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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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The firft Poynt of Reproche ys, That if any Knyghi(as God defende) be convaynqued or airaynted of Errouragainft the Criften Faith Catholique, or had for any fucheOffence fuffred any Payne or Punicion publique.

The fecond Poynt of Reproche is, That if any Knyght(as God defende) had been array ned,. con vitfted, or at-tainted of High Treafon.

The third Poynt of Reproche is, That if any Knyght de-parre or flee away from Batayle or Journei, beyng withhis Sovcrayne Lord, his Lieutenant or Deputie, or otherCapetayne having' the Kyngs Power Royal and Audto-ritie ; and whereas Banners Eftandatz, or Pennons, havebene difplaied, and that thei preceded to Fight, he thatthen renioufly and cowardly flieth or departeth away fromthens, ought to be efteemed and judged to have reproche,and never worthi to be elecfted Knyght of the faid Com-pany, (as God fprbidde) do commytte any fuch reproche;that then he (hall be departed and difgraded of the faidOrder, at the next Chaptier enfuyng, if it foo fhall pleafethe Soverayne and the Company.

III. Item, That every Yere upon the Vigill of Saynt

George, that is to fay, the twenty fecond Day of the Monthof April, on what Day foever it fall on, and tho no Ser-vice of Saynt George be celebrate or done, all the Knyghtsof the faid Company beyng in any Place or Places oftheir Liberties, in what Places foever it be, (hall be boundefor to were the hole Habit of the faid Order $ that is towit, Robe, Mantell, Hudde, and Coder, from the owreof the firft Even Songe, at the owre of Tierce, that is, atthree of the Clocke at Afternone, untill the faid EvenSonge, and other Devyne Service, Souper, and Voydance,be done and accomplilhed ; and likeWyfe on the Morrowon Saynt Georges Day at Matens, Procelfion, , .

* Mafs, and the feconde Even Songe and allthe faid Day, untyll that Souper and Voydance r 1be done, as ys aforefaid.

IV. Item, That if for any Caufes it fhould pleafe thefaid Sovcrayne to proroge the faid Feaft and Solemnyneof Saint George, or that the faid Feaft (huld be prolongedand proroged to another Day, that all the Knyghds of thefaid Order, that fhall be within the Reaime of England,fhall gyve their Attendance the Even and the Day of SayntGeorge, on the Parfon of the laid Soverayne, and fhall

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