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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 faid Eletfte will reccyve the faid Order; Then theSoverayne (hall fende unco the faid Ele&e by his Ambaf-fadours his hole Habit, with the Gamer and Coller; andthat all fuch Strangers, of what Efface, Dignytie, or Con-dicion, that they be of, (hall fende within (even Monethsafter the reception of the faid Gartier, Coller, and Habit,and that he have certified the Soverayne to have refeyvedthofe thyngs, a fufficient Deputye or Attorney, afcer theAftate of his Lorde and Maifter, fo be that he be aKnyghte without Reprache, to be ftalled in his place ;the whiche (ball bryng with him a Mantell of blew Vel-vett, of the Order of that which he lhall fend him, andalfo his Banner, Sworde, Helme, and Creft, for to b«and abide within the faid College duryng his Lyff. Andthat the Mantell, in the tyrne that the faid Deputye orAttorney (hall be ftalled by the Soverayne or his Deputye,put upon his right Arme, for to hold the faid Mantellupon his Arme, and iliall be accompanyed and ledd by twoof the Kayghtes of the faid Order, from the Dore of theChapter unto the Stalle, and there beyng (liall make hisOath, and (hall be ftalled for, and in the Name of hisfaid Lorde and Maifter, and the faid Mantell abovefaid,the faid Attorney or Deputye (hall here it upon his rightArme duryng the Devyne Servyce; beyng fett in theStalle of his faid Maifter and Lorde without beryng of itat any tyme after : And to have no manner of Voyce inthe Chaptre, or to come in it, in the abfence of hymthat hath fent hym. And if he fend not his faid Attorneywithin feven Moneths abovefaid, without havyng a rea-fonable Excufe, whicli (hall be acceptable to the Soverayne 'or his Deputye, the Election (hall be void of hym; ex-cept fo be, that the faid Knyghte be lett and diftorbedby great Affaires; then he may fend his Excufc to thefaid Soverayne, or to his Deputye, within a Moneth after ;and after he is, as the Soverayne or his Depucye will al-lowe ir, or accepte it, that then the faid Soverayne orhis Deputye, may geve unto hym four Moneths more ofrefpite ; and if he came not or fent not his Attorney, be-fore that the tyme of the four Moneths be fynilhed, thatthen in this cafe the Election (hall be hole voyde fromhym for that rytne. And it is to be knowne, that thisFavoure is done and (hewed to the Strangers, the whichmay not well come in. their proper Parfons, that they