A complete account of the ceremonies observed in the coronations of the kings and queens of England. Containing, I. The form of the royal letters of summons .... II. The usual disposition of the Horse and Foot-Guards, and their respective habits, parades, and stations on the coronation-day. III. The apparelling and robing of the King and Queen ... IV. The marshalling and conducting into Westminster-Hall ... V. Their Majesties entring the said hall, and the ceremony of presenting the regalia, &c. to the King. VI. The grand proceeding to the coronation ... Vii. The usual ceremony of the coronations as performed in the Church. Viii. The manner of their Majesties return to Westminster-Hall. IX. The ceremony of the champion's challenge, and of the heralds proclaiming the King's style in Latin, French, and English. X. A description of the royal and sacred ornaments, and of the crowns and scepters, &c. ... XI The ceremony of the proceedings at the coronations of King William and Queen Mary, of Queen Anne, and of his late Majesty King George I ... XII. A complete list of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, the Knights of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, and of the Knights of the Bath ... XIII. A bill of fare at a former coronation-feast. With many other notable particulars, for which the reader is referred to the index. The whole adorn'd with curious cuts ... To which is also prefix'd a very large and curious copper-plate, exhibiting (in that of King William and Queen Mary) the magnificent form of the procession usually observed in the coronation of the Kings and Queens of England.

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[1727]