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where he had piit on his Mantle, and there difrobed him'feif, and fo the Ceremony ended. " ,

It was the Cuttom about thefe Times, for the Nobi' iI icy, Allies, or Friends, to the elecft Knight, to fend hitj Iby the Garter, feveral Garters and Georges , as Marks of ‘Congratulation for the Honour he was to receive, whichthe Garter delivered to him when the Inveftiture was fi. iniflied, and he had put off his Rohe, with the particular 'Services and Refpedls of thole Friends wjio had beftow’dthem. For thus was it with the Earl of ff'arwic^K New-haven, and the Lord Scroop at Carlijle, Anno 26 EH%. fa sthe Garters return to Court, he is obliged to deliver an 1Account to the Sovereign, how he hath difeharged his 1Employment; and by (pedal Diredt ons from the eleff 'Knight, who prefents fhe hjgheft ReLedfshe can exprefs, 1as well to tlje Sovereign as to dip relt of the Knights.Companions, for honouring him with a Reception into failluftrious a Body.

We fhall clofe this Sedlion with a brief Account of theInveftiture, of the Duke of Gloucefter, on Eafter-day in theMorning, being the 14th of April, 1653. In referencetowhich Ceremony there was provided : .,

1. A Garter with the Motto, to be tyed about his left as to I

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2. A George in a Ribband, to be put about his Neck; igtotf

3. An embroider'd Crcfs of St. George, with a Garter mccfo

and Star, to be few’d on the left Shoulder of the Duke's .ude it

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4. A Velvet Cufhion, whereon the Enjigns and Qm- tUsttn

ments of the Order wepe to be laid. d

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For the Honour of the Order, and his faid Highnefs,

Sir Edward lValk.er, Garter, humblv propoied, That hemight be affifted by Two or Four Knights in performinghis Duty. _ _

That his Highnels the Duke might receive the Enfigns ^of the Order, in the Prefence-Chamber of the Princels 4^Royal, or in his own, accompanied with the Queen ofBohemia, her Royal Highnefs, and fopae other Perfons ofH onour and Quality, v,. #

That his Highnefs having placed himfelf under the Stare,Garter fhonlct take the Culhion upon his Anns, on which‘ were