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The History Of the most Noble Order of the Garter : Wherein is set forth An Account of the Town Castle, Chapel, and College of Windsor; with their several Officers ; The Foundation of the Order by King Edward III. ; With the Statutes, and Annals at large, as they have been altered and amended ; An Account of the Habits, Ensigns and Officers of the Order ... To which is prefix'd, A Discourse of Knighthood in General, and the several Orders extant in Europe
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tip'il, and Divine Service being finifhd, and like Honourin all refpedfs (hewed to his Proxy as if bis Principal hidbeen prefent, he ought to remain in his Matter's Stalltill his nest Junior Kjiighi hath left his Stall; and thetidefcend after him, and itand below before his Stall, tillhis turn come to join hirtifelf again to the Proceeding, andfo to pafs out of the Choir.

Sometime^ the Proctor hath been receiv'd at his comingdown from his L rds Stall by the two Knights-Commifi-fioners who iriftalled him, as were the Prctors of Frede-rick.^ King of Denmark,, and John, C< lint Palatine ofthe Rhine-, between whom they alfo proceeded to theChapter-Hottfe Door, in the fame manner they were con-ducted into the Choir £ but nptwithftandir g this, the Pro-ctor ought rather to take in his return the Place of hisPrincipal, (as he did at the Offering, and which is indeedhis right,) and fo the Proctor of Francis I. went behindalone in his Principals place, and followed the Knights-Ccmmiffioners from the Choir to the place where he lodg-ed j and this Method is fince followed.

The Dinner 1

§ 13. When the Injlalldtion hath paft in the Mcrningjthere hath ufually been prepared a great Dinner at the So-vereigns Charge ; we need here only mention what is dif-ferent in this particular from the Pertonal InftalUtim of aKjnght-Companion.

, The Proxy wathes alone; fits at the chief Place of theTable alone, and is fervd alone, but the other Knights -Companions fit at the end of the Table j but if the Sove-reigns Lieutenant be prefent, the Proctor dines at the fameTable with him, and then a little before the lecond Coiirfeis brought in, the Sovereigns Stile is proclaimed with theilfual Ceremony, in Latin, French, and Englijh ; but o-therwife only the Stile of the new inftailed Prince, and butonce. The Stile and Titles of Chriflian IV. King ofPentharkj, were proclaimed in Latin 5 and of Maurice ,Prince of Orange, ,in French. , . ^

Dinner being ended;ali rife in Order and Walh ; firfi, theProxy alone, and after him the Kjiights-Commtjjioners ; anditcottipanying the Proctor to his Chamber, where leaving

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