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lowing Year, 6 1. 11 s, and 8 d. fome Differences thenalfo being in the Wctk, which enhanced the Price, vithofe provided for Princes, at 6 s. and 8 d. a Piece, andeach of the reft at 5 s. '

The Sovereign, the Prince of Wain, and StrangerKings and Princes, have aceuftomably had, at thel'e'times, Majefty Efcutcheons fet up over each of their Stalls jbut the reft of the Kjtights-Companions, Lodging Efcur--cheonsonly; and we have feen an Account of fome Ma-iefty Efcutchecns prepared for every St. George’s Feaft ffrom 1613, to 1619 ; to wit, one for the Sovereign,another for the Ring of Denmark, a third for the Princeof Wales, and a fourth for Frederick Count Palatine ofthe Rhine, at 6 s. and 8 if. a piece ; but fo many Kyiights-Cmpanions as attended the Sovereign at thofe Feaits, hadtach a Lodging Efcuccheon, at a s. and 6 d.

From the Marfhalling of Arms, quartered in theKfights-Ccmpani'ans Efcutcheons, arid ordering their Stiles,(printed always in French ) there are feveral things no lefsrufeful than worthy of Obfervatiori ; for, firft, though theplates of Arms and Quarcerings, fixed in each Knight-Companions Stall at Windfor, continue there without al-teration, or very feldom changed from that Order where-in they were Marlhalled at that Time of their Inftaliation ;yet thefe Efcutcheons and Stiles Annually fet up, do ad~mit of frequent alteration, as there is Occafion ; eitherby adding more Quarterings, altering the Stiles, or a-mending any thing that is aniils.

For Inftance: Whereas the Duke of Savoy, before 5Eli% bere Gules a Crofs argent, it was then altered intofive Coats ; that is to lay, in the firft Quarter, Wejlphalia,Saxe Moderne and angrie ; in the fecond, Chahlais; in thethird Aoitfie, and the fourth as the firft ; and over all, inthe Middle, the aforefaid Efcutcheon of Savoy.

When the Lord Hunfdon was inftalled, Anno 3 Eli%.he had twelve Coats of Arms, thui Marlhalled in hisPlate; four, four, and four; the firft Carey, the fecondSpencer, the third Somerset, the : fourth Bullen, the fifthOrmond, the fixth Hoo, the feventh Rochford, the eighthSeyntemer, The ninth Malmains , the tenth PVichingham,the eleventh St. Leger, and the twelfth Hangford ; butAnno 7 Eli%. his-Elcurcheon received an Addition ot fourother Coats, W<J. Beauchamp, Warwick, B:t kjey, and Ge-• • ' ■ raid,