The only remaining member of the regalia now in use is St. EDWARD'S Staff; but whether so called from any of the pilgrimages of the Confessor--from its being designed to remind our monarchs of their being but pilgrims on earth--or simply from its being offered with the other regalia at that monarch's shrine, on the coronation of our kings, we have not the means of determining. All the regalia are supposed, indeed, to be in the custody of the Dean, as the successor of the Abbot of Westminster, at the period of each coronation. FOOTNOTES: [Footnote 24: Esther, iii. 10, and viii. 2.] [Footnote 25: Golden Legende (Julyan Notary, 1503).] [Footnote 26: Battley's Antiq. St. Edm. Burgi, p. 119.] [Footnote 27: Memoirs of James II., ed. by Clarke. 2 vols, 4to.] [Footnote 28: Rot. Parl. iii. 417.] [Footnote 29: Lingard's Hist. England, iii. p. 51.] [Footnote 30: Strutt's [Saxon: Horda Angel-c[.y]nnan], v. ii.] No. 7. _The Royal Vestments_ Of England are amongst the most gorgeous "makings of a king" known to history. In the robes ordinarily designed to be worn in Parliament; and consisting of a surcoat of the richest crimson velvet, and a mantle and hood of the same, furred with ermine, and bordered with gold lace, the king first makes his appearance on the Coronation day; (on which he wears a _cap of state_, of the same materials, and at this time only.) These are, therefore, called his Parliament Robes, in distinction from the Robes of Estate, for which he exchanges them in the Abbey, at the close of the coronation, and which only differ from the former in being made of purple velvet. These sumptuous external robes are of course laid aside during the anointing, and other parts of the coronation service. The ARMIL, or STOLE, is the only ecclesiastic symbol now retained in the investiture of our kings. In "MS. W. Y. in the College of Arms," quoted by Mr. Taylor, Henry VI. is said to have been "arrayed at the time of his coronation as a bishop that should sing mass, with a dalmatic like a tunic, and a stole about his neck[31]." This writer insists that the conductors of our English coronations since Henry VII.'s time (at the least) have very singularly mistaken the Stole for the Armil of more ancient times, and transferred to the latter the form of delivery originally designed for "a BRACELET or royal ornament of the wrist." It is singular that the form in question should appear, as it certainly does, to suit either symbol. "Receive this armil as a token of the divine mercy embracing thee on every side[32]." The ornament at present in use embraces the neck. FOOTNOTES: [Footnote 31: Glory of Regality, p. 81.] [Footnote 32: These were (prudently enough, after the error hinted at,) the whole of the words used at the late ceremonial.] Sec. 2. ANECDOTES OF THE DISUSED CEREMONIES OF THE CORONATION.