Thus  the  case  stood  until  the  death  of  Elizabeth,  and  with  her
died  the  Sovereign's  privilege  of  altering  the  Rubrics.  For  it  was
not  granted  to  the  Queen,  her  heirs,  and  lawful  successors ;  but  to
the  Queen's  Majesty  alone.
Upon  the  accession  of  James  the  First  a  Convocation  was  called,
and  the  Canons  of  1603  were  the  result  of  its  labours.  Those
Canons  so  nearly  correspond  with  the  Advertisements  of  1564,  upon
the  subject  of  the  clerical  vestments,  that  we  cannot  but  suppose
that  they  were  intended  to  supersede  legally,  what  the  Advertise-
ments, wanting  the  sanction  of  the  Sovereign,  had  only  virtually
suspended,  thai  Is,  the  operation.  s6  ha  as  the  Parochial  Clergy
were  concerned,  of  the  first  Rubric  in  the  Book  of  Common  Prayer.
