Kings Mead which is a pleasant green meaddow, where are walkes round and Cross it, no place for Coaches, and indeed there is little use of a Coach only to bring and Carry y^e Company from y^e bath for y^e wayes are not proper for Coaches. Y^e town and all its accomodations is adapted to y^e batheing and drinking of the waters and to nothing else, the streetes are well pitched and Cleane kept and there are Chaires as in London to Carry y^e better sort of people in visits, or if sick or infirme and is only in the town, for its so Encompassed with high hills few care to take the aire on them. There is also pleasant walkes in y^e Cathedrall in the Cloysters and y^t leades to y^e discription of the Coronation in this place at y^e bath y^e 23^d April w^{ch} I recieved y^e relation off from a spectatrix it being y^e day queen ann was Crowned, and is never performed unless when a queen is the Chiefe as Queen Elizabeth &c., her Sister our late Majesty’s King William and Queen Mary because the queen was Joyn’d in the throne as principle, they representing y^e Amazons consisting of the young Maids. The Companyes of the town being assembled at M^r Mayors house begin to proceed with their officers masters and wardens and each Company with their flag—After marched in a troupe y^e Maides of the suburbs each with their proper officers of themselves, as Capt^n Ensigne and lieutenant w^{th} plummes of feathers. Just before y^e capt^n went her guard which was 6 young men drest in their holland shirts, with garters, and Ribons in their hatts, and their swords drawn in their hands, then the capt^n in her short wastecoate with gold lace, and their peticoates silke y^t were with furbellows ode above anoth^{er} with Ribons, w^{th} a trunchant in their hand w^{th} an inscription, God save queen Ann. Just behinde their Captaines went two Maides with two scepters gilt, next them two more y^t bore the crown between them w^{ch} was gilt, also their Ensigne. Their flag w^{ch} holds the same inscription God save queen Ann was guarded by two young Men drest as y^e others in their holland shirts: then the troupe followed in order in same dress as their officers with Crowns on their heads of Guilded Lauwrell, in Number about 100; next came y^e Citty Maides w^{th} their Majoress Generall with their plummes of feather with a wreath of Gilded Lawrell like a Crown, and on y^e top w^{th} all sorts of pretious stones y^e Jewellers shops Could supply them w^{th} and were guarded w^{th} young men as y^e others; behind y^e Majoress followed six all in white with a green Cross swathe with this inscription in white God save queen Ann each with their Trunchant in their hands as y^e former, and two carrying 2 scepters gilt, and after them two more y^e Crown between them, w^{ch} was very rich in pearles; then two more carryed y^e queens Armes between them, their dress was just as y^e first were only much richer and finer and all of them gather’d up y^e upper peticoate in