..and) the wind prefently took the flag half off, and -€arried- it away into the Thames. From Sir . «Edward Sherborne. | . he top of his fceptre (Flower de Lys) did then fall. Upon
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