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BNL.719.005
13-20 Apr 1719:11 (783)
Whitehall, Decemb. 17. This day the Officers of Arms, being
assembled at the great gate of the Palace of St. James's,
app[eared] in their taberts, and mounted on horseback, made
proclamation of his Majesty's declaration of war against
Spain, with all the solemnities customary on the like
occasion; whence the march to Temple Bar was in the
following manner. Guards to clear the way; constables and
beedles, bareheaded, with [staves]; high constable; officers
of the high baliff of Westminister; high bailiff; a party of
horse guards; knight mer[ ] men; the King's trumpets;
serjeant trumpeter bearing his mace; pursuivants and
heralds, two and two; Norroy King of arms. . . [10 lines]
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