C 34 ° )
as in the cafe of the Earl of Northumberland, 5 E//^. p rancis, Duke de Montmorency, and others, 14 Eli^. the Earlsof Dunbar and Montgomery, 6 Jac. I. and the Princeof Wales, 14 Car. I. among which may be numbered tholeinftalled at the Grand Feaft of St. George, 13 Car. ]{but this happen’d through a vaft Concourle of People inthe Chapel, that prevented the due Order.
[n the Red Book ic is obferved, that the Inveftiturewith the Mancie and Collar, hath been fometitnes per-formed by the Black Rod ; as at the Inftallation of theEarl of Noithampton, 5 Car. I. the Lord Treafurer Wejknthe Earls of Exeter and L indfey, and the Marquifs of Ha-milton, 6 Car. 1. Neverthelefs, this is to be underftood asthis Officers Affiftance to the Knights-Companions, whofeOffice it only is, and no otherwife. Whilft the Ceretno.ny of Inveftiture with the Mantle is performing, the Wordsof Admonition proper thereto, are pronounced as follows.
Take this Mantle of Heavenly Colours, in Sign and Takenof the mofi Honourable Order you have receiv’d, and to theinert afe of your Honour, figned and marked as you fee, mtha red Efcutcheon of our Lord's Crofs, to the intent thatbeing always defended by the Virtue and Strength thereof,may pafs through your Enemies, and them alfo overcome andvanquifto, fo that at the lafl, for your worthy and approvedAlls,you may, after this Temporal Chivalry, come to EternalTriumphant Joys in Heaven.
■hi)'A Sl
fisFcr
Vnoji
{term
I minth
But at the Inftallation of King Charles II. they receiv’dfome alteration, and were put in the following Form. ^
Receive this J\bc of Heavenly Colour, the Livery of this 'fAtm^ft excellent Order, in augmentation of thy Honour, enobledwith the Shield and Red Crofs of our Lo- d, by whftc Power *9 itthou may’ft fafely pierce Troops of thy Enemies, and be over Stt,them ever Victorious ; and being in this temp~ral Warfare : WltGlorious in egregious and heroick All ions, thou may'ft obtain 'i&oEternal and Tiumphant Joy,
%
Next, the Comrnifiiorers, Afiiftanrs, or Knighrs-Com- >itg|panions, lay the Hoed on the Knight's right Shoulder '<itgjover the Mantle, and bringing the Tippet athwart his■Bread!, tuck it under the Girdle, at which his Sword i r.
hangs; lislu
t
A