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Morning he rode in the Proceflion to the Chape], theCelebration of the Feaft of St. George continuir g, withthe Mantle or his right Arm j and having entered theChoir, took his Principal's Stall, bearing likewife theMantle in the grand Proceflion, at the Offering of Mo-ney, and during Divine Service, and from the Chappel tothe Caftle to Dinner: And the like in the Afternoon ofthe laid Day, he rode on Horle-back in the Proceedingto the Chapter-Houfe Door, but there the Mantle wastaken from him, and laid within upon the Table, whilfthe retired into the Eaft-Ifle of the Chappel, and at theriling of the Chapter, it was again delivered to him,whence he proceeded in his Principals Place to the fecondVefpers.

Next Morning, the Lieutenant, and Ajfijlants, havingended the Chapter, the Mantle was again laid on hisArm, and in that manner he paffed to his Principals Stall,and afterwards offered, as on the Feaft Day. The Morn-ing Service ended, the Lieutenant and sljjtftants returnedto the Chapter-Houfe Door, where they put off theirMantlet, and at the fame time the Harrow of the Collegereceivd the Mantle from him.

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§ 9. At Dinner the Proxy fits with the Lieutenantor Commiffioners, and takes Place where his Principalfhould fit if he were prelent; and this was fo obiervedat the Inftallation of the Earl of hVarmck* 5 Elit'.

The Stile of the Knight inftailed by Proxy, is pro-claimed in French, or Engli/h, in the ufual Form andPlace, as 2,5 Hen. VIII. at the Inftallations of the Earls ofBeaumont and 'Newblanke, by their Proxies $ for they wereKnight-Subjects, though r.ot to the Sovereign, and there-fore not improper to be made ufe of as an Inftance.To conclude, the Prodtor is to take care that the At-chievements and Plate of his Principal are fet up in theirproper Places, which appears not only from the ancientLetters of Procuration, but alfo by Commiffions of lr-jftallation, which appoint that the Sovereigns Deputyftiould receive from the Prodtor his Principals Helm andA a 4 Sword,