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T be loving Brethren of the Order of the Garter, have re-ceived y u their B other and Fellow ; and in Token of this,they give and p- -fent you this p: efent Garter, which God grantthat fou re-eive arid wear from henceforth - to his Praifc andGlory, and to the Exaltation and Honour of the faid NobleOrder, and your felf

Afterwards it was decreed, at a Chapter held at PPind-for , rhe 5 th of Augufl, Anno 1 2 Phil, and Mary, to this

effed: ‘ That not only the fame Advertifements, which‘ were wont to be given to Strangers at their Invcitkures,‘ fhould be likewife given to Knights-Sub jedfcs, that for‘ the future fhould be elected and inftall'd ; and with afarther Provifo, ‘ That among the Knights-Companions‘ there fhould not be any difference either in Ceremony orI Habit.

Hereupon the aforefaid Tenure ceafed to be ufed uponthe fixing of the Garter, and one Form remained at theIaveftiture of Strangers and Knights-Subjedls, which ispronounced by the Chancellor, if the Sovereign or hisLieutenant be prefent, otherwife by the Regifter.

“ To the Laud and Honour of Almighty God, his im-maculate Mother, and St. George rhe holy Martyr, tyeor gird your Leg with this noble Garter, wearing it to(( the increafe of your Honour, and in Token and Re-membrance of this moft noble Order; remembringthat thereby you being admonifhed and encouraged, injuft Battels and Wars, which only you (hall take ina j^ anc ^> b°th ftrongly to fighr, valiantly to ftand, and- honourably to have Vi&ory,

Butagainft the Inveftiture of K. Charles II. the Words°t the Signification being better weighed and confidered,Were thus methodized .-

<1 • c h e Honour of God Omnipotent, and in Merno-■- °f the bleffed Martyr St. George, t)e about thy Leg,T 3 “ for