Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-04-19

Edwardr'
The collation." follows this recognition. -
Returning to the altar, the king, kneel-
ing, PLACES upon it cloth heavily en-
broidered In gold and golden ingot OF one
pound weight. Then comes the sermon,
delivered by the Archbishop Of Certer-
bury, after which the latter, addressing
his monarch, says: rs your majesty will
comes the reply, upon which is admins
tered that oath which has now been rlodi-
fled for the first time since the days CT
William and Mary.
to govern the people of this united king
dom of Great Britain and Ireland and the
dominions thereto belonging according to
the statutes in parliament agreed on and
same?" Again will come the simple af-
firmation, II am willing and then all is
ready for the amounting and actual crown
ing.
The Rite of Amounting.
For this the king takes his seat in the
ancient coronation chair directly before the
high altar, canopy of cloth-of-gold COW
ering him. The formula repeated by the
priest in this the most time-honored of all
the rites of the ceremonial is almost word
for word that which has been said in Eng
land from the days of Magma Charta: BE
thou Amounted with holy oils as kings,
priests and prophets were Amounted. Bless
ed art thou and consecrated king over this
people. whom the Lord, thy God, hath
given thee to rule and govern. In the name
or the Father, and of the Son and of the
Holy Ghost. Amen"
The kings attendants will then take from
him his purple robe and dalmatic and
throw over his shoulders the mantle of
conservation. This consists of a white lawn
surpl1ce trimmed with the most precious
lace, supertunic of brocaded cloth-of- gold
lined with crimson, a stole wrought in gold
threads with devices typifying both the
temporal and spiritual power, and over all
long-trained mantle of pure white heav-
lily embroidered in gold
When he is thus clad the insignia of roy
atty are handed to him by the mobiles who
have borne them; the sceptre, sword, orb,
ring and spurs each having some civil or
ecclesiastical meaning. Each is held by
returned to its bearer The great sword of
state, which has lain upon the altar
throughout all the preceding ceremonies, is
grit about the king, and last of all the
crown of st. Edward is set by the arch
bishop Of Canterbury upon the brows of
the first monarch of the House Of Sake
Coburg-King Edward VII.
AS this is done all that vast gathering
of peers and peereSSeS who till then have
stood bareheaded, will put on their coro-
nets, the bishops their mtres and the COM
moners and aldermen their velvet caps. and
from corner to corner of that mighty abbey
will spring the cry, God save the king"
while the heralds sound their salutes, to
be taken up without the walls by the deep
er-mouthed cannon at the tower and Wind
sor Castle.
While this is in progress King Edward
rises, and as the shouts SubSide and the
great choir breaks into the solemn "Te
Deum,' he turns and proceeds to the
throne of homage" placed in the center
of the "theater" Here is then enacted the
most medieval and also the longest and
most trying of all the coronation rites.
First come the lords spiritual to kneel be-
fore the king. pronounce the words of hon.
age and kiss his hand. The princes of the
blood ascend the steps Of the throne, and
with their coronets removed and with
fingers lightly touching >the royal crown,
repeat their homage. at the close of which
they kiss the kings cheek. Last come the
peers of the realm, who repeat the pro-
stead of the cheek. The ceremony closes
with nine great cheers given by the COM
moners. with another God save the king"
at the end.
The words of the act of homage, honor
able through long centuries, are: t. Well
ington Cor whatever the speakers title may
be- do become your liegeman Of life and
limb, and of earthly worship, and of faith
and truth which l will bear into you to
live and die against all manner of folk, so
help me God" While this is is progress
the lord treasurer throws to the choir and
lower galleries the gold and silver corona
ton medals.
Growing the Queen.
In the meantime Queen Alexandra will
have been crowned in much the same man
ner as her royal husband. the Archbishop
Of York attending her, as his brother OF
Canterbury waits upon the king. She does
not, however, take any oath, nor Is she
proclaimed through the abbey.
1t is all of 2 o'clock when the procession
starts to retrace its way down the long
nave. King Edward is again robed in the
royal cloak of purple-the color prescribed
as kingly by that old Witlaf of Mercia, who
ruled in Britain in the days when the
Roman invasion was still recent mem
Ory-and the crown of Saxon Edward Is on
his head In his right hand he carries the
sceptre with the cross, in his left the orb.
coach, and the eight cream-colored horses
whir them away between lines of the
cheering populace of their capital.
The progress back to Buckingham Pala ce
Is by a longer route than the one followed
in coming to the abbey. 1t leads through
Parliament street, Trafalgar square, the
Strand, Fleet street and the Thames en-
bankment. On the day following the king
and queen will take an even longer drive
through London thoroughfares, that the
millions may have an opportunity to see
and cheer, and it is for these professions
that such great sums are being paid for
seats or windows.
In no other respect does the change
that has come over England with the pass
ing years appear than in this of the prices
paid for a view of the new-crowned king.
The first of the Edwards was to be seen
by subjects for half a farthing, the figure
ar sv no