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HISTORY OR ENGLAND,

CHAP.

XI.

1689.

the realm, and of their wives and daughters, the muster wasgreat and splendid. None could he surprised that the Whigaristocracy should swell the triumph of Whig principles. Butthe Jacobites saw, with concern, that many Lords who hadvoted for a Regency bore a conspicuous part in the ceremonial.The King’s crown was carried by Grafton, the Queen’s bySomerset. The pointed sword, emblematical of temporal jus-tice, was borne by Pembroke. Ormond was Lord High Con-stable for the day, and rode up the Hall on the right hand ofthe hereditary champion, V'ko thrice flung down his glove onthe pavement, and thrice defied to mortal combat the falsetraitor who should gainsay the title of William and Mary.Among the noble damsels who supported the gorgeous train ofthe Queen was her beautiful and gentle cousin, the Lady Hen-rietta Hyde, w’hose father, Rochester, had to the last con-tended against the resolution which declared the throne vacant.*The show of Bishops, indeed, was scanty. The Primate did notmake his appearance; and his place was supplied by Compton.On one side of Compton, the paten was carried by Lloyd, Bishopof Saint Asaph, eminent among the seven confessors of thepreceding year. On the other side, Sprat, Bishop of Rochester,lately a member of the High Commission, had charge of thechalice. Burnet, the junior prelate, preached with all hiswonted ability, and more than his wonted taste and judgment.His grave and eloquent discourse was polluted neither by adula-tion nor by malignity. He is said to have been greatly ap-plauded ; and it may well be believed that the animated perora-tion in which he implored heaven to bless the royal pair withlong life and mutual love, with obedient subjects, wise coun-

* Lady Henrietta, whom her uncle Clarendon calls “pretty littleLady Henrietta,” and “the best child in the world” (Diary, Jan. 368|), wassoon after married to the Earl of Dalkeith, eldest son of the unfortunateDuke of Monmouth,