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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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Of the opening of the Chapter.

§ 4. The Proceeding being arriv’d at the Entranceinto the Chappel, firft the Attendants on the Knights-Companions divide themfelves as they enter, beginning atthe outward Door, and Flank on each tide the North Ifleof the Chappel, and fo toward the Weft Door of theChoir, making a hand along the Ifle for the Alms-Knights,Virgers , Prebends, and Officers of Arms, to pafs throughthem, who go on towards the faid Weft Door ; and whenthe Junior Knight s-Companions are entred into the Chappel,the Proceeding makes a (land, while all the Knights-Com-f anions following turn afide on the right Hand into theChapter-Houje, next the Officers of the Order, and laftlythe Sovereign ; but the Nobleman that carries the Sword,the Train-bearers, Penfloners, &c. flay without the Chap.ter-Iioufe Door in the North Ifle ; none being admitted inbut the Sovereign, the Knights-Companions, and the Of-ficers of the Order ; who being all entred, the Door isfhut by the Gentleman Ulher of the Blaffi-Rod, and everyPerfon feverally takes his due Place and Station, where-upon the Chapter immediately opens.

In what Manner and Order rhe Sovereign, Knights-Companions, and Officers of rhe Order , are ranked, at theholding of a Chapter, is defcrib’d, Anno 11 Hen. VIII,when the Sovereign and Knights-Companions confulted inthe Cbapter-Houfe, on the Reformation and Explanationof the Statutes of the Order.

The Sovereign, on his Entrance, proceeded to the midftof the North-end of the Table ; the. Knigbts-Companions,whofe Stalls in the Choir were on the Sovereign’s fide,took the right Hand of the Table, and thofe of the Princesfide the left; then the Prelate of the Order came and floodon the Sovereign’s right Hand, at the corner of the Table ;Regifier and Garter were at the lower end, and Black?Rod kept the Chapter-Houfe Door on the infide. The Chan-cellor of the Order is not there mention’d, (as not beingprefent) yet his Place is on the Sovereign’s left Hand ofthe Table.

If the Sovereign and Knights-Companions arrive at theChapter-Houfe fo late, that the Bufinefs needfury to be done

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