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Ormerly the Knights eledfc proceeded fromLondon to their Inftallation at Windfor, in thenature of a Solemn and ftately Cavalcade,which was performed on Horfe-back, with the greateftGrandeur, and exceeding Pomp, whether we refer to thegreat Number of their Honourable Friends, who, ongallant Courfers, rode along with them; or the multitudeof their own Attendants well mounted, the magnificenceof whofe Apparel, Jewels, Gold Chains, rich Embroi-deries, and Plumes of Feathers, of their Lord’s Colours,fttuck Amazement, and even dazied the Eyes of theSpedators.

Equivalent to this Pompous Show was the Feaft, whichcontained in it all manner of Statelinefs and Plenty, aswell of Provifion, as other Incidents that might increafeits Glory, in which the eledt Knights, who kept it attheir own Expence, ftrove not only to out-vie theirEredeceffor, but to Excel one another ; That all Embaf-fadors and Strangers efteemed it one of the goodlieft andnobleft Sights, that was to be exhibited in Chriftendom.

But to make the fplendor of the Cavalcade no lefs“nfpicuous to the City of London, than to the Town andCaftle of Windfor, the Knights eledt have taken up theirLodgings, fometimes in the Strand, fometimes in Salis-wy-Court, in Holborn, or within the City ; and for intentjj>ey chofe to pafs through fome Eminent Streets, that thereoplt might the better Survey them, and receive the

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