and chief of the clergy ; and on the 15th of August his majesty king Charles the Second came from Whitehall in his state barge, and dined with the reader and the whole society in the hall. His majesty was accompanied by the duke of York, and attended by the lord chancellor, lord treasurer, lord privy seal, the dukes of Buckingham, Richmond, and Ormond ; the lord chamberlain, the earls of Ossory, Bristol, Berks, Portland, Strafford, Anglesy, Essex, Bath, and Carlisle; tbe lords Wentworth, Cornbury, De la Warre, Gerard of Brandon, Berkley of Stratton and Cornwallis, the comptroller and vice-chamberlain of his iuajesties's household; Sir William Murice, one of his principal secretaries of state; the earl of Middleton, lord commissioner of Scotland, the earl of Gleneairne, lord chancellor of Scotland, the earls of Lauderdale and Newburgb, and others the commissioners of that kingdom, and the earl of Kildare and others, commissioners of Ireland. An entrance was made from the river through the wall into the Temple Garden, and his majesty was received on his landing from the barge by the reader and the lord chief justice of the Common Pleas, whilst the path from the garden to the hall was lined with the readers' servants in scarlet cloaks and white tabba doublets, and above them were ranged the benchers, barristers, and students of the society, " the loud musick playing from the time that his majesty landed till he entered the hall, where Jie was received with xx. violins." Dinner was brought up by fifty of the young gentlemen of the society in their gowns, " who gave their attendance all dinner-while, none other appearing in the hall but themselves." On the 3rd of November following, his royal highness the duke of York, the duke of Buckingham, the earl of Dorset, and Sir William Morrice, secretary of state, were admitted members of c ο 2