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NYG(B.733.008
15-22 Oct 1733:11,12 (417)
Hague, July 28. N.S. An Account of the Instalment of the
Prince of Orange in the Order of the Garter. On the 23d
instant, Mr. Finch, Envoy-Extraordinary of the King of Great
Britain, presented to the Prince of Orange the Blue Ribbon,
with the rich George which His Britannick Majesty had sent
him by Mr. Anstis; and that Minister put it on him in the
presence of a numerous assembly of persons of distinction,
who were at his Highness's house richly dressed. . . [12
lines]
Saturday the 25th was the day fixed for the solemnity of
the instalation, and it was accordingly performed in the
Orange-Hall of his Highness's house in the wood near this
place. . . [23 lines]. After his Highness's Master of the
Horse and the Great Steward of his Household, came the
Officers of the Order in their habits of ceremony, carrying
the collar, the mantle &c. upon velvet cushions. After them
marched the Herald at Arms, who was followed by Mr. Finch,
and next to him came the Prince. The silence in the Hall
was interrupted by nothing but the martial sound of trumpets
and kettle-drums placed on the top of the cupola. . . [22
lines]
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