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 THE ANCESTOR The Little Device tells how the king is to be arrayed by the chamberlain on the day of his coronation, First w* two shirtes on of Lawne, thother of Crymsen Tartayne both Largely opened before and behinde, and in the shulders. Laced w* Amblettes of silver and gilt, A great large breche to the middell thigh pynched togeidr befor and behynd, a breche belte of velvet to gather the same togither. A paire of hosen of Crymsen Sarsenet vampeys and all. A cote of Crymsen Satten largely openid as the shirtes be to the which cote his hosen shal be Laced w* ryband of silke A Sircote close furred w* menyver pur, whereof the collo"" handes, and the Speres shalbe garnished with Ryband of golde. A hoode of estate furred w* Mynever pur and purfelled w* Ermyns. A great mantell of Crymsen Satten furred also w* mynever pur w* a great Lace of silke, w* two tassells also in colo' crymsen, A Litle Cappe of estate of Crymsen Satten ermyned and garnisshed w* ryband of golde.^ For the anointing the king is ordered to be unarrayed and unclothed by his chamberlain as far as his coat of crimson satten, which, together with the crimson and lawn shirts under it, is to be unlaced at the openings. After the anointing the three vestments are to be laced up again, and a pair of linen gloves put on the king's hands. He is then to be invested with the colobium sindonis, described as ' a Tabarde of Tartaryn white shapen in maner of a dalmatike ' and a coif to be put on his head. The remaining ornaments and regalia are to be put upon or delivered to the king in the same order and form as prescribed in Lihr RegaliSy and call for no further remark. The accounts of the coronation of Richard have been printed by (a) Grafton in his Chronicle^ {b) in Bentley's Excerpta Historica^ and (c) by Mr. L. G. W. Legg.^ Each differs some- what from the other, but all agree in stating that the robes of estate worn by the king in procession to the church were of purple velvet, and not crimson, as directed in the Little Device, Both Grafton and the Oxford text printed by Mr. Legg tell us that in the procession, after the spurs, was the Earl of Bedford, ' bearyng Saint Edwardes staffe for a Relique.' No mention has hitherto been made of this ornament, and it is not included in Sporley's list of the regalia of the 1 L. G. W. Legg, English Coronation Records, 225. The document printed by Mr. Legg is actually the Liitle Device for the coronation of Henry VIL, collated with other copies, one of which, that in Add. MS. 18669, has evid- ently been copied from an order for Richard IIL's coronation. I have followed Mr. Legg's version. 2 Op, cit. 193-7.