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reign’s Stall, as is that for the eledt Stranger in vhe Choirat Windfor ; in which is to be fixe the Majejly Efcutcheotiof his own Arms, brought likewife overby Garter or hisDeputy ; a third Stall is to be ereded for the Lord Am-ba/Tador, who (if a Knight-Companion) hath an Efcutcheotiof his own Arms within a Garter fet over it ; for lb hadthe Marquifs of Northampton , at the Inveftiture of theFrench King, Henry II. Anno 5 Edw. VI. and the E id ofDerby, at that of Henry III. under ail thefe EfiutJreons ofA mu r he Stiles and Titles (fairly Written) of the Sove -reign, and each Knight-Companion , are to be affix’d.

Where there is no foiemn Proceeding to Church, theSovereigns Efcutcheoti of Arms, with his Titles, have bce.ifet up at the upper end of the Room, wheie the Iuveftwrare is performed ; fo alfo the Stranger Knight's at duediftance, as at the Inveftiture of Guftavus A.olphus, Kingof Sweden, in his Tent at rhe Leaguer, near Datfhaw, inFrujjia, 13 September, Anno 3 Car I.

Befides rhe before-mendoned Preparations; the Churchor Chappel, into which the new inverted Stranger proceeds,if to he richly adorned, as we find by feveral Inftances ;as at the Inveftiture of King Henry III- when the Churchflf Auguftiue Fryars in Farts, was hung with rich Arras,and all the Choir and Stalls with Cloth of Gold. On theDay the Solemnity of Inveftiture is celebrated, the debtStranger fends his Coach, and fome Perfons of Quality,to Accompany the Sovereign’s Ambafladors to his Court.At the Inveftiture of Henry, Prince of Orange, Frederick,1,Prince Palatine of the Bfine, fat with the Vifcoun tCharle-ton, in one Boot of the Prince’s Coach, and Sir WilliamSegar in the other; and were met by the faid Prince atthe Foot of the Stairs of his Court, and conduced thenceinto his great Chamber.

After fuch time as the eledt Stranger, and the Sove-reign’s Ambaffadors, have a while retired ; the Strangerufually firft enters the Room appointed for the Ceremony,and ftands under his own State, expediting the comingin of the Ambaffadors, and notice thereof being giventhem, they (repofing in a Room near) proceed in mannecfollowing.

Servants to the Lord Ambaffador, two and two.

The Herald in his Coat of Arms, bearing the Mantle,Sufcoat ? Hopd, and Cap ; in his Arms ; and if a Purfuf,

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