CHRISTOPHER W 1! E N, D. D.

tl cited, thou may’st so pass through worldly Prosperity and Adversity,tX that having stoutly vanquisla’d thine Enemies, both of Body and Soul,“ thou may’st not only receive the Praise os this transient Combat, but be

crowned with the Palm of eternal Victory.”

Principi ad hunc modum recepto, gratulabardur figillatim omnes commili-toncs.

Fecialibus fcoda geminata funs , ex superabundanti gratia Supremi; proptcredquod, excellentifimus princeps, primo in ordinem equitum bacchalaureorum ; dein,1 n honor at ijjimam commilitonum j'oeietatem,secundum leges ordinis repetitis cœre-moniis, fill [jet afjumptus.

Fantœ , tamque Jpontancœ munificentiœ fenfits, occafionem fecit procancellario,niter lorn gratia a Supremo impiorandœ ; ut conjugibus commilitonum liceretfejlorum diebus fmiflrum brachium gemmatd perifcelide cingere , G? chlamydeuti caruled,Jicut prisci moris suit ; fed , inconfultd regina, nihil decernendum cen -suit Supremus, nee, gratiam bane , nisi ad heroinarum concepta vota , conce-dendam.

Ccllare cum icone San. Georgiana ; V pcrifcelis ; & rehqua ornanienta ordinis,quœ ab illuflrijjimo Gustavo Adolpho, Suecorum re.ge invidlo, dum viveret ,gesiata fuerant, ipfoque defuncto, per legatum honorarium reddita , decreto Su-premi, Windesoræ in œrario reponi jubentur, sub J'alvd cufiodid ; in perpetuammemoriam gloriojifjimi illtus regis & commilitonis.

Jamque adolescente 22 Maij , e concilia, ad matutinas perexit Supremus,cum principibus, conjunclafque orationibus oblationes , quas eminentiori frœ cœ-teris devotione abfohit optimus princeps ; geminas nempe hydrias quarum mate-r iam, ex argento cœlato, ter deaurato, super abut opus fingulare ; pendentes uncias■3S7 Hbris 235, cejlimatas, ad alt are, genibus innixus, conceptifque hi fee ver bis■tbeo dicavit “ Tibi, G? perpetuo tuo fcrvitio, partem bonitatis tua ojfero ,domine Deus omnipotens

Hydrias verb oblatas, rcverendifjimus prcelatus, benedidiionem folitam prœfatus ,111 œternos Dei ufus, feparavit.

Pojl confejjkm, bini commilitones primores, relidiis flallis, principem fold tunica ,bolofericd coccined ami Burn, gladioque fuccindtum, antecedentibus pro more offi-ciants, ad Jlallum deducunt, quod inferius Supremi a dextris fubjacet ; ubiJlatiofebat, donee folenne juramentum, supra memoratum, quo cceteri commili~tones objlringi folent , ex hbri ordinis a jeriba prœksfum, prajlaret , viz.

Ego, Carolus nominatus atque eleclus unus egregiorum equitum illufiriffimi ordi-hujus militaris, promitto, & per facrofanBa evangelia Dei, quœ tango, hie mani-feste jure, quod omnia ordinis ifiius jlatuta, atque articulos in Us contentos legi-ts divinis & patriis minime adverfantes quatenus ad ne fpedlabunt, inviolabi-^ter obfervabo—It a me Deus adjuvet, G? fmidi a cjus Evangelia.

djuod lingua vernaculd [ic fe habet .

“ I Charles being chosen to be one of the honourable Company of this mostnoble Order of the Garter , do promise, and swear by the holy Evange-lists, by me here touched, inviolably to observe all the Statutes of the saidOrder, or any Articles in them contained ; the fame being agreeable and notrepugnant to the Laws of Almighty God, and the Laws of this Realm, aslar forth as to me belongeth and appertainetb. So God help me and hisholy Word.”

Sacramento iftoc audloratum, didli bini somites, extemplo, trabed cœruled, G?Un% erali honorario ornant , proloquente canccllarto in formulam confuetam, viz.

Hccipe chlamydem hanc cœlici coloris, in fignum clarifjimi hujus ordinis, G? inQu g.mentum etiam honoris tui , rubro clypeo dominicœ crucis, uti cernis, infigni-

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