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he lay, and another Stall for himfelf, placed according t 0 ,uthe before-mentioned directions, to remain during 6 the WrFeaft ; in which Room Divine Offices were celebratedAnd if the abfent Knight was fo Sick as to keep his Bed,'then his whole Habit of the Order was laid thereon ; and* # ^upon this Account Amhrofe, Earl of Warwick, falling UJat Greenwich, when St. George’s Day was there celebrated, ' ^ict.Anno 30 Eli%. retir’d to his Chamber, and fat in his' - VllRobes. Jj|».

In what manner the Feaft hath been obferv’d byabfent Knights.

$ 3. Of this, the Blac1{~B oo\ of the Order gives a veryConfiderable Precedent; Namely, the Feaft of St. Georgeheld at the Palace of Hereford, by Prince Arthur, 15Hen. Vll. being then in his Government of the Princi-pality of Wales ; and had with him Sir Richard Pool, oneof the Knights-Comfaniens ; where every thing, accordingto the form of the Statutes, was duly obferved. The Prince’sS word was lorn before his Stall, and the Service perfor-med by his Herald with great exact nets. Likewife theSovereign’s Herald flood all the while before the Sove-reign’s Stall, which was adorned with accullomed Orna-ments; and the Bifiiop, who performed Divine Service,had his Seat erected rear the High Altar.

There are other Inftanccs, as particularly thofe obfer-ved by Sir Henry Sidney, at Sbrembwy and Ludlow, 23and 24 Queen Eli which were very remarkable.

As to the obfervation of the Feaft, by a Knight beyondSea, there is an Inftance in Ro bert, Earl of Leicefler, Lieu-tenant for Queen Elizabeth, Governor, and Captain Ge-neral of the united Provinces, and. there celebrated theFeaft, 1586, He had an Efcutcheon of the Order, impail-ed with the Sovereign’s Arms, fixt to the front of hisHoule, fo alfo to the back pf her Stall in the Church, andhis own Arms at the back of his own Stall.

He proceeded on Horfe-back to the Church, a Purfui-vant riding before him, wearing a King of Arms’s Coat;who, after Sermon, proceeded before him to the Offering;which he made for the Sovereign' and himfelf; Servicebeing ended, he returned to his Lodging, and dined withgreat Solemnity, Dfpen-

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