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The History Of the most Noble Order of the Garter : Wherein is set forth An Account of the Town Castle, Chapel, and College of Windsor; with their several Officers ; The Foundation of the Order by King Edward III. ; With the Statutes, and Annals at large, as they have been altered and amended ; An Account of the Habits, Ensigns and Officers of the Order ... To which is prefix'd, A Discourse of Knighthood in General, and the several Orders extant in Europe
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King Hen. VIII. was the firft that introduc’d into hisGreat Seal the Efchutcheon of his Arms incircled with-in a Garter, as may be feen placed on either fide hisPortraiture fitting on his Royal Throne ; fince him,all fucceeding Sovereigns have born their Arms afterthat Manner, not only in their great and Privy-Seals,but in thofe other appertaining to their Courts of Ju-ftice, and generally in all Matters where their Armswere vifible (except Coins) $ in Imitation of whom,the Knight-Companions have done the like.

But there were An. 21 Car. 1. certain Half Crowns(lamp’d in the Weft of England, containing the Sove-reigns Arms, fo encompaffed, regally crowned andfupported 5 and this was the firft Money whereon theRoyal Garter appeared. After him King Charles II.having an Eye to the Advancement of the Honour ofthis Order,caufed the irradicated Crofs of St. George en-compafs’d about with the Royal Garter to be publicilyftamp’d in the Center of his Silver Coin, ftruck uponthe Recoinage of it, Anno 14. Car. 2.

There were other Medals heretofore ftamp’d uponfeveral Occafions, wherein the Garter was defignedlyexprefs’d, and enclofing Shields of their Arms , as thatin the Year 1619. Frederick. Prince Palatine of the Rhine,was crowned King of Bohemia, and Robert Cecil Earl ofSalisbury created Lord Treafurer, both Knights Compa-nions of this Noble Order : Moreover, Gold Ringshave been call into the Figures of Garters ; the Groundon the outfide enamell’d with a deep Blue, throughwhich the golden Letters of the Motto appearing, fetthem off with an admirable Beauty. And it feems fuchRings were in vogue fince the Preface to the blackBook of the Order makes mention of wearing the Garteron the Leg and Shoulder, and fometimes likewifel fub-oins the Thumb, inter dmn Pollice gefiare $ by which wemay naturally conjeilure, that Gold Rings were formedinto theFalhion of Garters, and bellowed by fome newinftalled Knights upon their Relations and Friends towear in Memorial of fo great an Honour conferred up-on them.

Among the Officers belonging to the Order the Pre-late is permitted to bearhis proper Arms (impaled with

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