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Rhine, 9 Cay. I. and to William, Prince of Or ante' aMitf'ythe' Duke de Efpermn, the fame Reign. And fo Likewife ^ tiduring the unhappy Exile of King Charles II. it was ufu a !for want of more conveniency, to prefent the eled Knight’ ^in confirmation of his Election, whether he were Strangeror SuhjeB, with the Garter, George, Ribband ; and fome-times a St. Geode's Crofs, radicated within a Garter, tobe fixed on the left Shoulder of their Cloaks, or upperGarments. But thefe things aftep returned into theirproper Channel, as we may fee in feveral cafes fince 'st^ 1of which we need not inftance more, than that of the d 1prefent Sovereign, and his Royal Highnefj the Prince: i'M'’The former at a Chapter of the raoft Noble Order, heldill^® 1at Kjnfingtcn, 18 June, 1701, 13 Will. III. was elected, jj S I”and on the zi June, the Sovereign, by Commiffion un- i«®der the Great Seal of the Order, conftituted the Earl of la'iCwlMacclesfield, and Gregory K ir ‘g, Efq; Lancajler Herald, r(then Deputy Garter King of Arms,) to carry the Habitand Enfigns, and to inveft his then Electoral Highnefs $

therewith. The next Day after their arrival, at a pri-vate Audience, fiis Electoral Highnefs received the e qtbGarter and George, with the ufual Formalities; and ,;ytwo Days after, 24 Attguft, was folemnly in-./hcceed:vefted with the whole Habit of the Order. OnMarch following, 1702-3. he was inftalled at Wind- T w s gfor by his Proxy Charles, Lord Mohun, with theac- ^cuftomed Ceremonies. The fame Order was obferved ^ j.at the Election of his Royal Highnefs the Prince, 4 April, :j, j5 Queen Anne ; when the Lord Halifax, and JohnVanbrtige, Efq; Clarenceux King of Arms, (in the room of ^ 1Sir Henry St. John, Knight Garter,) were Commiffion’d to W ’carry the Habit and Enfigns. They had their fir ft. Au-, 2 ■dience, on this occafion, of the Prince, the 31 Map, who A. 1afterwards received the Garter and leffer George, and on ‘, ra2 June following, was invefted with the whole Habit £ ,and Enfigns of the Order.

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5 4. After delivering the Sovereign’s Letter, fjgnifyingElection by the Ambaffador, and the elect Stranger dotiy Ati ; .

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