The Glory of Regality: An Historical Treatise of the Anointing and Crowning of the Kings and Queens of England (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Glory of Regality: An Historical Treatise of the Anointing and Crowning of the Kings and Queens of England

To procedeto an analysis of the subject we may well apply to the English throne the words of a learned foreigner, non, uno gradu tam sublime solium conscendere, nec simplici actu tam ponderosam induere majestatem, po terat amplissimi imperii candidatas the cere monies attending the inauguration Of our kings have indeed become so numerous and compli cated, that before they are displayed at length it is necessary for the reader's guidance to point out their leading and essential features, and to divide the whole into such parts as will explain their origin and effect.

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