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Sovereign’s Name, and in the Name of all the KriigbtLCompanions, and then delivers him his Velvet Cap, adorn-ed with white Plumes, and the Book of Statutes.

The Stranger being thus inverted, ftayeth a while inthe Room, where he received this Honour, with the Am-baffador, and after Complements of Congratulation be-tween them, he goeth to the Church in a iolemn manner,having the Train of his Mantle born up ; at the Entranceinto the Church, all in the Proceflion make three Reve-rences, the firft towards the High Altar, the next to-wards the Sovereign’s Stall, and the third towards thenew inverted Stranger’s Stall.

The Lord Ambajfador proceedeth towards the Seataffign’d for him, and (lands before it till the Stranger hathafeended his Stall, and after making his Reverences, fasbefore) rakes his ; then Garter making the like Reveren-ces, (its down on a Chair, plac’d for him before the So-vereign’s Stall.

But the Herald at Arms ought to be often near theStranger, or elfe the Lord Ambajfador, to inform them ofthe Order of Ceremony, becaufe Garter is obliged to attendthe Sovereign’s Royal Stall.

After a folemn Anthem, Garter pafleth in the middleof the Choir, and by a Reverence, firft to the invertedStranger, ar.d next to the Lord Ambajfador, gives themthe Signal for defeending, and being both come down,Setter pafleth up before the Stranger to the High Altar,where he makes his Offering of Gold and Silver, beingaccompanied with the Lord Ambajfador, the Herald layingthe Culhion whereon he kneels when he Offers.

But if a Kjiight-Companion be fent on this Legation,then he proceeds firft up to the Altar, preceeded by Gar-ter, and Offers for the Sovereign, which done, he recurnsto his own Stall : Next, the inverted Stranger proceedsup, (preceeded as before,) Offers, and returns back to hisown Stall ; afterwards the aforefaid Kjiight-Companionproceeds up again, and Offers for himfelf: And in thisOrder was the Offering made when the Emperor Max-imilian was inverted at Vienna, January 4. Anno 1 oE//?,

The new inverted Stranger having offered, returns to"is Stall, and the Lord Ambajfador, with three Reverences,bkes his Seat, the Organs, &e. playing all the while :

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