The Savannah morning news., 1902-06-01

for the remainder of the solemnity car
Iies it naked in front of the King.
The emblems of imperial power and
dominion are now dealt with. These
are the imperial mantle, and the orb
or globe.
The imperial mantle, which has, been
specially manufactured at the looms at
Braintree, in Suffold, will without
doubt be gorgeous vestment, with
it's wonderful embroidery of silver
eagles. shamroeks, roses, fleur-de-lys
and other national embIems. 1t cor
responds to the cope of the bishop.
The King is invested with it and with
the armilla or stole. The orb is placed
in the Kings right hand by the Arch
bishop as a symbol of dominion.
The coronation ring, or 1.-The wedding
ring of England" as it has been quaint
Iy termed, and the regal sceptre are
next brought forward to play their
part. The ring is made of gold con-
! tanning a table jewel 1t is placed curl
ously enough, not upon the left, but
upon the right hand of the King, on his
| fourth flyer II is described in the
prayer which accompanies its delivery
as the Ensign of Kingly dignity and
of Defence of the Catholic faith"
Before the two sceptres are delivered
to the King a very curious ceremony
takes place, which it is the hereditary
privilege of the Lord of the Manor of
Workshop to perform. The post is held
at the present time by the Duke of
I Newcastle. He presents to the King
pair of scarlet gloves, as an emblem
( Of dignity, one of which is at onc e
! placed upon the Kings right hand.
During the remainder of the service
! this Lord of the Manor of Workshop
remains near his Majesty, and from
time to time, as occasion may require,
| he proceeds to support the Kings right
arm, and if necessary, to carry his
/ sceptre.
The Archbishop first delivers into
the Kings right hand the sceptre with
the cross, 'the Ensign of Kingly Power
and Justice" and next into his left,
dove, the Rod of Equity and
Mercy" Then comes the act of
! GROWING itself. This is done by the
archbishop.
Hitherto the congregation has re-
manned almost entirely silent. At this
point, however, a loud cheer rings
forth from end to end of the vaulted
ROOF of the old abbey Everybody cries
God save the King! The state trunl-
peters execute another fanfare, sig
nal is given from the tower of the Alb
hey, at which the great guns down at
the Tower and elsewhere are fired At
this moment, too, the peers place their
crowns on their heads.
Then for the first time Edward VII
will be addressed by the title of King
The Bible is taken from the altar by
the Dean and presented to His Majesty
by the Archbishop of Canterbury The
King having received it it is returned
TO the altar. After the ceremony the BIZ
! Bile passes into the hands of the Bishop
of Winchester as Prelate of the Order
of the Garter as his perquisite.
After the differentiation comes tho
| homage. The Archbishop kneels down
! before Ills Majesty's knees while his
suffragan bishops kneel in their respec-
tive places on the north side of the
sacrarium. The Archbishop then re-
peats the following words.
Il, Frederick, Archbishop of Canter-
! bury. will be faithful and true, and
| faith and truth will bear unto you our
| Sovereign Lord and your heirs Kings
of the United Kingdom of Great Brit
! ain and Ireland, and | will do and tru-
ly acknowledge the service of the lands
l claim to hold you as in right of the
! Church. So help me Cod
/ The words are repeated simultaneous
ly by each prelate. The words of the
formula of homage ended, the Arch
| bishop rises from his knees and pro-
| ceeds to kiss the Kings left cheek
The Spiritual peerage having per-
! formed their office, the lay peers fol-
! low next in order, the Prince of Wales
| acting on behalf of the Princes of the
Royal Blood and the premier member
of each order on behalf of hts various
J colleagues. Thus the homage will prob
ably be performed by the Duke of Nor
( folk, whose peerage dates from 1883,
| the Marquis of Winchester Q551), the
Earl of Shrewsbury Q442), Viscount
Hereford (1540, and lastly the most
! ancient of them all, Baron de Ros the
history of whose peerage goes right
back to the far distant days of King
Henry III. The formula of the homag
as used by the lay peers runs as fol-
! lows:
81 Prince Tor Duke, etc, as the case
may be-, do become your liege man of
! life and limb and of earthly worship
and faith and truth I will bear unto
I you to live and die against all manner
/ of folks So help me Cod
Before performing their homage
these noblenen take off their -coronets,
and then having knelt down to utter
the required formula they rise and not
! only kiss His Majesty's left
cheek in the same manner as the
| archbishop of Canterbury, but also