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the EleBion (notwithftanding his former Acceptation,)fhould be atfo void, except fo it be, that the Stranger bebindred or diflurbed by great Affairs, and then might hefend his Excufe to the Sovereign, or his Deputy, within oneMonth after ; and according as the Sovereign or his Deputyfhould allow or difalloW of his Excufe, that then the Sove-reign or his Deputy might give unto him four Months of ref-pite more ; within which time, if he neither come, norfend his Deputy to be inflalled for him, then the faidEleBion fhould be void for that time.
The French King, Francis I. was fo earned for Com*pleating this Honour, that he difpatch'd his Prodfcor hitherwith all the fpeed he could, and ttioft of the StrangerPrinces have fent their ' Deputies within the limited time,there being very few InftaricCs to the contrary, and tholewere occalioned through the multiplicity of Affairs.
When the Garber and George only have been fent to aStranger, the Ceremony of Initallanon hath been difpenc’dwith, till a more convenient time, as appears from theInftrudtions of March 4. Anno 19 Car, I. given at thelending thefe two principal Ertfigns of the Order, to J-Vil-h'am, Prince of Orange, and Bernard de Foix, Duke d'Ef-pernon, (in regard of the Interruptions then given by theRebellion here,) luch difpenfations, and for the fame rea*Ion, was Ring Charles II. neceffitared to give rhofe Srran^gers whom he honoured with Eledtion, while he remain’din Foreign Parts.
Upon the faid King's happy Reftautation, among manyother things relating to the Order, this particular was takeninto confideradon, in reference nor only to the Duke deEfpernon and Prince Maurice, who were dead, bur rhofeStrangers alfo then living ; and at two Chapters held atWhite-Hall, Anno 13 Car. II. diredfions were given toGarter to place the Banners and Atcbievements of the (ure-viving Strangers over their refpedtive Stalls 5 and the So-vereign, by his fupream Power, (induc’d by the impof-fibilities of the late Troubles to perform the Inffoilancnjand by reafon of the time elaps'd fince their Eiedtions,)dilpehc’d wholly and abfokuely with their Inftallations,but at the fame time declar’d, that as the like ne-Vvffity and conjundfure could never happen again, fo hewould hoc, on any motion or pretence whatlbever, giveIbS like difpetlfadoh,
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