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king! May the king live forever, Amen, Hal
lelujah!' The English prayer was also Dor
rowed from Scripture. Let the king live fo--
ever said Nehemiah, addressing Artaxerxes
nehemiah II, V. b. 80 king, live forever"
said the ChaIdeans to observation-disclosures Daniel
II. V. A.; thus Daniel cried out from the lions
den and the queen spoke to Belshazzar when
his heart was troubled because of the ominous
handwriting the wall
That the notices of the ceremonial music In
Westminster Abbey extremely sparse is
not to be wondered at. long the music
confined to the church chant. Chorus
decantet antiphonam: Firmetur.' d" says the
ritual prepared for Henry 1 0100-1135), who
usurped the throne of his brother Robert fight
ing the paynim in Palestine Beginning with
Richard II 0377-139sO. the popular delight came
to be centred in the professions from the Tower
through the City of London TO Westminster. and
this feature grew more and more Ella borate I'M
til discontinued in 1860. Here, and doubtless
at the coronation banquet opportunity came
to the secular musicians-the waits, minstrels
glee singers trumpeters. etc.-of which gen
erous use seems have been made as Will be
seen from the following abstracts OF all the
accounts which have fallen under my observa-
ton In the course of long and painstaking in
vestiga ton The ceremonies prepared for the
coronation of Richard II were set down in the
casions OF the kind. In the said procession
Gron the church to the kings seat in the halD
snail be sung such like hymns as are &C
customed TO be sung in the reception of kings
and queens" After the liking of the people
has been asked. the anthem Firnetur manus
tua' shall be sung" After the oath. let the
hymn 'Veni. creator spiritus' be solemnly sung"
The King was then to PROSTATE himself, while
the litany and preface wholly sung
him. "UnXerunt salomonem' 10 be sung
during the JUNCTION. and after the prelates and
lords had made their fealty to begin.
the king be censed by a deacon while the
''Credo.' In Thomas de Elmham's life of
Henry 0413-1422. we have the following
enthusiastic account of the music at the coro-
nation of that monarch: What festival. be-
seech You. be deemed more important than
which is honored with the presence of so
many royal persenages; by such multitude of
chiefs and ladies: where the tumultuous sounds
OF so many trumpets compel the heavens to
echo with noise like thunder The harmony
Of the harpers drawn from their instruments
struck with the rapidest touch of the fingers.
note against note and the soft angelic
whisperings of their modulatons. gratifying
TO the ears of their guests The musical con-
cert. also of other instruments which had
learnt to be free from all of dissonance
invites to similar entertainment (''Vita ct
Costa Henrici Quinti. Anglorum Regis'O. OF
the coronation of Henry VI 0422-146). manu-
script account SAYS that after the proclamation
tkanne the sTehebysshop and al osoer byssh-
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crowded from one TO the other by turns and
were far from being tired with the soemnity,
though the whole day had been spent at it
The first record Of the musical functions at
coronation which may be accepted unquestion-
inely as authentic is found in the account of the
GROWING of Ethelred II "a. D. 97s-1016), con-
tanned in the Cottonian MSS: but there is a cor
onation form and order which is two centuries
older. and which il may safely be assumed.
used at the coronation Of some Of the earlier
kings of the first Saxon period. This is the
"Missa pro regibus in die Benedictions ejus'
contained in the "Pontificate' of Egbert Arch
bishop of York "a D. ;;2-7'61). The service. in
many things the prototype of that to be per
formed al Westminster on June 26 begins with
the antiphon "Justus Domino and the psalm
Beati immaculate" The gradual is "Salvun
fae." the verse "Auribus parcipe'' and "Aleluia''
and sequences. collects. preces etc, attend the
ceremonies Of the amounting delivery of the
soeptre and STAFF. imposition of the crown rec
ignition of the people and the Kiss In con-
nection with the recognition there is already
prenoniJion Of anthem which was sung at
the coronation Of Ethelred II. and has proba bly,
had a place in every coronation service since
The rubric runs: IA 5icat omnis populis tribus
vicbus cum episcopis ef presbyteris. vivat rex
N in sempiternum. Tunc confirn1a bitur cum
benedictione o,nnis Dopulus ~ osculandum prin-
cipem in sen1piterrrm dicit Amen. Amen.
