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NYG(B.728.003
22-29 Jan 1728:21 (117)
[Information on the King's Birth-day celebration]. . . From
the Council Chamber their Majesties and the Princesses went
to the Hustings (the sword being carry'd before his Majesty
by the Lord Mayor) where their Majesties and the Princesses
dined, and the Ladies of the Bed Chamber had the honour to
dine at the same table with them. Tables were likewise
provided for the Nobility, Foreign Ministers, Privy-
Counsellors, the Judges, Ladies, and other persons of
distinction. The whole entertainment was very magnificent.
. .[17 lines]. After dinner their Majesties had the
goodness and condescension to return to the Council Chamber,
with the Princesses, and to be present at a ball in the long
gallery and rooms adjacent, till eleven o'clock at night.
Their Majesties and the Princesses returned to St. James's
with the same state they came. The streets were again lined
by the trained bands, the homes all the way were
illuminated, & the people made loud acclamations of joy.
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