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his place and rome, be he Duke, Marquefs, Erie, Viziccnte, Baron, Banerer, Bachelor, or any of the Abatesabove-named, he fhaH have the felffe fame Stalle his p re -decefllr had, and (hall not change it, without he haveeipec’ail Licenie or Warrant ofthe (aid Soverayne, allwayesall Em cereurs, Kyngs, and Prynces, be excepted, thewhich fliall kepe and ho'de theyr Stalles after theyt A-ftate, and very nexte unto the Soverayne ; and then bythis meane a f)i ke fhall take the Stalle of a Bacheler, anda Bacheler the Static of a Duke, in figne and knowlegeof the fyrft Founders.

XXI!!. Item, If there he any Place or Stalle voyde,the Soverayne nr his Plea lure may advance and tranflate,by his fpecial Licenfe, any Knyghre of the faid Com-panye in the faid Stalle, fo be it due it be more hyer thenthe Stalle that he was in afe^e ; aifo the Soverayne onysin his Lyffe may, if it plcafe hvm, make a general Tran-flation of all the States at his pieaiure, excepte .the Em-perours, Kyngs, Prynces, and Dukes ; the which allweyfliall kepe ther Places ard Stalles, if not that they herranflated in more hyer Rome and Stalle, in the whichtranflacion the long contynuance in the Ordre, and thepraifes, vvonhynes, and Merites of the Knyghtes oughtto be confidered and remembred - the which Knyghtesfrom hensforth in goyng and fyttyng at all cymes, thatthey fliall were their Mantells, fliall kepe their Placesafter the Order of their Stallis, and not after their Aftatis,as is aforefaid.

XXIV. Item, It is agreed, That all the Felowis above-faid, at their fyrft commyng in, fliall gyve every of thema certayne Somme, after their Abate, for the entertayn-yng and mavntenance of rhe Cannons and pore Knyghtesdwellyng in the faid Place, and for the Aimes Dedes thatis there perpetualli ordenyd ; that is to witt, the Sove-rayne fourty Markes, a Stranger Kyng twenty Pounds,the Prynce twenty Markes, every Duke ten Pounds,every Marques eight Pounds fix Shillings and eight Pence,every Erie ten Markes, every Vizcontc five Pounds fix-teen Shillings and eight Pence, every Baron and Banerer,five Pounds, every Bacheler five Markes; and theirBaners, Helmetts, Creftis, and Swordis, flialle not befet over their Stalles untyll the tyme that they havepayd, at their entryng, the forefaid Soaimes, every one

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