Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1842-04-16
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QUEEN ANNE.
In Mr., strickland'a Lives of the Queens o
England, we find the following with reference
TO Anne the wife of Richard:
Richard had asked the loan Of n thousand
pounds from the citizens, which they premp.
toIily refussd-An Italian merchant offered
the king the sum required upon which the
citizens raised tumult, and tore the unfortu-
nsie loan lender to pieces. This outrage be.
ing followed by n riot, attended With blood.
shed, Richard declared that an the city did
not keep his peace, he should resume her
charters" and actually removed the courts Of
lay to York. In dietrsss the city applied to
Queen Anne to mediate for th~em.-Fortu-
naiel~, Richard had no other ~favori,e at tina,
time than his peace loving Queen, 'aho wae,'
say the ancient historians, " very precious to
tbs nation being continually dong some good
to tho people and she deserved a much larg-
or dover than the sum settled upon her,
which only amounted TO four thousand pounds
per annum."
The manner in which Queen Anne pacihed
Richard, is preserved in a Latin chronicle po-
EN-, written by Maydeston, an eyewitness of
the scene he was a priest attached to the
Court, and in favor with Richard and the
Queen.
Through the paiyate intercession Of the
Queen, the King consented to pass through
the city on his way from Shene to Westnin-
ster Palace, on the Goth Of August.
Whenth they arrived at Southwark, the Queen
assumed her crown, which she wore during
the whole procession through London it was
blazing with various gems Ct the choicest
kinds her dress was likewise studded with
precious stones, and she wore a rich c~arcanet
about her neck she appeared, according to
the taste Of Maydeston, "lairest among the
fair - and from the benign humility Of her
gracious countenance, the anxious citizens
gathered hopes that she would succeed in pa
cifying the King. During the entry OF the
royal pair into the city, they rode at some dis
lance from each other. At the first bridge
tower, the King and Queen were met by the
Lord Mayor and other authorities, followed by
a vast concouree of men, women, and children,
every ~artificcr bearing some symbol of his
Before the Southwark bridge gate, the
King was presented with a pair of fair white
trapped with gold cloth, figured with
red and white, and hurg full Of silver BELLS
'Steeds such as Cesar might have been
10 yoke 10 his car.
Queen Anne then arrived with her train,
when the Lord Mayor Venner presented her
with a small white palfrey, exquisitely trained,
for her own riding. The Lord Mayor CON-
n1enced a long speech with these words:
20 generous offspring of imperial blood,
God has destined worthily to sway the
as consort of our King"
He then proceeds to hint that mercy, and
not rigor. best became the q~ueenly station,
and that gentle ladies had great influence
with their loving lords ; then entering into
the merits Of the palfrey, he commended it's
its dociliiy, and the. convenience Of it's
PAGES, and the magniGccnce of it's
purple housings. After the animal had been
graciously accepted by the Queen, she passed
over the bridge, aid came to the bridge portal
OH tbs city side but some Of her maids Of
honor, who were following her in two wag-
CONS or charrettes, were not quite SO fortu-
aate in their progress over the bridge.
Old london Bridge was, in the fourteenth,
and for some ages after, no such ca
~ defiIe for a large influx of people to pass
though not then encroached upon
BY houses and shops, it was encountered by
notifications and barbados, which guarded
he drawbridge towers in the centre, and the
towers at each end. In this in.
stance, the multitudes pouring out of the city
% get a view of the Queen and her train,
,%essions, the shrongs pressed OF sachother SO
unanimously, that one of the charettes con-
aiming the Queens ladies' was overturned
ady rolled upon lady, ali being sadly dlscom-
in the upset; ana Ehat was worse,
could restrain the laughter of the
'ude, plebeian artiicers; at last the .equi-
,age was righted, the ~disconkftt~d dansels re-
and their charette resumed its place
u the procession. But such a reverse of
horned caps did not happen without SERIOUS
nconveniences to the wearers, as Maydeston
'ery infinitely pa%rticularizes.
As the King and Queen passed through the
:ity, the principal ~thoroughfares were hung
With gold cloth and silver tissue, and tapes
ry of silk and gold. When they approached
he conduit at ,Cheapside, red and white wine |
from the spouts of a tower erected
gainst it the royal pair were served with
osy wine smiling in golden cups,' and al
NIGEL flew down in a cloud, and presented to
be King, and then to the Queen, rich gold
irclets worth several hundred pounds. An
Their conduit of wine played at st. Paul's
astesn gate, whers was stationed a baaa of an
ique musical instruments, whose names alone
vill astound modern musical ears. There were
ersons playing on t%ympanies, monochrome,
psaiteriess and Tyres ; zanbucass CT
%situlae, horns and viols. Our learned
.atinist dwells with much JUNCTION on the
ymphonous chorus produced by these instru-
lents, which, he says "wrapt all hearers in
ind Of etunorb-No yyan1arf
At the monastery of St. Paul'F, the King
nd Queen alighted from their steeds. and
assed through the cathedral on foot, in order
, pay their offerings at the holy ~sspulchre of
It. Erkinwald. At the western gate they re-
their horses and proceeded to the
There, just above the river, bridge,
river we beg to remind our readers,
'as that delicious stream. now called Flete
was perched a celestial band Of spirits
tho saluted the royal personages as they
assed the Flete Bridge, with enchanting
and psalmody, making withal a plea
aEt fume Of swinging incense pots; they