Amen" Al Ethelred's coronation two bishops
sno the clergy sang the anthem "Firmetur
manus tua" after the King had been led in to the
church. Then followed the Gloria Patri' the
tie Deurn" and after the JUNCTION the anthem
zaduk the Priest" The two anthems here men
tionea have been echoing down the centuries
ever -iace. and deserve special, though
&ffiy brsef, attention
of over six centuries. from the time of Ethel
- Ic thst % James .i61Sl rhsneyer The
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contained expressions like some in the present
song of God Save the king" At the great
conduit in Cheap there was double scaffold'
the upper one of which decorated to repre-
sent heaven: an allegory occupied the lower.
There was throne and beside it the golden
fleece kept by two bulls and serpent. their
mouths flaming out fire, and six children who
played "regaleas'' (small portable organs) and
sang goodly songs. At the little conduit in
Cheap waits were seated in tower and a little
child prepared TO inflict Latin Grafton on
the king; but the royal lad weary, and so
was hurried past 'hobeit there was song
At st. Georges Church, in st. PauFs Church
yard. there something more to the little
kings taste. for he stopped to watch the per
formances Of a tight rope dancer from Arragon
There were eight French trumpeters at Temple
Bar who blew their trumpets after the fashion
of their country. and beside them were pair
OF royals and children singing to them.
There do not appear nave been any dis
tinctive musical features in the ceremonies at
tending the enforcement of Mary Tudor Q333-
155S). In her progress to the Tower she was
attended by ''alI the companies in their oarges.
with streamers and trumpets and waits,
shawnes and royals. together with some voley
shots OF guns" Against the Dean OF
Paurs Gate there was another pageant where
the choristers of St. PauIs played upon viols and
sang. Ludgate newly repaired, painted
and adorned with rich hangings, and minstrels
playing and singing there"
Dr. Burney. the historian Of music, says that
the service for Queen Eliza coronation
d55S- 1909 was celebrated in the Romish man
ner." and MaskeIl says that she crowned
according 70 the old rites. and with the cele-
bration Of the mass" The statement Is not at
all improbable. in view OF her latitudinarianism
She wanted the pomp of the ceremony. which
would also please her Catholic subjects. and she
knew she could promptly win over and hold the
Protestants by forbldding the elevation OF the
host and commanding the Htany. Lords prayer,
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anthem "Ffrmetur' is mentioned it is in Latin
In Prynne's account of the coronation of James
/ we first find it in its English form. Let thy
| hand be strengthened" The words are verses
1914 of Psalm LINK, which read as follows
| in the Vulgate:
Firmetur manus tua. ct exaltitur deXtera tua:
! iustitia ct judicium pr8paratio sedls tue-
Nisericordia Ct veritas praecedent faclem Iuafn'
For the English anthem this has been para
phrased as follows:
Let thy hand be strengthened and thy right
hand be exalted Let justice and judgment De
the preparation of thy seat and mercy ana truth
go before thy face.
corona ton ceremony of great antiquity-none
other than that of Solomon
In the first chapter of l Kings verse "a, may
he read David's injunction touching the
amounting of Solomon: And let Zadok the priest.
and Nathan the prophet. anoint him there king
over Israel; and blow We with the trumpet and
say, God save King Solomon And thus 1t was
done Thus, too. when Samuel presented Saul
and proclaimed him king (B c. 1880 'all the
people shouted and said: God save the King.
So also spoke Hushai the Archite unto Absalom
and the people when Joash, saved from the mas
sacre instigated by AthaIiah crowned by
Jehoiada the priest. If DR.. Freeman speaks
with authority, then the antiphon chanted at
the coronation of Ethelred II had already been
augmented with the prayer that the king live
forever at the crowning of Harold II CA D.
1O66). Thus runs the text it will ring out to
Handlers music at Edwards coronation: IA
dok the priest and Nathan, the prophet anont-
ed Solomon king: and all the people rejoiced
and said: God the king! Long live the
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from the programme published in The Tribune
few days ago In his plans Sir Frederick
Bridge has preserved traditions a thousand
years old. for which period the records furnish
information. There indications which might
justify ingenious speculation going back even
further than ten centuries-back, indeed, to be-
fore the Saxon period. How much of fact and
how much of fable is blended in the ''Chronicon
sive Historic Britonum' of Godfrey of Mon
mouth shall never know: but let King Ar
thur himself be set down as a mythical creature
there is yet enough N the old writings TO prove
that great brilliancy may have marked the re-
ligous ceremonies and secular feasts conse-
quent upon the coronation of the English kings,
say fifteen hundred years ago. The stories Of
the skill Of the British bards not necessarily
fsntastical, nor need laugh the ancient
Welsh triad which tells of the three perpetual
cholrs of the island Of Britain" as being any
thing but slightly exaggerated These choirs We're
in the abbeys Of Avaonia. Salisbury and Bangor
Is-Coed, and numbered twenty-four hundred re-
ligious persons each. They divided into
companies of one hundred, which relieved each
other every hour. that the musical service
was unceasing day and night With haTpers
and other instrumentalsts to join the singing
bards in the secular music, and vast choirs of
monks 10 chant the church service, the old coro
nations may well have been brilliant, impressive
gladstone and uplifting, even though the church
music was confined to the Gregorian chant
Godfrey completed his chronicle about A. D.
