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sition with the stone, not to attend at London 

 till the winter following. 



However, the next time she saw my Lord of 

 Canterbury, she could not forbear suggesting 

 her desires, that the Archbishop of York should 

 not only attend the coronation, but preach too, 

 if possible, before her. My Lord of Canterbury 

 represented all this to him in a very kind letter, 

 dated March 28th ; to which he answered, April 

 1st, in the following words. 



" My Lord, 



** I had the favour of your's this 

 morning, wherein you tell me the Queen will 

 take it well if I attend the coronation on the 

 23d instant. God forbid that I should ever fail 

 in any thing whereby I can shew duty or pay 

 respect to her Majesty ; and therefore, if God 

 bless me with tolerable health, so much health 

 as to be able to perform the journey, I design 

 to wait upon her Majesty at that time. Indeed 

 I meant to have done it without this intimation, 

 notwithstanding her Majesty's gracious indul- 

 gence which you acquainted me with in your 

 last. For, upon second thoughts, I was sensible 

 it would be intolerable ill manners for me not 

 to pay my duty to the Queen upon so solemn 

 an occasion. 



*' As for Avhat you further intimate, that I 



