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«« The King of England exhorted his Men, andii. “ commanded, That if any had trefpafs’d againd ano-•ffe “ ther, theylhould be reconcil’d and conic is’d to the

tr j\ tt Prieiis, otherwile no good Succels wou’d accrew to

« them in their Attempts. He advis’d them to be*pi|» « civil in their March, and to do their Duty well, and

“ agreed upon thefe Conditions, That thofe of theirtyti: « Company who were not of gentle Extraction he

tber. « wou’d make fo from the Fountain of Honour, andntofo “ give them Warrants, that for the future they fhouldit lap « enjoy the Privileges the Gentlemen of England had ;

“ ar >d to the End they might be diftinguifh’d from o-(Mit, “ thers, he granted them leave to wear a Collarf.in “ powder’d with the Letter S.”

fjyj Among the Variety of Collars of SS’s now in vogue,f M| j there are thefe following : The Lord Mayor of London’sidstk dollar is compos’d of Gold, having a Knot (like one,j ]jj| of thofe that tye the Garters together in the great Col-larof the Order) inferred between Two SSj, and theyr again fituated between Two Rofes, m. a White Rofet within a Red, and in the Middle before the Bread isnw : a l ar g e Portcullis, whereat hangs a mod rich Jewel fettffiWTr with large Diamonds.

^ r Jt The Collars of the Lords Chief Judices of both ther Benches, and the chief Baron of the Exchequer, are1,1:51 ^ (in Memory of the /aid St. Simplicim, a Senator, andconfequently a Gownman) form’d of the LetterS, and\|A a Knot alternately, having a Role fet in that part of itc l which falls out to be in the Middle of their Breads, and. ‘ another on their Backs; the Five Flowers of thefe Rofes

are condituted of Five large Pearls.

: L' ■ Those Collars, which appertain to the Kings and11 Heralds of Arms, as well as to Serjeants at Arms, ha-<ving been bedow’d by former Kings, and renew’d tohtispf them by King Charles II. to be worn upon Days of fo-■ lemn Attendance, are compos’d of SS’s link’d together.$$’Ji In the Middle of the Bread is a Role, at each of which

hangs Three fmall Drops of Silver; but the SS’s inj the Collars worn by the Kings of Arms are made

j;!, fomewhat larger than the other, and in that part lying

jjtl ^ on either Shoulder, is a Portcullis taken in betweenthe SS’s, which ate wanting in the red,

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