1928 According to the handbooks this was the
period of the crude beginnings Of harmony. yet
Godfrey could write (as he said) translate
from still earlier author, description Of
pompous musical service a feature Of the
coronation of King Arthur and his queen. There
separate crownings in two neghboring
churches. when the whole procession
,|nl-s Oh oE,,-o s1la
Ing was the harmony Of the musical instruments
and voices whereof there vast variety in
both churches, that the knights who attended
were in doubt which prefer. and therefore
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ops. with all the prelattes stondynge rounde
aboute hymn, redde exorcons ouyer him. and
many antemes sorge with note" Richard III
O4S3-14S5), to whom Shakespeare has given
an unamable character generous
supporter of music that it is great pity we
do not know more about the services at his
coronation. The Chapel Royal ought to have
played important part in them. 1t had been
estab lished in the preceding reign by his brother
Edward " 0461-14S3) and Richard was so
jealous in his maintenance that he empowered
one John Melynek, a gentleman Of his Chapel.
Ito take and sease' for the king. all such
singing men and children being expart in the
science of music he f1nde and think suf-
ficient and able to do us service" This was to be
done within all places in this our realme as
we'll as cathedral churches, colleges, chappels'
houses of religion and all other franchlsed ana
EXEMPT places as elliswhere College Roll
at Wyndesor reserved and exempt. When
Richard entered Westminster Abbey to receive
his crown forthwith there came UP before
the King and Queen both priests and clerks, that
sang most delectable and excellent music, says
era fton: but another writer notes that the
monks of Westminster sung the TIE Deum
with a faint courage" The difference between
religious and secular music already referred to
is emphasized in the few notes that | have been
able to find concerning the coronation services
of Henry VII Q4S5-15 OF the music of the
ceremony IN the Abbey little is recorded save
that the litany was chanted and high mass
celebrated: but or the route for the coronation
procession from the Tower to Westminster
places were provided for "all the heraudes and
mynstrels" On November q. 1887. Elizabeth,
Queen to Henry VII departed from Greenwich
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ractice for the 2d Battalion has been changed to
UrCH BUSTLE At BARNARD.
COLLEGE STUDENTS FILLING THE TINE BEFORE
COMMENCEMENT DAY WITH GATETT-

COLLEGE STUDENTS FILLING THE TINE BEFORE
COMMENCEMENT DAY WITH GATETT-
All academic work at Barnard was ended for
the wear with the close OF the final examinations
on Thursday. The resident students. however
will not disperse until after the various student
celebrations which will fill in the time between
now and commencement day The studenls at
FTske Hall made the most Of their last Gays at
the dornitory. which is next year to be taken LOT
q science building by giving reception and dance
to their friends last Thursday evening The build
ings were decorated. and many students and
friends of the college enjoyed the gayety tiH
late hour Miss Gill. Mrs. Charles Gibson. the
head of Ffske Hall; Mrs. Fitzgerald, the former
head of the hall, and Miss Alice Jackson. who
will next year be in charge OF the Barnard sec
lions of Whittier and Longfellow halls. were
among those receiving
Yesterday the JURORS held class luncheon at
the Manhattan Hotel not to celebrate any par
ticuIar event. but of mere esprit de corps
The seniors will begin their final festivities on
or the invitation of Yrs. Annie Nathan Meyer.
the honorary member Of the class OF , G2- MIS-
Meyer will also be present at the senior IGncheGh
which will be held at the Manhattan Hotel on tne
on Friday June .. at , o'clock the Barnard
class day exercises will be held 1T the Barnard
and faculty OF Barnard will be present as well
as the junior class of Barnard the senior class
of Columbia and the usual number OF enthusiastic
friends and relatives that attend such occasions;
of the same day. The floor committee consists OF
Miss Elsie Lloyd TOtten. chairman: Miss Katherine
Armstrong Miss Fanny Campbell Berkeley. Miss
Lydia Adele CARL. Miss Margaret Elizabeth Clark.
