A ROYAL CHRISTENING IN 1600.

Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 7, 16 June 1864, Page 3

A ROYAL CHRISTENING IN 1600.

-The following account, written by a contemporary and;ey?-wituess-.of,tlie : bap- ; tism of King, piiaries J.-j'is x>f some interest at the "present moment, inasmuch that, like: the princely eldest born of the .present Prince aud Princess of Wales, ,' Kiiig Charles I. was at Ins birth the son of the ; Kfeir to the English' throne (James V I . of Scotland and I. of England), aud of a female scion of the Royal Family of Denmark It is literally copied from a manuscript in the Lyou Office, at Edinburgh, " written by John Blinsele, Hay Herald.' :— 'VTJpqn Wednesday,' between eleven and twelve hours at even, the I.oth ; day of November, lGOO,vthe Queen's Ma- , jesty was delivered' within the palace of Dumferline" of a manchild. Gad of his TtieWy'inake him ; His servant, give him long and prosperous days to live, both to God's glory and to the welfare of the country. Upon Tuesday, the 23rd of December,'the King's Majesty camesfrom his ciiamber, at the " Chapel Royal, conveyed ; by tho Marquis .of Huntly, the Earls of Montrdse, Chancellor, ' Cas'sils,. h 'Mar ' aid ■• Winton ; -, John Blinsele, Hay llerald,; . James Borthwiek, Rothsay Herald; ; Thomas Williamson, Ross Herald f Daniel ; Graham, Diugwall Pursevant ; William s Walceson, ! Bute Pursevant ; and' 'David Gardner, Ormond Pursevant; our coats ; of arms displayed, trumpets sounding before us, conveyed His Majesty to the Chapel Royal/ And there His; Majesty was placed on the, east gievil of the chapel. And thereafter my Lord Lyon, Master of the Ceremonies, Heralds, Pursevants, and Trumpeters, came to the Queen's chamber, and there was a pall of gold, silver, and silk, very magnificent wrought, (as it was spoken) by His Majesty'B late mother of good -memory, which was sustained and borne by six "knights — viz., the Knight of Edzell and the Knight of Diddup at one end, the Knights of Trequair and Ormis-^ ton at the other end, and in the midst of the pall on every side the Knight of Black Ormiston, called Sir Mark Ker of OrmLston, and Sir William Blaiudon of Broughton ; aud within the pal] the Bairn, borne by Marquis de Rohan" a nobleman of Brittany, who boro the Bairn in his arms from the chamber to the chapel ; and on one side of the said Marquis de Rohan his brother, called M. de Soubi/.e; and on the other si do of him the Marquis of lliuitly ; and behind him my Lord Livingstone, who bore up the Bairn's rdyal robe of purple velvet, lined with damask. The Bairn was, covered with cloth of gold aud lawn. And behind, the dames of honor, the Marquis of ILuntly's wife, the Countesw of Mar, with the wives of my Lords Treasurer, President, Secretary, with many other dames of honor. And before the pall was tlit' Bairn's honors borne — -viz., My Lord President bare the crown ducal; my Dord Spynie bare the layer and towel; my Lord Roxburgh bare the basin ; my Lord Lyon, Master of the Ceremonies, heralds with our coats displayed, trumpeters .sounding before us, with sundry other noblemen. We- ' ranked to the chapel till we came before His Majesty ; and there, on the north side of the said chapel, the pall and Bairn was placed. The Lady Marchioness of Huntly bare, the Bairn" within the said pall all the time of the sermon. On the east side of the said pall was two chairs of cramoisy velvet j where the two brothers sat beneath /His Majesty. On Ilis Majesty's right hand, ami on' the west side of the pall, sat these noblemen : — • The Marquis of Huntly, Chancellor, Cassils, Mar, and Winton, treasurer, secretary, clerk register, advocate, aud sundry other noblemen of the secret council. Upon the south side of the chapel, my Lords Livingstone, Spy trie, President Roxburgh-, and sundry other noblemen and servants of the two Frenchmen who were His Majesty's gossips. The sermon and baptism was made by Mr. David Liudesay, Bishop of Ross, and minister of Leith, which was upon Romans 13 and 2.., The time of sermon being ended, Mr. David Liudesay declared it over again in French to the two Frenchmen that were gossips, and thereafter he proceeded to the baptism of the- Bairn. | The pall and Bairn was brought to the pulpit, borne by the said Marquis do Rohan, and His Majesty came in his place to the said pulpit with the said noblemen; and the minister baptised him, naming him Charles; and then, after a psalm sung and blessing said, my Lord proclaimed his styles, and called him my Lord Charles of Scotland, Duke of Albauy, Marquis of Ormond, Earl of Ross, Lord Ardma.nnogh ; and thereafter Dingwall Pursevant proclaimed his styles out of the west window of the said chapel, crying with a loud voice — Largess of the most high and Excellent Prince, my Lord Charles of Scotland, Duke of Albany, Marquis of Ormond,- Earl . of; Eoss^ ■ Lord of Ardmannogh. . Largesse ! largesse ! largesse ! And thereafter John Blinsele, Hay Herald, did cast out of the said window one hundred marks of silver to the poor, of the Duke's largess ; trumpets sounding, the castle shot nine cannons ; His Majesty ranked from, the chapel to the chamber, as be did before. The pall,' Bairn, and honors were borne, and the Lord's dames ranked from the chapel to* ■ the Queen's chamber, the gossip Marquis de Rohan bores the Bairn as he.didio the kirk; niy Lord Lyon, Master of Ceremonies, heralds,' pursevants,' trumpets sounding beforeus." '