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April, 5 Edxv. VI. had Letters of Signification feat him V*in May following ; and fo in all Examples fince. And ■fWwhen King Charles II. eleded any Stranger whilft he Fiji'was Abroad, Letters of Signification were fent them im '»! wmediately after. '$

Of notice given of an EleBion > before fendin? theHabit. “ ■

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§ 2. Here it is to be obferved, with how much caution,more than the former, the Statutes of King Henry VI1L fA,Ordain, to fend Letters that fignify Election, and theBocl^ of Statutes only at firft-, but not the Garter and$ >Mantle, till the eleB Stranger, having had time to comfult the Statutes, certifies his acceptance of the Orderand then, and not before, it is Decreed to fend a folemnEmbaffy with the whole Habit, George, and Collar; And Wtyconfonant to this, the Pradice hath fometimes been. As§ **) 0 ^in the cafe of Hemy II. King of France, 5 Edit. VI, i|ti*Emtnuel, Duke of Savoy, 1 and a Phil, and Mar. and in s l®!that of Frederic^, Duke of PVirtembergh, to whom QueensElizabeth fent Letters toon after his Eledion, and he re- 4turned Thanks, and Acceptation, by his two Ambafla- $lf Hoidors, who received Promife of fending the whole Habit ucceptcafoon after j however, the fame were not fent during her stfceSoiLife. n prefer

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Notice of Election fent with the Habit.

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§ 3. When the Sovereign hath been well allured of theeleB Stranger's acceptance, the fame Embaffy (as and- ^entiy before adding this Claufe,) difparched both Cere-mode'. The Sovereign’s Letter fignifying E edion, be- . 1ing firft prefented, together with the Book of Statutes, ,and an acceptance declared, then within few Days, thewhole Habit of the Order was folemnly delivered. V

And thus it was direded fcon after the Eledion of ^ *James V. King of Scot*, to the Lord tVtlliim Howard, fent Jon that Embaffy ; and in like manner, at the Eledion of 110Chrijlian Vf. King of Dcrmatf, ijac.l. to the Earl of ^