Miss Ruth Earle. and Miss Elizabeth Cadmus
COddington. oficiO.
on Sunday the seniors will attend the bacca-
laureate sermon Columbia On Monday. June
9 they will attend the Columbia class day eX-
ercises- On Tuesday they Will attend the recep-
ton given Earl Hall by Mrs Nicholas Murray
Butler the seniors of all the colleges OF the
and on Wednesday they will be pre-
sented by Dean Gill at the commencement exer-
cses . receive their dc srees-
The department of biology at Barnard has just
gift of three scholarships for the Marine
Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole Mass. OF
the value of $50 each. The name of the giver has
not been announced. and the scholarships have
not vet been awarded. The biology department
also received a gift 500 from Mrs Frederick
s Lee, wife of Professor Lee. of the College OF
! Physicians and Surgeons for the purchase OF
for the physiological laboratory
to be opened at Barnard year.
Dr.. Herbert Maule Richards, head of the de-
rartment OF botany, has received a of money
from the Barnard Botanical Club for the purchase
Of more books for the Barnard botanical library
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by water for her coronation; she was attended
by the city authorities and companies in their
aarges. richly decorated, but especially barge
called the bachelors barge was garnished pass
ing all the rest. with a great red dragon spout
ing flames of fire into the Thames. and many
other 'gentleInanlie' pageants curiously devised
to her Highness sport; and attended she
was landed at the Tower where she slept On
the morrow her progress thro 4gh the city to
Westminster magntfcu4-- welcomed by
singing children. some arEayed like angels and
others like virgins. to sing sweet songs she
passed along"
Henry VIII 0509-f54O was another king
from whose interest in music we might be led
to expect elaborate and ornate service as
feature of his coronation. He crowned.
with Queen Catharine of Arragon, June "a,
1909 His historian, Holinshed. makes more
mention of music in his description of the
onation than to speak of the fanfare of trum-
pets which announced the bringing in of the first
course Of the coronation banquet by the Duke
of Buckingham. mounted on great courser,
richie trapped and Embroidered and the lord
steward in likewise on horse trapped in cloth
of gold" III the pageants, however. there were
"quaeresters of Paules" who plated on viols and
sung" and there was also playing and singing
by the minstreis who had passed the heyday Of
their glory and soon TO fall into permanent
disgrace. but were still tolerated and enjoyed
Henry had been educated for the Church. with
his eye the archbshopric of Canterbury and
trained musician. He himself composed
church music in the learned manner of his time
anG his reign boosted such masters as Tye and
Tails. CThe litany will be chanted at King Ed
wards coronation TO the setting of the latter
cornposer): it is therefore matter of marvel
that Holinshed who delighted in celebrating the
kings gifts and attainments should have
informed fully about the coronation music.
Anne Bullen artistically well mated with
Henry. Her taste highly refined She dotted
the music of Josquin de Pres, whom a con-
noisseur like Martin Luther deemed the greatest
of all composers. No less than Shake
speare is the historian of her coronation on
June l. 1888. and it is curious to note that in
the poets account occurs the only mention to
be found in his pages of the TIE Deur1":
At length her grace rose, and with modest PAGES
Came to the altar; where she kneeIed. and,
saintlike,
Cast her fair eyes to heaven. and prayed de-
voutly;
Then rose again and bowed her to the people;
When by the Archbishop of Canterbury
She had all the royal makings of queen:
AS holy OIL Edward Confessor's crown,
The rod, and bird of peace and all such en-
blems
Laid nobly on her: which performed. the choir
With all the choicest music of the kingdom,
Sung together TIE Deum.
-("Henry VIII" Act ", Scene /.
At Anne's coronation the haberdashers mer-
Gers g~ocere er companies made par
raonlaEls hsase0 in the Da4.AnlA "sssxy
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In the 9th Regiment Second Lieutenant Lewis d.
ConoIy Of Company K has been elected first lieu
tenant Lieutenant ]. H Lynch. of Company H.
recently elected. has passed the examining board
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HOW THE TRADITIONS OF CENTURIES
HAVE BEEN PRESERVED - FROM
ARTHUR TO JAMES II-SERVICES
IN THE ABBEY AND FEAT
URES OF THE PAGEANTS-
SOME OF THE COM
POSERS.
(First Artice)
First Gent-Ciod save you. sir! Where have
you been broiling2
Third Gent-Among the crowd 1 the abbey;
where a finger could not be wedged in more.
Second Gent-You saw the ceremony
Third Gant-Ttat / did.
First Gent-How was 1t?
Third Gent-Wen worth the seeing.
