livery of the Garter and George to the Duke de Effernon, '

ed, appears in the fingle cafe of Philip II. Duke of Bur.gundy, who having been ele&ed by King Henry V. t h en ( yin France, had not, Anno i Henry VI. lent his Anfwer *

It was therefore concluded on at the Feaftof St. George]held at Wind for the faid Year, by Humphry, Duke ofGloucefter, then Deputy to the Sovereign, and by, and'with the unanimous confent of the Knights-Cmpmmt Pprefect, to fend Letters to the faid eledt Duke, by which 101he was defired to know, whether he gave his Accep- S'' : ®ranee or no The Dukdof Burgundy, it feems, made no ftMAnfwer to this Letter ; It was therefore again debated atthe next Year’s Feaft, and then thought fit, to fend Per- islC®'fons over to him with the Nomination, who (hould prefs siobec 1him for his final Anfwer. And then it appears, that the fdkfaid Duke weighing the Statutes, and refledting on theitjamQuarrels between the Duke of Gloucefter, and the Duke ttnrfof Brabant his Unckle, made a plaufible Excufe, refilling deucythe Eledtion, left he Ihould be forced either dilhonour ; «g,rably to violate the pious Conftitutions of the Order, or jd therethe obligations of Alliance ; and upon this they proceeded fogs ofto a new E ! ediion. -(’er we

But this is the only inftance of this kind ; and it hathbeen the conftant way of all eledf Strangers, rot only toaccent, but to receive with the higheft Marks of Satis-fadtion, the notice of their Eledlion, and the Inveftimreof the Order, jI,^,

Of an Elettion not accepted.

§ 5. That fometimes this Honour hath not been accent' F