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Knighthood, in Preference and Advancement of thi;Order of St. George.

z 9. They were not to arm themfelves againft eachother, but in the Wars of their Sovereign Lord, in hisright and juft Quarrel 3 and if it happen’d that any ofthe Order Ihould be retain’d in the Caufe and Quarrelof any Lord, and the adverfe Party defir’d anotherKnight-Companion on his Side, that latter Knight is byno means to agree but to excufe himfelf in all Things,becaufe his Fellow was armed on the other Side, andwas retain’d before him. And every Knight was boundto except and agree, at his being retain’d, that he mayhave his Difcharge from the Wars, upon any of theOrder’s being engaged in Arms before him for the Con-trary Party 5 and if the fecond retained knows not of it,upon notice that any of his Fellows were retained be-fore him, and armed on the contrary Side, the fecondretained Knight was to excufe himfelf to his Matter, andrelinquifh the Quarrel.

30. All Licences given to the Knight-Companionsto travel in queft ofHonour by Military Exploits 3 alioall Certificates, mandatous Letters, Certificates, and o-ther Writings whatioever relating to the Order, wereto be ifliied out by the Sovereign, under the Seal of theOrder, to remain in the keeping of one of the Order,during the Sovereign’s Pleafure. And if the Keeper ofthe Seal abfent himfelf upon reafonable Caufe, he wasto leave the Seal with another of the Fellowfhij)that the Sovereign fbould appoint, to the Intent thatthe Seal at rio time be out of the Prefence of the Sove-reign, he being within his Dominion. And in likemanner concerning the Seal in the Abfence of the Sove-reign or the Deputy.

31. If any Knight-Companion for Devotion fakeIhould defire to dwell at ?F,W/or, he was to maintainbimfelf at his own, and not at the College Charge.

32. Amy other Knight, not of the Order, upon theAccount of Devotion, that would refide there, was tobe provided for at the Appointment of the Sovereign!ana the Fellowlhip alio. Any Knight or other rerfongiving io l. yearly Rents or Lands, or more, to theCollege, to participate of their Prayers and Suffrages,'

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