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die Inflitution of the Order of the Holy Qhoft ; but tKisKing affum’d thisDevice upon appearance of three Sunswhich fuddenly united together into one immediately*before his fucceisful Vidtory at Mortimer's-Crofs, a happyJt,ra he thought himfelfoblig’d to perpetuate. And theymiftake who fuppofe it to be the Garter that is thusirradiated, whereas it is fomething elfe more worthyof the Glory, for from it, not the Garter, do theRays diifufe, vh. the inclos’d Crofs of the Order, cel e .brated as glorious, fince it darted its bright Beams fromHeaven, when it appear’d to Confiantine the Great ; asthe fame is reprefented on a Silver Medal: On the oneSide whereof was a Buft in profile, or fide Face of KingCharles I. and on the Reverfe, this Badge of the Order,within a Garter, inferib’d, Honi,!kc. a Crofs irradiated,difperfing its Beams in a Rhombular Form of EightAngles, beyond the Orbit or bounding Lines of the LaidGarter, having for Circumfcription, Prifci deetts OrdrniAiidum, 1619.

§ 5. Having finifh’d our Difcourfe concerning theRobes of the Order, we /hall fpeak of the Robes andHoods affign’d to the Queen, Knights-CompanionsWives, and other great Ladies, by the Donation of theSovereigns, fet off and embelli/hed with Minute Gar-ters, and lin’d with Rich Furs, which Robes they wereadorn’d with during the Solemnity of the Feaft ofSt. George, a Cuftom almoft as ancient as its Inftitution.The firft Mention we find recorded of the FeminineHabit occurs, Anno 7 . R. II. when the Queen, theSovereign’s Mother, the Dutchefs of Lancajler, theCountefles of Cambridge, Buckingham, Pembroket Oxford,and Salisbury, the Ladies Philippa and Catherine,Daughters to the Duke of Lancafter, and the LadyTviohun had fuch kind of Robes and Hoods providedfor them. They were made of Cloth, Violet in Grain,like as the Sovereign and Knights-Companions thatYear, the Robes lin’d with Fur, but the Hoods withScarlet, and both embroidered over with little Garters,and the Proportion of Cloth, Furs, and Garters, wereRated according to their feveral Ranks and Degrees;for the Queen had Eight Ells, and Half an Ell of

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