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When all the Efquires had entered the Chapel, they 
jointly made the like reverences, and placed themfelves 
before their proper feats. 
The Prebendaries entered the Chapel, made their dou¬ 
ble reverences all together, and then placed themfelves on 
benches on each fide of the altar. 
The Officers of Arms made the like reverences toge¬ 
ther, and placed themfelves before their forms under the 
prince’s Hall. [ N. B. Here the band of mufic began to play .] 
The Proxies and the Knights Elect, on entering the 
Chapel, made their double reverences together, and Itood 
on the area, under their refpeftive banners. 
The Knights Companions, on entering the Chapel, 
made the like double reverences, and Itood under their 
refpedtive banners. 
The Regifter, Secretary, and Uffier, made the like re¬ 
verences, and Itood before their bench under the fove- 
reign's ftall. 
Garter, with the Genealogift on his right hand, and 
Bath King of Arms on his left, entering the Chapel, made 
the like reverences, and Itood before their bench. 
The Dean of Weftminfter in the like manner made his 
reverences, and Itood before his chair at the foot of the 
fovereign’s ftall. 
His royal highnefs the duke of York, as great mailer, 
on entering the Chapel, made his double reverences, and 
flood under his banner. Then began the anthem com- 
pofed for the occalion : Pfalm cxxxiii. ver. i. _ 
The Yeomen then doled the proceffion, kept the door, 
and prevented, as well as they could, any one entering 
the Chapel. 
The anthem being ended, Bath King of Arms, Hand¬ 
ing in the middle of the choir, made his double reverences, 
and bowed to his royal highnefs the duke of York, who 
thereupon made his double reverences, afeended into his 
ftall, and fat down covered. 
Bath then bowed to the two next knights companions, 
•who in the fame manner made their double reverences, 
afeended into their Halls, repeated their reverences, and 
fat down covered. 
In the fame manner all the other knights companions 
took their Halls, except the two junior knights, who re¬ 
mained under their banners to offer the achievements of 
the deceafed knights. 
The knights to be in flailed continued likewife on the 
area, under their banners. 
Then the two provincial kings of arms, making the 
ufual reverences, repaired to Bath, who took up the ban¬ 
ner of the late lord Lavington, and that of the earl of 
Macartney, the two lenior deceafed knights, and bowed to 
the two junior knights companions, who came forward, 
made their double reverences, received the banners from 
Bath, and, being preceded by the two provincial kings 
of arms, carried them with the points forward to the al¬ 
tar, where with one reverence they delivered them to the 
prebendaries, and then, with like reverences, returned to 
Bath; the organ and other inftruments accompanying this 
part of the ceremony with folemn mufic, viz. the Dead 
March in Saul. 
The banners of all the deceafed knights were offered 
an the like manner by the two junior knights companions, 
the mufic accompanying throughout; which being done, 
they afeended into their Halls, made the ul'ual reverences, 
and fat down covered. 
Then Bath bowed to the knights eleft in their order, 
feniors firfl, who thereupon (each with his companion) 
came forward to the middle of the choir, and, making the 
ufual reverences together, afeended to their ftalls, and 
ftood therein, holding their hats and feathers in their 
hands. 
Then Bath laid the Book of the Statutes and the Great 
Collar of the Order on a cufhion, having on his left hand 
the fJfher; and, being followed by the dean of Weftmin¬ 
fter, he proceeded to the middle of the choir, where they 
all made reverences together. Then his royal highnefs 
t h o o d; 
the duke of York, as great tmfter, defeended from 
his ftall with the ufual reverences, and, being attended by 
the fub-dean, proceeded to the ftall of the fenior knight 
eleft ; on which Bath prefented the Book of the Statutes 
of the Order to the great mailer, who delivered it to the 
knight eleft, and the fub-dean adminiftered the oath to 
him, Bath holding the book ; then the collar was deli¬ 
vered to the great mailer, who invelled the knight there¬ 
with ; and, laftly, the great mailer put the hat and fea.- 
thers on the head of the knight elect, and placed him in 
his feat, who, thereupon riling up, made his double rever¬ 
ences ; then the great mailer, having given him the acco¬ 
lade, returned with Bath, the Ufner, and the Dean, to the 
middle of choir, and the knight fat down. 
The great mailer then proceeded in the fame form to 
inltal the other knights. The proxies w'ere inllalled in 
the like manner, except invelling with the collar, and 
putting on the hat and feathers. 
All the knights being inllalled, the great mailer return¬ 
ed to his ftall, where, making his reverences, he fat down ; 
the fub-dean was conducted to the altar by the uriser, thp 
Sanflus being lung at the fame time ; the officers return¬ 
ed to their feats; and divine lervice began with Te Deum, 
compofed by Dr. Purcell, and performed by the organift 
and choir of Weftminfter; during which the knights 
placed their hats and feathers on the cuffiions before them. 
Upon the fentence of the offertory, Let your light fo Jnine , 
SBc. Bath proceeded to the middle of the choir, made 
his double reverences, and then fummoned all the knight? 
under their banners, by bowing to them, juniors fit'll; 
whereupon each knight with his companion, putting on. 
their hats and feathers at the fame inftant, made their dou¬ 
ble reverences in- their flails, and defeended by pairs into 
the middle of the choir, where they repeated their reve¬ 
rences, and retired under their banners. 
All the knights being fummoned, and under their ban¬ 
ners, Bath returned to his bench : the two provincial 
kings of arms, making their reverences, waited on his 
royal highnefs the duke of York; who, on going from, 
under his banner, made a reverence towards the altar, and 
another reverence at the altar (but not to the fovereign’s 
ftall), where, taking up his hat and kneeling down, he 
made his offering of gold and Silver; then, riling up, and 
putting on his hat, he returned, making his double reve¬ 
rences as he paffed to his ftall; wherein he repeated the 
like reverences, and fat down, placing his hat on the cu¬ 
fhion before him. 
The reft of the knights and proxies, feniors firfl, feve- 
rally or with their companions, were in like manner con¬ 
ducted to the altar, and made their offering, and after¬ 
wards returned to their flails with the like reverences. 
Divine fervice being ended, the knights put on their 
hats and feathers, the proxies remaining uncovered, and 
Bath fummoned them, as before, under their banners; and 
the companions and proxies inlfalled, attended by Bath 
and an officer of arms, were conducted, feverally or with 
their companions, to the altar, as at the firfl offering, 
where each knight Handing, and drawing his fword, of¬ 
fered it to the dean, who received it, and laid it on the 
altar. The knight then redeemed it of the dean, who re- 
ftored it with the proper admonitions. 
Tiie knights and proxies being all feverally re-condufted 
to the places under their refpeflive banners, and Han¬ 
del’s Coronation Anthem, GodJave the King , being f'ung, 
the ceremony concluded. 
A proceffion was then made back to the Prince’s Cham¬ 
ber in the fame order it came from thence, except that 
the prebendaries had leave to retire to the Jerufalem Cham¬ 
ber from the Abbey-door; and that the efquires and offi¬ 
cers of arms, and officers of the order, when they came 
out of the church, were allowed to be covered. Within 
the door of the Abbey, the king’s mafter-cook made the 
ufual admonition to each companion. At the door of the 
Prince’s Chamber, a perfon was appointed by Bath king 
of arms to receive the mantles from the proxies. 
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