minationes Equitum creandorum veraciter excipies, & excepta Supremopræfentabis.

Jurabis itaque quod cum ad Concilium voceris, & a (ceretis ibi fue-ris, bene fidelis ac taciturnus eris, nec ulla perflues, fi quid (ecrcte tenen-dum audias.

Quodque (ervabis, & fuftentabis honores hujus Ordinis, atqj omniumqui in eo funt, &c fi datum fuerit, ut poflis, pro viribus augmentabis.

Si vero quid excogitatum, aut intentatum contra fuerit, fi qua refeif-cere potueris aut intelligere, pro viribus obftabis, & revelatum ubi opor-teat, e veftigio curabis, ut fuppetia? quantocius ferantur, &c.

Perfimile juramentum Decani, quando admittitur, & Scriba erit, quo-rum id alter exhibebit alteri, ßn alter abfuerit, Caduceator Regiuseo fungetur munere.

p. 314. Juramentum G arceri pracipui Regis Armorum, Scriba id coram Supremo

fociifque prœfentibus exhibente.

'Uurabis, quod obedies Supremo imprimis, deinde cæteris hujus emi-nentiffimi Ordinis Equitibus & officia in eo gerentibus, in hiis præ-jertim rebus, quæ ad te (peótabunt, nec rationi pugnabunt»

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ing to Truth. That as often as you ßall be preß ent, you ßall truly take theNominations [the Scrutiny ] of Knights to be created, and the fame to prefentto the Sovereign.

Tou ßall likewife fwear that when you ßall be called to Chapter, and beingin the Secrets there, you ßall be honeftly faithful and fecret, and not difclofeany Things, if you ßall hear any Thing to be kept fecretly.

That you will keep and fupport the Honours of this Order, and of all whoare in it, and that you will augment [them] to the utmoß that you can, if itbe in your Power.

But if any Thing ßould be thought or deßgned to the contrary, by whatever Means ^0« ßall be able to come to the Knowledge or to underßand it, youßall withßand it to the utmoß, and ßall immediately take Care to reveal it,where it ought, that Relief may be obtained as foon as may be.

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The like Oath diali be of the Dean, when he is admitted, and of theRegifter, which each (hall give to the other, but if either (houle!be abfent the Royal Herald (hall execute that Office.

The Oath of Garter Principal King of Arms, the Regifter giving itbefore the Sovereign and Companions prefent.

Y O U ßall fwear, that you will obey the Sovereign firß of all, and thenthe other Knights of this moß eminent Order and thole bearing Officestherein, efpecially in thofe Things which belong to you, and are not contrary toReafon.

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