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resolved to postpone it till the ceremony of his own 

 coronation should be finished, arid till his title 

 should be recognized by parliament. Anxious to 

 support his personal and hereditary right to the 

 throne, he dreaded lest a preceding marriage with 

 the princess should imply a participation of sove- 

 reignly in her, and raise doubts of his own title ; 

 and it was only in consequence of the earnest en- 

 treaties of his parliament, that he was induced the 

 following year to satisfy the minds of his people in 

 this particular.* His marriage was celebrated in 



* An amusing account of the coronation of this 

 Princess, 3 years after her marriuge, is given in 

 Hearn's Appendix to his edition of Leland's Collectanea, 

 vol. IV. p. 216, in which are accurately described 

 the various ceremonies, observed on that occasion, the 

 great entertainment given in White-hall, with a list of 

 the various dishes served up at the royal table ; and a 

 list of the names of the nobility and gentry who were 

 present. " One curious circumstance relative to two of 

 the queen's female attendants, I cannot forbear to name : 

 when the queen had washed, and my lord archbishop of 

 Canterbury said grace ; then dame Catherine Grey, and 

 Mrs. Ditton, went under the table, where they sat on 

 either side of the queen's feet all the dinner time ;" an. 

 office, which the maids of honour at this day would not 

 readily embrace. 



In the same work may be found, an account of the 

 ceremonies observed at the christening of her eldest sen 

 the young prince Arthur, and the betrothing of her 

 daughter Margaret to James IV king of Scotland ; to- 

 gether with her departure from England, journey into 

 Scotland by York, her reception and marriage, and the 

 great feasts held on that occasion, p. 258. In which ac- 

 counts the reader must be struck, with splendid equip- 

 ments of the nobility, who met the queen and escorted 

 her through their respective counties, and especially the 

 splendid array of the earl of Northumberland : and on 

 her arrival into Scotland the singular gallantry shewn by 

 king James during his courtship, which is conducted 



