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the otber pans of the drcfs, by

re~ft'n

that from it

th~

oobk ortb is denoo.inat«l; that

tbe lidl part 0f óc habit prc!<nted

ior<i&" princes,

ad ab[,ot knights, who, and all other

~n.igh¡s·elec1,

are therewith lirll,¿orned; and it

of lo g.eat ha·

Dour anJ ó"ndeur, that

the bm inve!!iture wi.h this

noble eolign, tbe koights are eHeemed companions oi

tbe gre;¡telt military arder iD the

~odd.

is woro

0 0

the Ht·leg between the knee JJ1d calf, ;¡od is en·

at:lelled wilh this mOtlO, HON' SO'T

«.v'

MAL

HNH;

Sh./lu

him '¡hal rhinh ,.il

htmf:

The rneanill ó oi whid, is, that kiog Edward hal'ing

bid elair.¡ to rhc kingdom

fraoce, retened fhame

and defiaoee upon him Ihat fhculd dare to thillk amifs

oi the jufl enterprize he had undenaken, for recover·

ing bis lawful

ri~ht

to that crown; and tha! the bra·

very of thofe knighls whom he had elecled ioto t:his

ordcr, 'ús fueh as would enable him tO nTdint.ill the

qomel agaiofl thofe that thou&hl ill of it.

The Jl1mle

(ibid.

N°

2.)

is the chici oi thefe rell·

mect! made ufe of upon all folemn occafions The

colour of the mantle is by the fb tutes appointed to be

blue, The kngth of !he train of tIle

maotl~

onl)' di·

flinanifhes !he fovcreign from the ¡:oigIHs·eompaOlons.

To"the coilar of!he mande is 6xcd a pair of long

Ilrings, ancientfy \\'ove with blue filk ooly, but oo\\'

twilled rouno, and made of Venice gold and filk, of

the colour of the robe, wilh koobs, or bultons, and

taffels at the end, The left fhoulder of Ihe maode

has, from the iDfl'tution. been adorned witb a large

garter;wilh the device, HONI SOtT,

&c.

within Ihis

is !he erofs of tbe order, \\'hich was o,dained to be

wom a! all times by king Charles

At length the

llar was iotroduced, being a

Ión

of crofs irradiated

with beams of filver.

(ibid,

N° 3.)

The collar

(ihid.

4 )

is appointed ro be compo·

fed of pieces of gold in falnion of gane"', the ground

coamelled blue, and the mOt Ogold,

TIle mnnoer of eleaing a knight companion into

this motl noble order, and the ceremonies of invefli·

ture are as follow. When the fovereign defigns

e·

lea a companion of the -gamr, the chancellor belong.

ir.g to this order draws up the lellers, which, paffing

r.oth under the fovereign's fign.manual and fignel of

the order, are fenl

the perfoo by ganer principal

king at arms; aoa are in this manner, or to the fame

drea: "We, ",ith the companions of our mon noble

" order of the ganer, affembleo in chapter, holden this

.. prefent day at our caHle at Windfor, confidering the

.. virluous fidelity you have fhewn, and the honour·

" able explous you hal'e done in our ferl'ice, by vino

dicuiog and maiotaining ollr righl,

6c.

have e·

.. ¡eaed and chofen you one of the comp"nions of our

" order, Therefore, we require you to make your

" fpeedy repair untO us, to receive Ihe

enfi~ns thereol~

" and be ready (or your inHallalion upon ,he -

day

" of this prefent monlh,

&c."

Thc gamr, which is of blue vclvet bordereo with

(¡ne g"hl·wire, having co01Olonly the

Iwcrs

or the

,mono of lhe fame, is, at loe liDIe of elea ion, buckkd

upon !he krt leg, by t\Vo of tI\<! fcnior

e?m~aniunl,

who recein:

hum

the fo\'ereigo,

t:>

whOnt

was

pr&nl<d upon a I'dvet c,,/hioo, by ganer kin" al

aro:s, "ith the ufual

reV<l<nc~,

" hillt the cilanCZUJr

m ds the followin& aJmonition, enjoineu by Ihe nI'

tules:

"1'0

the hooour of Gou omn;pOtenl, ano in

" memorial of Ihe

bleti~d

O1myr St George, ,ie about

" thy -leg. for Ihy renown, this noble garter; wear

" it as the fymbol of the Ololl iUuflliou, order, ne.

" ver tO be forgonen or laid

afid~

;. Ihat thercby

" Ihou mayell be ad01oo.fheu tO be courageou.; and,

.. hoving uodwaken a jun \Var, in which tnou fhalt

"'be engaged .. thou majeft f\and G,m, valiaotly 6ghl,

" and fu ccell'l"dy cooqueL"

The priocely ganer being then buekled on, ar.d the

w(,rd, of its figoi6ealioo pronounced, the knight

clcl't

is bruught hefore the fovereign, who pUIS about hi.

neck, I..oceling, a fky<o1curcd rihbon,

(ibid.

N°

S.)

whereunto is appendant, wrought in gold wilhin the

garter, the image

01"

St George on horlcback, with his

f"'ord drawn,

enco~nlering

with the dragon.

the

mean time, the chancdlor rcads the following adnlo·

nition: " W<ar Ihis ribbon ahoul ,hy neck, adorned

" with Ihe image of the bleJred manyr and foldier o(

" Chrift, St

Georg~,

by whofe iOlÍtation prQvoked,

" thou mayfi fo overpaJi both profperous and adverfe

" adveotures, thal having Iloutly vanquifhed thy

ene·

" mies, both of body aod foul, Iholl O1ayft no' oRly

" receire the praife of Ihis traafient combal, but

" crowned with the palm of ewoal viaory."

Then the knighl

ele~td

kirres che fOl'ereign's hand,

thaoks his majef!y for Ihe greal hooour done him, rifes

up, and f.lules all the compaoioos feyerally, who re·

turo their congratulatioos.

N°

(ibid.)

exhibits a

. iew of a knight of Ihe ganer io lhe habit of this

order.

Since the iof!ittttion of this order, lhere have beeo

eight emperors, and twenty·eight kings,

befid~s

numero

ous foyereign priuces, enrolled as companion, thereof.

!ts origin is fomewhal differently relmd: theeommon

account is, thal il was ereéled in honour of a garter of

the cO\llltCfs of Salifhury, which Ihe dropped daneiog

with king Edward, and which that prinee picktd up:

but our bdt anliquarics think il was ioOitutcd on ae·

eounl oi Ihe .iao. y over the Frtneh al Creffy, "here

Ihe king ordcred his ganer

be difpiayed as a Ggnal

of the battle.

GASCOIN, or

GASCOIG~,

denotes the hinder Ihigh

a horfe, which begins al Ihe lliBc, and reache,

the

ply or hendiog of

'he

ham.

G/\SCONY, the mon foulh·wcn prol'inct of France,

bounded by Guienne,

the north; by Languedoe,

the eaH; by the Pyrenees, which fepmt e il (rom

Spain, on Ihe fouth; and by the IlJy nf Bifc¡y,

the

""n,

CASSENHOVEN, or GVT2ENHnvEN,

townofthe

Aullti.n Ntlherlands, lifletn O1dcs ean of Louvain:

long, .

¡0°,

antl

lal.

5;'.

GASTEROSTEUS, in ichthyology, a

~.nttl

of f¡fhrs

bdonging

Ihe oruer of thoracici.

here

are

Ihree

ra)'