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perte) r nynge dewly unto his Offyce. Thanne {hall thefe wyfeKnyghtes aforfayd, lede this newe Knjrght into the hall ageyn,The which begynnyng the Table of Knj’ghtes, fhall fytte tomete, and the faya wyfe and noble Knyghtes fhuli fytteaboute hym at the Table. And the noble Knyghtes [newKnyght^ fhalbe ferved lyke as other been, And as for thattyme, he fhall not ete nor drynk at the table, but yf gretenede be, nor he fhall not move hym, nor loke hedyr northed}^, more than a Wyiff new wedded, And evyr more-oon of his 2 Governours fhall ftonde by hym with a ker-chief, of the which, if one nede come, he may ferve hym :And whan the Kyng aryfeth from the Table, and goth intothe,Chambre, ohe newe Knyght fhall be lad unto his cham-bre, with grete multitude of Ki^rghtes, Squyers and Myn-ftralles joyeinge, fyngynge, and daunceynge unto the eutreof his Chambre : And there the Knyghtes Squyers and Myn-ftralles fhall take theyr leve, And the newe Knyght fhallgoe to ete, The dore fhall be [faft] clofed, And. he fhall doooff his array, which fhalbe yoven to the Kynges [off armysif thai be prefent, and iff thai be not prefent then to] otherHerawdes of Armes. * And alfo the faid Kyvg of Armes andHerawdejs ßaU have for the Office of Arvies of every Duke } Erle,Barowv, and Bacheiere aftyr theyr aßates , And of the lefte 20 s.for their honovrs to ßiew and to trye thetn in the Kyngs prefenceand in the faid Court. The grey cope fhalbe unto the Wayte,or a noble for it. And aftyr this mete this noble neweKn) r ght anoon fhalbe arayde with robe of blewe with ftraytefleves, And he fhall have uppon the lyft fhuldere, a whitelace of Syllc hangynge, And that lace he fhall kepe in thatwyfe above his clothynge withoutenforth from that day forthcontynuelly uuto that tyme he gete hym fom manere [name]of worfhippe by defervynge, by wytneffe of worthy Knyghtes,and Squyers, Kynges, outher Herawdes of Armes, And treweHerawdes clerely theraftyr reported: Which reporte mofteentere into the eares of the worthy prynce, which hath madehym Knyght, or of fom other, or eiles of fome noble Ladyfor to talee away the lace fro the fhulder, fayxng thus.Right deere Lord, I have herd fo moche of your worfhippe^and renown, that je have doon in dyverfe partyes unto the .

* This Claufe is omitted in tny Cofjt.

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