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HISTORY OF THE

[ANNO 1783.

‘ same Order shall write; that is, to wit, the Archbishop of Dublin, for the‘ time being, or in his absence the Register; that is, to wit, the Dean of the‘ Cathedral Church of Saint Patrick, in Dublin, for the time being, or the most‘ ancient Resident of the said Company in their absence, and the denominations‘ so done by all or six of the least by him that hath written, shall be shewed to‘ the said Sovereign or his Deputy, that then shall choose of them that be‘ named he that shall have the most voices, and also he that the Sovereign shall‘ esteem to be the most honourable to the said Order, and most profitable to his‘ Crown and to his Realm; and if there be any Knights of the said Order that‘ shall fail to come to the said Election, if he be not prevented by a just cause,

‘ and that the said cause of his excuse, shewed under his Seal of Arms, be found‘ by the Sovereign or his Deputy to be just and reasonable, and his excuse to be‘ acceptable and allowed, and that if his cause be not just, and that he come not‘ to the ceremonies above-named, it is ordained that he shall be reprimanded at‘ the next Chapter for the first offence ; and for the second offence he shall lose‘ the rank which he hath in the said Order, and be placed below all other the‘ Knights and Companions of the said Order; and for the third offence he shall‘ be punished in such manner as to the said Chapter shall seem meet.

IX. ‘ It is ordained, that if any Knight of the said Company should depart,

‘ another is chosen and elect, he shall have soon after his Election the Ribband in‘ signification that he is one of the Knights and Fellows of the Order of Saint‘ Patrick, and his Robe and Hood shall be delivered him in the Cathedral‘ Church of Saint Patrick, in Dublin, where the public Stallation of the said‘ Knights shall be always held immediately after his commission has been read‘ before the Sovereign or his Deputy and the Company, and after that, shall be‘ led by two Knights of the said Order, accompanied with the other Noblemen,

‘ and Officers of the Order shall also be present, and his Mantle shall be borne‘ before him by one of the Knights of the said Order, or by the King at Arms of‘ the Order, the which Mantle shall be delivered to him for his Habit, after that‘ he shall have made his Oath before his Stall and not before, and this done hec shall return into the Chapter House, where he shall receive by the Sovereign‘ or his Deputy the Collar, and so he shall have the full possession of his Habit‘ wholly, except great Princes, Strangers, the which may receive their Habits‘ wholly within the Chapter House; and, if he die before he have received the‘ Habit he shall not be named one of the Founders, seeing he has not had full‘ possession of his estate ; but he shall have the one part of the Divine Service