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ceremony over, the king got up, and with similar reverences returned to
his stall. Then the two provincial kings, Clarenceux and Norroy,
proceeded along the choir, and making due reverences to the altar and
the sovereign, bowed to the two senior knights; who thereupon
advanced towards the altar, and kneeling down, made their offering.
The other imitated their example, coming forward according to their
seniority.
The service ended, the officers and knights-companions quitted the
chapel in the same order they had entered it, the king being received
under the canopy at the door of the choir, and passing through the west
entrance of the chapel, where he waited for the Lady Anne. On her
arrival they both mounted their steeds, and rode up to the royal
lodgings amid flourishes of trumpets and acclamations. Dismounting at
the great gate, Henry proceeded to the presence-chamber, where the
knights-companions had assembled, and having received their
salutations, retired to his closet. Here he remained in deep
consultation with the Duke of Suffolk for some hours, when it having
been announced to him that the first course of the banquet was served,
he came forth, and proceeded to the presence-chamber, where he
greeted the knights-companions, who were there assembled, and who
immediately put themselves in order of procession.
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