In single ranks on either side, clad in burnished armor; after the Protector

Followed a seemingly interminable procession of resplendent nobles attended

By their vassals; after these came the lord mayor and the aldermanic body, in

Crimson velvet robes, and with their gold chains across their breasts; and

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After these the officers and members of all the guilds of London, in rich

Raiment, and bearing the showy banners of the several corporations. Also in

The procession, as a special guard of honor through the city, was the Ancient

And Honorable Artillery Company — an organization already three hundred

Years old at that time, and the only military body in England possessing the

Privilege (which it still possesses in our day) of holding itself independent of

The commands of Parliament. It was a brilliant spectacle, and was hailed with

Acclamations all along the line, as it took its stately way through the packed

multitudes of citizens. The chronicler says, 'The king, as he entered the city,

Was received by the people with prayers, welcomings, cries, and tender words,

And all signs which argue an earnest love of subjects toward their sovereign;

And the king, by holding up his glad countenance to such as stood afar off, and