CAP. XXII.

The Ceremonies ohferVed on the loftof the Feaft .

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Of the Proceeding to the Choir.

) i. rr-IHE manner of Proceeding to the Chapter - ’'rL'I Houfe is performed in the fame manner as ic ? uwas on the Eve of the Feaft; and differs onlyin this Point; that then the Sovereign and Knights are ob-liged by the Statutes to proceed in full Robes ; here, by : jr 1the Indulgence of King Henry Vllls Statutes, all are dif-penfed with, except the upper Robe or Mantle: And % ^as then the Image of St. George was worn Pendantat the Coller of the Order, now a blue Ribbond fufficeth;and inftead of a Cap and Feather, only their ordinaryHats. _

It was the ancient Cuftom to Celebrate a Chapter in the * j, £Morning of the laft Day of the Feaft, before the Sove- ®"reign proceeded to the Chappel, chiefly to make Election “W*of Knights, where any Stall is void ; which has fome- f lrI ™times been held, when the Sovereign did not go to theChappel, in the Privy Chamber, and then the Lieutenant, ® ,waving the Chapter-Houfe, proceeds flraight on to the tt,ml ^Chappel, and enters at the South Door. " P 0101

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Of the elePt Knights proceeding into the Choir.

§ z. Where an Election has been made of a Perfonthen prefent at Court, he is called into the Cbapter-Houfeby Garter, according to the ufual manner ; and havingbeen inverted with the George and Garter, he ufually paf-fed in the Proceeding to the Chappel, whether it werefrom the Chapter-Houfe, or Prefence Chamber; and inthis ordinary Apparel, always bare-headed ; the Placeallowed him in the Proceeding being between the K,nights-Companions and the Officers of Arms: But if two

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