Excerpt from Seeing and Hearing With no roots and fibres striking deep down to the bedrock of the national life. But here in England we crown our kings as we have crowned them for a thousand years, and our act of crowning IS the august symbol of a nation's story and a people's Will. For before ever the ministers of God approach the altar, before the sacred emblems of Sovereignty are hallowed, before the Christian's Mysteries begin, before the Eternal Spirit is invoked and the consecrating unction bestowed, the English people plays its part, and, through the mouth of its chief citizen asserts its fundamental place in the system of the Kingly Commonwealth. Sirs, I here present unto you King Edward, the undoubted King of this realm wherefore all you who are come this day to do your homage, are you willing to do the same And, as the King stands up and turns and Shows himself four times to the assembled freemen, they signify their willingness and joy by loud and repeated acclama tions, all with one voice crying out, 'god Save King Edward.' About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.