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celebnque incelili procedunt ad Aram, Deo debitum honorem impenfiiri ;inde le vertunt ad Divos, maxime fibi peculiarem Georgiern, aliquando con-fèflbrem etiam Edoardum, & pium Henricum, vifunt, fàlutant, venerantur,orant, & procumbentes olculantur. Quo plane demonftrant,quod Deus ip -fe medius ac Mediator, honorem Divis & lùperioribus impendendum, fub ho-nore luo, foliq-, fibi debito coacceptet. Neque hæc Sacerdotum duntaxatExcogitatio fuit j led multo magis illuftrifTimorum Principimi, præcipuo-rum Maximatum, & omnium omnino Chriftianorum : a quibus haârenusabfiiifTe (anctum Spiritum vel in hoc opere non efl Chriftiano reputandum.Sacerdotes autem quos in fìngularem fili cultum Deus ab initio flatuit, abhis bonis hominibus fub certa forma certoq; Vitæ genere certis fiint locisadhibiti, ut ibi Deum colerent, celebrarent, &: orarent pro vivorum pariter& defunctorum Animabus, præfèrtim utipfi vellent & ftatuerent. Itaquenofler Edoardm in Ædiculam fiiam divi Georgii Windefori conflru&am trede-cim Canonicos feculares, totidemque Vicarios introduxit, memor falutisam-mæ fiiæ & fiiorum. Neque flmplicem lolummodo Cultum, fed idoneisMufices atq; cantus utrinqj canorum adaptari voluit, cum Davide fup-plici, quatenus Vocum hinc forinfeca Confonantia moveret ad harmoniamfiiperorum, inde Spiritus interior eo magis interim exultaret. Quibus &illud cum primis injunótum ivit, ut nobiliflimorum Equeftris illic Ordi- P. 20*nis fundatorum, & Collegii Coadjutorum lingularem in Orationibus Com-memorationem haberent-. Quando fic utranq; partem tain Animæ quam

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efpecially to St. George, fimetimes to the Confeflbr Edward, and the pums~Henry, pay them their RefpeBs, adore, pray to, and falute them with humbleDevotion. By which they plainly fie-iv, that Chriß who is in the midßof them, and the Mediat oit, accepts the Honour paid to Saints and Su-periors y together with the Adoratidn paid and due to himfelf. Nor wasthis the Invention of Prießs alone, but of the moß illußrious Princes, chiefNobility y and all who were thorow faithful Chrißians , fo that it muß be avery wicked and unchrfliart Thought, for arty to imagine that the divine Spi-rit was not with them in this Work. The Prießs whom God from the Be-ginning ordained for his own peculiar Service, are by thefe good Men direSl-ed under a certain Farm, and Manner of Life, to live in certain Places, thereto worfiip, offer up Praifes, and pray for the Souls of the Living, but moreefpecially of the Dead, in fuch Manner as they fiould pleafe and think fit.On this Account our Edward in his Chappel of St. George at Windforfounded thirteen fecular Canons, and as many Vicars, mindful of the Salva-tion of his own Soul, and the Souls of others. Nor did he introduce bareWorfiip only, but with holy and fuppliant David adapted it to proper In-ßruments of Mufick, and a vocal Choir on each fide, that this Symphonyof Voices might agree with the Harmony which is above, while in the meanTime the Soul by thefe Means might be rejoiced, enlivened, and exalted. Towhom it was chiefly enjoined to make particular Commemoratum of theFounders of this Order of Knighthood, and the Aßßants and Members ofthis College. When Edward had thus plentifully and abundantly in thisManner provided as well for the Soul, as the Body, he bound by an Oath