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recovery of Wounds receiv’d in the publick Service •as we meet with in the Cafe of Sir William Harington,Anno 7 Hen. V. whom we fee excus’d for his Illnefs, oc-cafion d from his Wounds then lately receiv'd at the Siege ofRohan, and elfewhcre. Ttiirdly, Impotency and old Age.Fourthly, Jmployment in the Sovereign’s Service, eitherAbroad or at Home ; thofe Abroad are neceflarily excus'd,thofe at Home we (hall be more particular to. The Earlof Shrewsbury, Anno zz EH%. was taken up in certain Af-fairs, enjoin’d him by the Sovereign; the Earl of Hun-tington, z6 Elig. being Prefident of the Council of theNoith, his abfence was for that, and feveral Years fol-lowing, favourably excus’d ; and a like Cafe was that ofthe Earl of Danby, Anno 13 Car. I. who for his neceffaryAttendance at the Seat of juftice in Eyre, was excus’dwaiting on the Sovereign at the Grand Feaft that Year.Fifthly, When the Grand Feajl hath receiv'd Prorogation,and any of the Knights-Companions have not had notice ofthe Day xohercunto it was prorogued. Sixthly, When any ofthem have been in Captivity ; as was Thomas, Earl ofSalisbury, and the Earl of Huntington, both Prifoners inFrance, Anno z Hen. VI. Seventhly, When any of themhave obtain’d the Sovereign's Letters of Difpenfation, ofwhich fufficient is fpoken before. Laftly, Some other juftand lawful Occafion, as well as Accident, having fallen out;(not relating to thofe under the former Heads,) the Sove-reign, on Information given in Chapter, hath been pleas’dto allow of; as in the Cafe of the Lord Fauconbridge,Anno 32 Hen. VI. was readily admitted, on his pleadingthe care of his Domeflic\ Affairs, he having been lately inPrifon, and had obtained leave to go and fee his Houfe andLands in the ■ Country. The Earl of Arundel's abfence,Anno i 5 Car. I. was pardon’d, by reafon of the Dutchefsof Richmond's Death, who died on the Eve of the GrandFeaft; thac fo he (being the chief of her Family,) mightbe at Hand to advife and aflift in all things conducing tothe Honour of the deceafed Dutchefs.

And as the Knights-Companions have been often ex-cus’d for not appearing on the Grand Feaft, fo hath theSovereign, on fufficient Grounds, been pleas’d to licenfeand diloence with their departure ; from the fame of thisis an Example, 6 F.li\. when the Lord HaJUngs of Lough-borough, falling 111 a little before the Offering on St.

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