Second Gent-Good sir, speak ii to US
Third Gent-As well i am able.-(Shake-
speare Henry VIII" act iv. sc. l.
That the musical features Of the ceremonies
at the coronation of King Edward VII will be
elaborate, beautiful and impressive is obvious
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NAVAL MILITIA NEWS.

Captain Jacob w. Miller. commanding the Naval
Militia of the State. will inspect the LIST Naval
Battalion on the New-Hampshire next Thursday
night The battalion will proceed to Creedmoor for
'~.---s Ar-ait> Friday. ThA data tor rih<
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EASILY AVOIDED.

From The Chicago Tribune.
But look herei said the angry asrieu t l
with cenched fists and blazing eyes II your
blamed railroad runs along on TINS me IL" 80
right plumb through my smokehouse!
mot at ALL" replied the surveyor
why not, I'd Ike TO know?
sfRecauSe" said the surveyor. calmly ne hung
cigar you'll move your smokehoUse. you know
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NOTES OF THE REGIMENTS.

The 9th and 18th regiments. which opened the State
Camp Of Instruction at PeeksktH yesterday. Will
he relieved on next Saturday by the seth and 47th
regiments The latter command will enter the
Camp first as Colonel Eddy is senior 20 Colonei
Duffy.
Colonel Duffy Of the seth Regiment has received
the resigna ton of Lieutenant :. J. NescaU. Of
regiment which he Joined in 1891 and served with
the volunteer regiment in the with Spain as
corporal and sergeant
command of Major Turpin. will go Fort HamiI-
ton on next Saturday for instruction in heavy ar
tllery. The resisna ton of Lieutenant r u Far
rrgton, of Company n. has been forwarded
Colonel Bartlett of the 22d Regiment has ap-
pointed Battalion Adjutant Robert j. DAILY reg-
mental adjutant. vice Kross resigned Adjutant
DaIv who will have the rank of captain in his
new office has been member Of the regiment since
lieutenant Wolf. Of Company B. recently elected
Eas passed the examining board game OF base
AGAINST the local team. by the regimental baseball
team
In the 9th Regiment Second Lieutenant Lewis D.
Conolv of Company X, has been elected first lieu
tenant Lieutenant J. H Lynch. of Company H.
recently elected. has passed the examining board
Regiment, has been unanimously elected a second
lieutenant. He served with the regiment IN thg
Cuban campaign Company has chosen COrpoiaA
l, W. Thompson second lieutenant
These officers of the 23d Regiment. recently
elected have passed the examining board; Leu
tenant Colonel W. a. Stokes. Lieutenant =. w
Iedward aud Lieutenant C. H. Neuman RrIeaad
ttwentv-ive wears of service and has been pre-
sented with the State decoration In goio
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1902-02-13
BRAINTREE.

Bargains at Bachelors. See ad. 3w
NJ. NJ. Wilson of Randolph was in town
Tuesday.
Mrs. Ellen Wells was in Northfield a
day last week.
George johnson of st. Albans was in
town Monday.
Miss Elgiva Pratt returned from Gran
vile Thursday.
Guy osha of Randolph spent Sunday
with his parents.
Miss Eta Richardson has returned
from Gardner, Mass.
Mr.. Cram of Roxbury was at F. c.
Batchellor's Monday.
Mrs. Ada Jacobs is at Hartford caring
for her brothers wife.
Byron Wakefield OF East Braintree visit
ed at William Ladue's Sunday.
Allen Spooner and family visited in
Granville several days recently.
George Thurston has moved from Roch-
ester to his house in Braintree.
Mr.. Robinson OF Lebanon, n. H., was
a guest at Otis Riford's day last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Phelps Of Roches-
ter visited at f. G. Bachelors recently.
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EAST GRANVILLE.

Mr.. Riford was in Braintree Tuesday.
Mrs. Dumas spent Saturday in North
field.
Station Agent Handley was in Roxbury
Thursday.
Mr.. Rope spent Sunday at his home in
Randolph.
Mr.. Blodgett OF Randolph was in town
Wednesday.
Geo. Chadborn Of Roxbury made a short
call in town Thursday.
Miss Mary Butterfield Of Roxbury visited
relatives here Thursday.
Miss Minnie Tierney is stopping a few
days with Mrs. Richardson.
Anumber from here attended the Tillman
lecture at Randolph Monday evening.
Miss Florence Soper OF Randolph visited
Miss Bessie Handley Wednesday and
Thursday.
Mrs. Alden Richardson is quite IN with
cold and sore eyes. DIR. Fletcher of Rox-
bury was called Wednesday