Note 153 — Chapter VII
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"It was moved that the sword to be delivered by way of investiture might not be left out.
"Mr. Lister: His Highness has a sword already. I would have him presented with a robe.
"Some understood it a rope, and it caused altum risum. He said he spoke as plain as he could—a robe.
"You are making his Highness a great prince—a king indeed—so far as he is Protector.
"Ceremonies signify much of the substance in such cases, as a shell preserves the kernel, or a casket a jewel. I would have him endowed with a robe of honour."—Cromwellian Diary, ii. 303.
At length it was "Resolved that there be a purple robe lined with ermine, a Bible, a sceptre, and a sword, provided for the investiture of the Lord Protector." Thursday, 25th June, 1657.—Post-meridian Journals.