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The. Counts of Mansfield have frequently ftamp’d iton their Coin. On one fide is St. George encountringthe Dragon with his Sword, with this CircumfcriprionSanB. Geo. Co. do. de Man. on the reverfe, his Arms cir-cumferibed, Mon. de Arc. Co. do.de Man. Of thofe of theDukes of Mantua, we may fee one of T r mcentim Duke ofMantua and Montferat, a Knight of the Order of theGolden Fleece, wherein is his Effigies to the Breafl,Vine. D. G. Dux MANT. III. MONTFER.U. on the ReverfeSt. George and the Dragon, Motto, ProteBor nofira afptc,1591. and Cafal at the Bottom.
§ 10. When the Habit or part of it ought to he tvorn is thenext thing ive Jhallfpcai ^ of.
The more folemn Days and Occafions which requirea fuller conformity, and the wearing the whole Habit,i. e. the Garter, Mantle, Surcoat, Hood, Collar, GreatGeorge, and Cap, are firft, The High Feftival of theOrder, commonly called St. George's Feaft, whether itbe folemnized on the izd, 23d or 24th of April, annually,or any other Days within the Year by Prorogation, as isapparent by all the Bodies of the Statutes.
For, Firft it is ordained, That the Knights-Compa-nions fhould be Arrayed in the whole Habit on the Eveof St. George, before the Sovereign proceeded to theChapter to hear Divine Service, and being fo Robed,fhould attend on the Sovereign to the Chapter-Houfe,thence to the Chapel, and return with him back inthe fame manner, until after Supper, as well thofe thatminded to Sup, as thofe that fhould not Sup; normight they difrobe, until the Sovereign or his Deputyhad put off his, or declar’d it feafonable for his or theirdoing fo.
By the fame Statute they were enjoined to wear thewhole Habit on the Feaft of St. George, both at theirProgreffion in the Morning to the Chapter-Houfe orChapel, at their return to Dinner from thence to theSecond Vefpers, and back to Supper, as alfo till Supperwas over, and until the Sovereign or his Lieutenant tookleave of the reft of the Knights-Companions.
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