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ininution in the Inveftitureto takeoff any part of the Hab'"before the whole Inveftiture be compleated • fo that inthe beginning of the Reign of King James I. it was judgedmore convenient that the Hood fhould be carried on theCufhion by Garter into the Choir, together with the Man-tle and Collar, and not be put cm till after Inveftiture withthe Mantle ; and thus it was obferved at the Feafts ofSt. George, 13, iy, and z% Car. II. And though anti-ently it was laid over the left Shoulder, and fo worn uponall Occafions, yet Anno z and 3 Phil, and Mar. the wear-ing it fo being taken notice of to obfeure the Efcutcheonof St. George, embroidered on the fame Shoulder of theMantle, it was decreed in a Chapter held the fame Yearzz of April, that for the future the Knights-Companionslhcu d wear their Hoods on their right Shoulders, to theend that the Efcutcheon might be the better feen and ap-pear.

Neverthelefs, there was a Queftion moved iz Joe,lwhether the ufage of wearing the Hood (hould not be re-ftored to the left Shoulder, but it feems it was over-ruled;and 23 Car. II. fome of the Knights-Companions ima-gining it nioft proper to wear their Hoods on their leftShoulders, ran into that error, but upon better informa-tion the next Morning; altered them to the right.' ToForeign Princes, there is liberty given by King Hen . Vffl’sStatutes to receive, if they pleafe, their Habit whollywithin the Chapter-Houfe, before they enter their Stalls;by which it appears that this was the Cuftom in times paft;an inftance whereof we have in Philip King of Caftile,Anno zz Henry VII. who was entirely inverted in theChapter-Houfe with the Garter, Surcoar, Mantle, Hood,and Collar ; the Sovereign himfelf putting his Hand tohis Inveftiture with the Mantle. Hence King Philip,Grandfon to the aforefaid King of Cajlile, was invertedwith the whole Habit of the Order before he affumed theStall ; in Philip and Mary’s proceeding to the Chapel, hereceiv'd his Inveftiture within the Weft Door, and therethe Regifter delivered the Mantle to the Earls of Derb)and Pembrool^, who kifnng ir, prefented it to the Q. ueen >who, affiifed by the laid Earls, perfonally inverted theKing therewith : Next Garter gave the Collar to rhtf

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