An account of the formalities of the citizens of the honourable city of London, in their reception of His Most Sacred Majesty, King William at his return from Flanders. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B08248 of text R224617 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing A292A). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 4 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 2 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 B08248 Wing A292A ESTC R224617 64550748 ocm 64550748 184286 2240860973

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 Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 2, no. B08248) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 184286) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English Books, 1641-1700 ; 2857:7) An account of the formalities of the citizens of the honourable city of London, in their reception of His Most Sacred Majesty, King William at his return from Flanders. 1 sheet (2 p.). Printed for E. Whitlock near Stationers-Hall, London : 1697. Caption title. Imprint from colophon. Reproduction of original in: Harvard University. Library. eng William -- III, -- King of England, 1650-1702 -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- History -- William and Mary, 1689-1702 -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1689-1702 -- Early works to 1800. Broadsides -- England -- 17th century. eebo An account of the formalities of the citizens of the honourable City of London, in their reception of His Most Sacred Majesty, King William, at his re [no entry] 1697 2 527 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2012-05 Assigned for keying and markup 2012-06 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2012-08 Sampled and proofread 2012-08 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2013-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
An ACCOUNT of the FORMALITIES Of the CITIZENS of the Honourable CITY of LONDON , In their RECEPTION of His Most Sacred MAJESTY , King WILLIAM , At His RETURN from FLANDERS . 10. Nov. 1697. A Detachment of the City-Trained-Bands to begin the Proceeding , all in Buff-Coats , with White Stockings , and Red Feathers in their Hats . The Two City-Marshals , on Horse-back ; with their Six Men on Foot , in New Liveries ; making way backwards and forwards , for the Train . The Six City-Trumpets , on Horseback . The Sheriffs Officers , on Foot , in their New Liveries , with their Javelins in their Hands . The Lord Mayor's Officers , in Black Gowns . Then the City-Officers , on Horseback , in their proper Gowns ; each attended by a Servant , on Foot , in a New Livery ; viz. The Four Attorneys , The Sollicitor , and Remembrancer , The Two Secondaries , The Comptroller , The Four Common-Pleaders . The Two Judges , The Town-Clerk , The Common-Serjeant , The Chamberlain . The Water-Bayliff , on Horse-back , carrying the City-Banner , with a Servant on Foot , in a New Livery . Next , The Common-Hunt , on Horse-back , carrying the King's Banner ; with a Servant , as before . Then Those who have Fined for Sheriff or Alderman , or have Served the Office of Sheriff or Alderman , according to their Seniorities , in Scarlet , Two and Two , on Horse-back ; each attended by Two Servants , on Foot , in New Liveries . The Two Sheriffs , in Scarlet , on Horse-back , with their Gold-Chains , and with their White Staffs in their Hands ; attended by Two Servants apiece , on Foot , in New Liveries . Aldermen Below the Chair , on Horse-back , in Scarlet ; each attended by his Beadle , and Two Servants , on Foot , in New Liveries . Then the Recorder , in Scarlet , on Horse-back ; attended by Two Servants , on Foot , in New Liveries . Next , The Aldermen Above the Chair , in Scarlet likewise , on Horse-back , wearing their Gold-Chains ; each attended by his Beadle , and Four Servants , on Foot , in New Liveries . Then begins the STATE , all on Horse-back , uncovered , viz. The Knight-Marshal , with his Foot-men on each side . Kettle-Drums . The Drum-Major . The King's Trumpets . The Serjeant-Trumpet , with his Mace . Serjeants at Arms. Pursuivants of Arms. Serjeants at Arms. Heralds of Arms. Kings of Arms.
Gentleman-Usher of the Black Rod , on his Left Hand . The Lord Mayor of London , bearing the City-Sword , by His MAJESTY's Permission ; Four Foot-men , in New Liveries , going on each Side . Garter , King at Arms , on his Right Hand .
The KING , in his Coach .

London , Printed for E. Whitlock near Stationers-Hall , 1697.