The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [Vol. 6 of 9]Shakespeare, William
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The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [Vol. 6 of 9]
Shakespeare, William
English drama
_First Gent._ Yes; 'tis the list
Of those that claim their offices this day 15
By custom of the coronation.
The Duke of Suffolk is the first, and claims
To be high-steward; next, the Duke of Norfolk,
He to be earl marshal: you may read the rest.[647]
_Sec. Gent._ I thank you, sir: had I not known those customs,[648] 20
I should have been beholding to your paper.[649]
But, I beseech you, what's become of Katharine,
The princess dowager? how goes her business?
_First Gent._ That I can tell you too. The Archbishop[650]
Of Canterbury, accompanied with other 25
Learned and reverend fathers of his order,
Held a late court at Dunstable, six miles off[651]
From Ampthill, where the princess lay; to which
She was often cited by them, but appear'd not:[652]
And, to be short, for not appearance and[653] 30
The king's late scruple, by the main assent
Of all these learned men she was divorced,
And the late marriage made of none effect:
Since which she was removed to Kimbolton,[654]
Where she remains now sick.
_Sec. Gent._ Alas, good lady! 35
[_Trumpets._[655]
The trumpets sound: stand close, the queen is coming.
[_Hautboys._
THE ORDER OF THE CORONATION.
1. _A lively Flourish of Trumpets._
2. _Then two_ Judges.
3. LORD CHANCELLOR, _with purse and mace before him_.
4. Choristers, _singing_. _Musicians._
5. Mayor of London, _bearing the mace_. _Then_ Garter, _in his
coat of arms, and on his head he wears a gilt copper crown_.
6. MARQUESS DORSET, _bearing a sceptre of gold, on his head
a demi-coronal of gold. With him, the_ EARL OF
SURREY, _bearing the rod of silver with the dove,
crowned with an earl's coronet. Collars of SS._
7. DUKE OF SUFFOLK, _in his robe of estate, his coronet on his
head, bearing a long white wand, as high-steward. With
him, the_ DUKE OF NORFOLK, _with the rod of marshalship, a
coronet on his head. Collars of SS._
8. _A canopy borne by four of the Cinque-ports; under it, the_
QUEEN _in her robe; in her hair richly adorned with pearl,
crowned. On each side her, the_ BISHOPS OF LONDON _and_
WINCHESTER.
9. _The old_ DUCHESS OF NORFOLK, _in a coronal of gold,
wrought with flowers, bearing the_ QUEEN'S _train_.
10. _Certain_ Ladies _or_ Countesses, _with plain circlets of
gold without flowers_.
_They pass over the stage in order and state._[656]
_Sec. Gent._ A royal train, believe me. These I know:
Who's that that bears the sceptre?[657]
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