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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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which dene, the Sovereign and they withdraw into thePrivy Chamber till Supper time.

But in Queen Elizabeth's Reign, when the Feaft of St.George was held at White-Hall, or Greenwich, and theSovereign, as was ufual with her, proceeded no fartheron the Eve to Vefpers, than to the great Clofet, the or-dinary way, and thence fent her Lieutenant into the Choir,Then, in fuch Cafe, when Vefpers were ended, the Lieu,tenant returned from the Choir, through the great Hall,and fo back to the faid Clofet, and ftood at the Doorthereof, attending the Sovereign's coming forth; fromwhence they all proceeded before her into the Prefence-Chamber, and there the Ceremony, for that time, ended.

But in the Reign of King James I. when the Supper onthe Eve, as alfo the following Meals, were prepared inthe Banquetting-Houfe, the Sovereign’s Lieutenant fre-quently returned from the Clofet, by the Lobby, to thelaid Banquetting-Houfe, inftead of going to the Pre-fence ; and palling up the State, gave an End to the Ce-remony till Supper time : And fo we find ir obferved inthe 7, 8, 9, io, iz, 13, 14, and 16 of that King.

When the Sovereign and Kjilghts-Companions are retired,they are not to put off any part of their Robes till Supperis over, for that is prohibited by the Statutes, not onlyto thofe who do not Sup, as well as thofe who do. Andhereon, 19 Car. II. the Sovereign having a mind to takethe Air, went into Hide-Park,, after he had taken leave ofthe Kjiights- Comp anions, the Dukes of York and Monmouth,and the Earl of Oxford being with him, but all in fullRobes, and fo returned to Supper.

The Supper on the Eve .

$ 7. When the Sovereign is pleafed to Sup publickly,on the Eve of the Feaft at Windfor, the Supper has beenalways prepared in St. George’s Hall. The ulual Place atWhite-Hall, was heretofore in the Prefence Chamber; oflater times, the Banquetring-Houfe ; and at Greenwich,either the Prefence, or the Council Chamber ; where theSovereign, or his Lieutenant, were always prefent. Butwhen the Feaft of St. George was celebrated at York,17 Car. I. the Sovereign and Kfiights-Companions marched

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