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NEWJ.728.006
15 Jan 1728:21,22 (43)
Hamburgh, Oct. 24. Cyrill Wych, envoy extraordinary of
Great Britain, has celebrated with much magnificence the
coronation of their Britannic Majesties. The day before
yesterday his excellency gave a concert of musick,
accompanied with very fine illuminations, invented by M.
Lediard his Secretary, and represented in a Triumphal hall,
adorned not only with great variety of emblems,
inscriptions, and gilded statues, representing the most
famous Kings of England, but also a triumphal arch,
illuminated and supported by 4 columns of a clear
transparent red; one saw behind that arch a clear
magnificent machine, illuminated, which descended from the
clouds, and which was adorned also with divers columns
flying angels, and transparent festows. As soon as this
machine disappeared, was seen a scene upon an elevation of
several steps, other fine illuminations adorned with emblems
and inscriptions; and when this scene was open'd we saw,
upon a still higher elevation, a glory of clouds and columns
of clouds, all transparent, with providence in the middle;
having, on her right, wisdom, and on her left universal
peace, accompanied by divers virtues and tutelar dresses.
These illuminations surpassed, for magnificence and fine
contrivance, all that had ever been seen here. Yesterday
this minister treated in the same manner, those of the
English nation who reside here, as also several gentlemen
and ladies, and on Monday next his Excellency will
terminated the feast with a concert of musick, followed by a
ball in masques. The Society of English Merchants, made
also the day before yesterday, a great feast, which began
with a sumptuous dinner, and all present wore white cockades
with this inscription, God bless King George the Second, &
Queen Caroline his spouse. In the evening two fountains ran
with red and white wine for the populace, and there was a
very fine illumination before the hotel, and the feast
concluded with a very magnificent supper, &c.
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