fame Shoulder of the faid Mantle, the Lace of white Silk antiently worn by the faid Knights: The Elected being thus habited, in case there shall be a Cavalcade, it is to be performed according to the Tenor of the antient Rituals; otherwise a Proceffion fhall be made on Foot to the Presence of the Sovereign, or to the Place where the Great Master shall appoint, in the following Manner; that is, The Minstrels fhall play on their feveral Inftruments; the Efquires of the Sovereign's Household fhall follow them; then the Meffenger of the Order, and after him the Esquires of the Order, being apparelled in Surcoats of white Silk, lined and edged with red, having Hoods of the fame thereto affixed, and on the Right Shoulder of their Surcoats, the plain Efcutcheon of the Order, Azure, Three Imperial Crowns Or: Next a young Efquire, a Gentleman of Blood, and Coat-Arms, in the like Surcoat, who being uncovered fhall carry the Sword of the Elected, by the Point, in a Scabbard of white Leather, the Pommel and Cross-Bar Hilts being gilded, and his Belt without any Embellishments; at the Crofs Hilts of the Sword fhall hang the Spurs, with white Leathers: And then shall follow the Elected himself, sup

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ported between his two Efquires Governors, who being introduced with due Reverence to the Prefence of the Sovereign, or Great Mafter, the King of Arms of this Order there attending, shall take the Spurs, and deliver them, with the most humble and fedulous Expreffions of Duty, to the Sovereign, or in his Absence to the Great Master, who fhall command the eldest Knight, or most noble Person there prefent, to put one Spur upon the Right Heel of the Elected; which Office he is to perform by kneeling down upon one of his Knees, and putting the Right Leg of the Elected upon his other Knee; and having faftened the Spur, and the other Spur being in like Manner put upon his Left Heel by another Knight, or by fome other noble Perfon, in like Manner; the Sovereign, or Great Mafter, after he hath received the Sword from the said King of Arms, shall buckle it over the Body of the Elected, and then shall give him the Accollade, or Dubbing, and kifs him; and then shall put the Red Ribbon, having the Golden Badge of this Order thereto affixed, over the Head of the Knight, in fuch Manner as the Badge may hang on his Left Side.

EIGHTHLY, Thefe Ceremonies being performed, or else a Dispensation granted for the Non-obfervance of them, or of any Part of them, (which Difpenfation it fhall always be in the Power of the Sovereign, or Great Mafter, to grant under the Seal of the Order) All the Perfons named in the Fifth Article of these Statutes, fhall refpectively be inftalled in the Chapel of King Henry VII. in the following Manner; that is to say, Every one of them appearing in the Chapter-Room, wearing his Mantle, Ribbon, Surcoat, Sword, and having his Spurs on, there fhall be a Proceffion made from thence to the faid Chapel; in which Proceffion all the menial Servants in the Sovereign's Household, who by Grant or Prefcription can claim Fees upon the Creation of any Knights of the Bath, shall be ranged two and two, according to their regular Precedencies; then the Meffenger of the Order; then the young Efquires in their Surcoats, two and two, those of the junior Knights going foremoft; then the Efquires Governors in their Surcoats, four in a Breaft, in like Manner: But in cafe the young Efquire, or Efquires Governors of the Knights in the oppofite Stalls, or either of them, be abfent, then the young

young Efquire, or Efquires Governors prefent, fhall go by him or themselves: After them the Prebendaries of the Church of Westminster, in their Mantles, two and two, the Juniors going first, being followed by the Purfuivants, Heralds, and Provincial Kings of Arms in their Tabarts; and then the Knights, that are to be Companions, in the full Robes of the Order above recited, each of them carrying in his Hand, a white Hat, adorned with a standing Plume of white Feathers, proceeding with his Fellow in the oppofite Stall; but if fuch Fellow shall be abfent, the Knight prefent to go separate by himself, he or they who are to be placed in the lowest Stalls still going foremost, being followed by the Register of the Order, having the Secretary of the Order on his Right, and the Gentleman-Uher on his Left Hand: Then Our Garter Principal King of Arms, invested with his Tabart, Collar, and Efcutcheon only, having on his Right Hand the Genealogift of this Order in his Habit, and with the Enfigns of this Order, and on his Left Bath King of Arms, in his proper Robe, and with his Badge; then the Dean of this Order in his Mantle, and with his Cognizance, carrying in his Hand the Oath and Admonition, fairly

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fairly written on Vellum, being followed by the Great Mafter alone; and after him fhall go Our Dear Entirely-beloved Grandfon Prince William, both of them with all the Habits and Enfigns of the Order, and covered with their white Hats; and, laftly, this Proceffion fhall terminate in the Perfon of the Sovereign, if he should be present, attended with his neceffary Retinue, having the Sword of State carried before him, and his Train fupported: And this Form is enjoined to be the conftant Method of Procedure upon all future Installations into this Order; excepting only, that in all fubfequent ones, the Knights, who have been actually inftalled, fhall proceed covered with their white Hats; and that the Efquires of the Companions deceased shall be placed according to the Directions inferted in the Tenth Article. Thefe Knights, being all entered into the Chapel, thall ftand before their feveral Stalls, till the Sovereign (if prefent) hath feated himfelf; then the Prince of the Blood; then the Great Mafter; and afterwards every Knight, either fingle, or at the fame Time with his Fellow, according to the Height of their Stalls: And having thus taken. their refpective Stalls, the Dean of the Order shall

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