(% N ' •ll King of Denmark, An. J. K, IV. But that lent to Fre-

, ^ i«Wf^Duke of Wirtemberg in the fame Year, was a mix’d

i J t ' Co our of Purple and Violet.

^ ' Thus the Purple Colour came in Requell, and con-tinued till about the 12 of King Charles I. when he deter-mining to rellore the Colour of the Mantle to the pri-Dfl' mi five Inilitution, gave Directions to Mr. Peter Ruhaut,

. ■ Merchant, to provide himfelf with a Quantity of rich; blue Velvets from Genoa and upon their arrival intok* 13 England, fignify’d his Pleafure by Sir Thomas Roux theChancellor, That all Knights-Companions fliould pur-rtr J :: chafe as much of the faid Velvet as would furnilh themur 1:1 with new Robes againft St. George’s-Day next enfu-.™ ! ing ; compliance to whofe Will, all the Knights paids ffl Obedience, at the Rate of Thirty feven Shillings aYard, being the Price the Sovereign paid to Mr. RichauttheJi f or the Velvet of his own Robes. And the firft Effay oftiai, t^efg Mantles was to honour the Inftallation of thePrince, afterwards King Charles II.

And becaufe there were many Knights-eleCl to be in-b:®tt ff a ll e d after the Refloration, it was ordained at theh® Chapter held at Whitehall the 14 th of Jan. Anno 12.wiff® Car. 2. (called to confider of the Preparations of thesnot® grand Feaft then at hand), That Directions fhould bed»K given to the Mailer of the Wardrobe to negotiate•fcCi Abroad for excellent Velvets ofSkie Colour, and Crim-fon, and other Materials agreeable for the Mantles andtk i Surcoats,both of the old Knights-Companions,and thofeWhet that were then to be inftalled j which was accordinglyifofl# elfeCted, and they were tranfmitted in time to accom-ijiiF® modate them at the faid Feall.

[ijiial 1 Tho’ the iuft Number of Ells of Cloth for the Sove-B oi ■ reigns Mantle at the firft Inilitution are not fet down,Jiitf' yet in the Total for his Mantle, Hood, and Surcoat,jfit & there was allowed ten Ells of long Cloth. The Mantle, e jojf of King Henry Vi- took up one Piece, five Ells andU [j)ki three Quarters of blue Velvet ■, and thofe fent to Frede-ffiti' Tlc k. II- and Chriflian IV. Kings of Denmark^ '■> and to the... French King, Henry III. contained each twenty Yards oflw fe Velvet.

\i< This we find to be the Allowance for Foreign Princes,"W and are the more full and extenfive, by reafon of their10 ‘ M 3 long