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The Suffrages have commonly been collected at the

Second Vefpers, or in the Time of Evening-Prayer on

St. George’s Day, or on that Day whereon the Feaft 0 fSt. George hath been celebrated by Prorogation$ andwith this Diftinflion of Time, the taking ofdivers Scru-tinies are mark’d.

However there occurs one Scrutiny gather’d in theChapter-Houfe at Windfor on the Eve of the Grand-Feaft, at which the perfon immediately elefled, wasfentfor in, and had the Enfigns of the Order conferr’dupon him, when immediately the Sovereign made hisProgreilton to the Chapel, and after fome fmall Interval,the Elefl proceeded to his Inftallation. And this wasthe Cafe of James Marquefs Hamilton, Ann. 6 Car. 1 ,who lying under an Obligation to commence his Voy-age next Morning towards Germany (whither he hadthe Commiftion of General of 6ooo Foot in Afliftanceof the King of Sweden) occafion’d this his Sovereign’sIndulgence, and quick difpatch.

When the Scrutiny firft began to be colle&ed in theChapel, is treated of fome what general and indefinite.Ann. 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9 Eln. it was during the time ofEvening-Prayer. And in like manner, Ann. 4 Jac. I. and13 Car. I. And when the Feaft of St. George was folem-niz’d at Whitehall, the 18th of April, 13 Car. I. th e An-nals fay', That the Sovereign recreated hintfelfwith the MelodyofEvenfong, during which the Chancellor colleBed the Votes ofthe Knights-Co/npanions.

But in fome other Places, the Time when this Matterwas tranfafled is re {trifled to a precife Time, or fomeparticular Part of Evening Prayer, as Anno 26 anda]Eliz. whiljl the Choice fung the Service , and the likeAnno 14 Jac. I. but 4 Car. I. while the Anthem witsfimgafter the fecond Lejfon, but more frequently after the firftLeflon,as in the 2.and 9 Car. I. while the Anthem was fac-ing, or whilft they were hymning the Anthem of thebleffed Virgin called the Magnificat , and which is all onewith that, Anno 14 Car. I. viz. affoon as the firft Lejfon wasread, or at the firft Lejfon, which is remembred to bethe ufual Part of the Service, in which the nomination oughtto begin.

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