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' Inßruffiones, feu potius informationes a Regia Majeßate, vel a quibus ei vifumfuerit, contrade tidæ Legatis, five Oratoribus ad Cæforem, Regem externum,Principem, Lucem, Marchionem, Comitem, aut alioqui Maximatem hujufceIllußrißmi Ordinis Candidatum, emittendis : quando Subligar infigne, cum ha-bitu infuper ordinario reddent eidem.

P Rincipio commendationes apportas cum Supremi Literis, quali cumhonorificentia fieri oportet, exhibebunt. Mox ubi locus erit, &facultas offeretur, qui fuerit eorum idoneus, & ad id antea defignatus,orationem habebit, brevem quidem fed & copiofo, graviter, ac eruditedigeflam, in quâ non folum Ordinis illuftriflimi, &: Regis in eo Supre-mi laudes, animi deliderium & benevolentiam in hoc facio memorabit :fed ejus etiam, ad quem mittuntur virtutes atque a&a memoratu digna.Nec filendum omnino, fi qui forfan ante Progenitores ejus ad ejufdemOrdinis dignitatem afpirarint, & cum honore ac gratia funcli fuerint ;unde mens illius, quamquam de fo fatis appetens & bene cupida, tantomagis excitari debeat, ut idem aflequatur, & eodem honore condecore-tur. Inde fubdendum, quod cum Supremus hæc & Umilia fecum ani-mo reputarit, & cum Commilitonibus fuis abunde perpenderit, perfiia-fum eis, ut ipfum ante alios nominarent, & præeligerent, uti non mi-nus inde decus ipfe fumeret, quam præclaris fuis fa&is, ac virtutibus ad-jiceret. Proferenda denique mnt infignia, quæ per ingentem amorem

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Inftruólions or rather Informations to be delivered by the Kings Ma jetty,or by fuch as fliall pleafo him to the Legats or Embafladors, to be fontto the Emperor, Foreign King, Prince, Duke, Marquis, Count orany other great Eflate eie fled into this Order, when they fhall render tohim the noble Garter together with the ordinary Habit.

F Irß they fall prefent their Credentials with the Sovereigns Letters withthat Honour that ought to be done, Then when Time and Opportunityoffers, he of them that is maß fit, and was pitched upon before for that Pur-pofe, fiali make a Speech in few Words but full, grave, and learned, whereinhe fiali not only remember the Praifes of this mofi illufirious Order, and ofthe King the Sovereign thereof, his hearty Affeffion and good JVill \_ fiewn\ inthis Affion [of Eleffionj but alfo the Vertues and memorable Faffs of [ thePrince ] to whom they are fient. Neither ought it to be paß over in Silence,if by Chance any of his Anceflors had formerly attained to the Dignity of thisOrder, and died pojfefifed of it with Hoi/iour and Reputation, fib as thereby hisHeart, though of it felf fufficiently eager and defirous, may be fio much themore excited to obtain and be graced with the fame Honour. Then it fiali befarther added, that the Sovereign having well weighed thefe and the like Tidingsin his Mind, and fully advifed with his Companions, they were perfuaded tonominate him, and chofe him before all others, whence he might not only takeHonour to himfelf, but afcribe it to his famous Affions and Vertues. Lafily

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