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VGW(PA.738.010
10-17 Mar 1738:22, 31 (84)
London, Nov 30. On the present melancholy occasion of the
death of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, our readers
will not be displeased with the following account of the
ceremonies observed at the solemnization of the funeral
obsequies of the most excellent Queen Mary II. The Royal
Consort of the late King William III. of glorious memory. .
. [3 paragraphs describe the procession]
The several parts or the proceedings were attended by the
King's and other officers of arms, with drums and trumpets,
and the whole closed with the band of gentlemen pensioners,
and the Yeomen of the Guard. . . [3 paragraphs describe the
funeral]
The bells were tolled according to order. The guns at the
Tower fired for three hours, at a minute's distance between
every one: And orders were given to all His Majesty's ships
at the Buoy of the Nore, and at Black-stakes, to fire their
guns the same day, from two in the afternoon till sun-set,
in the manner practised at great funeral solemnities.
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