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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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in fignyfyeng that he ys one of the Knyghtes and Feloweaof the Order of the Garter, and his Robe and Hode lliallbe delivered hym in the Chapter-Houfe incontinently, af-ter that his Commiflion hath been red before the Sove-rayne or his Deputie and the Companye, and after that{hall be led by two Knyghtes of the faid Order, accom-panied with the other Noblemen, and the Officers of theOrder (hall alfo be prefent, and his Mantel! (hall be bornebefore hym by one of the Knyghtes of the faid Order, orby the Kyng at Armes of the Order. The which Man-rell (hall be delyvered to hym for his Habit, after that hefliall have made bis Oth before his Stalle, and not before.And this done, he (hall retorne into the Chapter-Houfe,where he (hall refeyve, by the Soverayne or his Deputie,the Coler, and foo he (hall have the full PolleiTion of hisHabit holely, except great Prynces Strangers, the whichmay receyve rheir Habit holely within the Chapter-Houfe,as ic hath been ufed and accuftomed in tymes pafte, forthe (hortenyng of ryme. And if he die before he have re-ceyved hys Habit, he (hall not be named one of the Found-ers, feyng that he lackerh to have full Pofleffion of hisAftate : But he (hall have the one halfe of the Mafl'esabove-named for the delyverance of the Garter, and noneother thynge above it. And if he foo Cholen come notin all good diligence, after the reception of the faidGarter in the faid Place to be flailed, and in fpecyallywithin the Yere of his Election, if he be a Knyghredwellyng within the Realme, and hath none Excufe rea-sonable, allowable, and acceptable to the faid Soverayneor his Deputie and the Company 5 then the Election(hall be voyd of hym, and the Soverayne or his Deputieand the Companye, (hall goo and make another newElection, and neythcr the Banner, the Sworde, nor theHelmet, nor Creft, of hym fo Chofen, be put upon hisStalle within the Caftell before his commyng j to rhe endethat if he come not, his faid Hachementes, as Banner,Sworde, Helmet, be not taken down nor avoled, buthonefly put oute of the Quyer, and the reaft of otherthyngs (hill abyde, to the profit! and ufe of the faideOrder.

XXII. Item, It is agreed, That if any of the Dukes,Marques, Erles, Vizconres, Borons, Band ret tis, or Ba-chelers die j that he that {hall come after and i'uccede in

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