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Observanda. The life and death of the late Q. Mary
Observanda. The life and death of the late Q. Mary. : Prefaced, with some observations upon the turns of divine Providence, now bringing of mighty changes, upon the world. : Whereto is added, the address of condolence [sic], made unto His Majesty, by the nonconformist ministers, on the decease of that illustrious queen.Observanda. The life and death of the late Q. Mary. : Prefaced, with some observations upon the turns of divine Providence, now bringing of mighty changes, upon the world. : Whereto is added, the address of condolenee [sic], made unto His Majesty, by the nonconformist ministers, on the decease of that illustrious queen.
printed by B. Green for Samuel Philips, 1695
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Postscript: POSTSCRIPT. For the Entertainment of the Reader, the Bookseller has been willing here t…
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POSTSCRIPT. For the Entertainment of the Reader, the Bookseller has been willing here to add, the manner of the QUEENS Funeral.
Whitehall, March 5th. 1694.
Whitehal, March 5th. 1694.
This day was Solemnized the Funeral of Her late Majesty Queen Mary II. of Blessed Memory, from the Royal Palace of Whitehall to the Collegiate Church of St. Peter, Westminster, all the way being Boarded, Railed in, & Covered with black Bays. The Proceeding began with the Knight-Marshals men and Deputy, three hundred poor Women in Mourning Gowns and Hoods, after whom followed the Banner of Union, several Classes of Their Majesties Servants, the Children and Gentlemen of the Chapel Royal, more of Their Majesties Servants, Chaplains to Their Majesties; Aldermen of London; others of Their Majesties Servants; The Lord Mayor of London; The House of Commons in long Cloaks, with their Speaker, and the Mace born ⟨p. 54⟩before him, and his Train carried […], and the House of Peers in their Robes, with their Speaker the Lord Keeper, having the Mace and Purse carried before him held up; The Banners of Chester, Cornwall and Wales, born by the Lord Spencer, the Lord Willougby of Eresby, and the Lord Viscount Longue vile; The Banners of Ireland and Scotland by the Earl of Montrath and Solkirke; The Banners of England and France Quarterly, of England, and the Great Banner born by the Earl of Denbigh, the Earl of Stamford, and the Earl of Bridgwater and Suffolk; Then followed the Mourning Horse led by the Lord Viscount Villers, Master of the Horse to her late Majesty, attended by two Equerries; The Helmet and Crest, Target and Sword, and Surcoat of Arms, born by Officers at Arms, followed by the Lord Marquis of Wenchester, Lord Chamberlain to Her late Majesty; Then the Queens Body in a Purple Velvet Coffin, with a rich Cloth of Gold Pall, and thereon the Crown Orb, and Sceptres on a Cushion, one of the Queens Bed-Chamber Women, sitting at the Feet, and another at the Head, in an open Chariot, richly adorned, drawn by eight Horses, close covered with Purple Velvet, and adorned with Escutcheons, & Feathers, Six Bannerols on each side, born by Baronets, the Pall being supported by the Earls of Derby and Kent, Lord Marquis