The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-11-13
AsIDEs AT ORDINATIONS.
Remarks Which Were NOt Contained
in Tic Rmhric

The little asiGes uoJ contained in tn,
coronation rubric but for an shat in
dulsee in by some of the principal per-
formers ia the many c0roUati0us Of the
kings and queens Of England. might De
collected into not one uut several p1rtly
volumes. Probably "a Queen Reguaut may
lay claim to the honor Of having uttered
the best, perhaps the only, reparte. ever
made by a chief actor iu the course ui
the solemn ceremony
No one needs 10 be reminded that Tho
second Mary, who helped dep0se hen
father James II, was as much sovereign
IN her own right as was her couSort
William Of Orange, IN his The short
King and tall Queen walked up the Abbey
side by side not as King and COusOrt
but as Joint sUyere1gns, with the sword
between them. Mary was lifted into one
Of the two chairs OF state and, Ike he's
husband. EiTL WIKI the sword and invest
Princess Anne, who stood near, said
Madam. / pity your fatigue The Queen
turned sharply with the words, A crown,
sister. is not so heavy as fl seems
Her StepmOtheT s soto y0ce at her ia
Tiers coronation banquet was even more
significant. When the Champion Of Eng
land dismounted 20 kiss the King hand.
- Tell down all his length IN the hall.
Whenas there was nothing in his way
that could yislbly- cause the same
WhereupOn Queen Mary Beatrice former
You, love. what weak champion you
have The King said nothing. bat ouIl
laughed. ana the unhappy champion cN-
cused himself on the ground that his
aTmor was heavy and that he himself was
weak with sickness. which was false.
Tor he was very well, an had ad none
Another monarch who laughed in the
miQSet Of corona ton SOlemnitieS was rho
ILcprrglble John At the religious ctT--
mOuy which Wa 10 a.. follow q his in
NeSlture az DuAe OF ->DTIHauN Ice laugh
Cd almost ire. ereutly, -CIJ-- some Of
the most ldWlcss u his youthful COmpau-
ions were al the time amusing themselves
IU a corner
Altogether The most ,-agic aside that
ever occurred az any coronation ceremony
was the one To tta upon the Earl Mar
ehsl al the GROWING OF King Charles ]
After the crown had been paced uUou
the King head. Archbishop Laud pre-
scented him TO the people in the usual
way The Primata had come 70 the end
Of his invocation. and therefore J desire
you, by your general reclamation. To te--
rity your consent and willingness there
unto But the only response was "a
1eath-like silence Not a single voice was
lifted 20 even speak the Kings name
much less shout 90. Then came the aside
Of the Earl Marshal, an aside which
ike the run of stage asides-could ne
heard I'm every corner OF the building
Cry Cod save King Charles T he en-
Joined loudly. and the spectators took the
hint. and did as they had been ordered
Bishop of Carlisle. on what the King con-
sidered a most ill-choseu text. an earth
quake was felt That may be Included in
the list Of "asides. and one OF very dis
Quieting import
But possibly the greatest aside" OF all
was the standing aside altogether OF
Queen Henrietta Maria, who refused 10
b. crowned OH account Of her religious
opinions. a quaint contemporary chrOu-
icIer relates. she took q place ~ the
palace gate. where she might behold the
procession going and returning, her ladies
fTisking and dancing i'm the room. Do
The early Georges were not sOyeTrignS
TO 70 mum" through the most solemn
ceremonial, OF keep faithfully 10 the rit-
or act expressive OF the inward man But
the most amusing sOtto voce at IN. cOro-
nation of aTv OF them was a remark
Tectly after George l had been crowned.
Wrote Lady COwper in her amusing
''DlaTy-' "bnc may easily conclude that
JAG, bites; however they were an looking
with everybody that spoke To them. Ny
and when the Archbishop went around
the throne demanding the consent Of the
people, she turned about TO me and said.
Does the old fool think that anybody
here win say NO to his question, when
there are so many drawn swOrdST Their,
was no remedy but patience. so every body
was pleased or pretended 10 be So -
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