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the_o time_n the_o sovereign_n move_v 12._o in_o regard_n it_o be_v then_o late_o beside_o the_o ceremony_n of_o the_o prince_n installation_n be_v to_o be_v perform_v at_o the_o ensue_a vesper_n that_o the_o matter_n depend_v shall_v be_v 12._o adjourn_v until_o the_o next_o chapter_n which_o be_v agree_v upon_o the_o sovereign_n and_o knights-companion_n advance_v to_o the_o chapel_n in_o their_o accustom_a order_n sect_n v._o transaction_n in_o the_o chapter_n hold_v before_o the_o first_o vesper_n but_o now_o to_o proceed_v to_o the_o affair_n treat_v of_o and_o transact_v in_o the_o chapter_n hold_v before_o vesper_n on_o the_o eve_n of_o the_o grand_a feast_n which_o be_v open_v as_o before_o be_v show_v and_o no_o adjournment_n give_v thereunto_o all_o thing_n be_v then_o to_o be_v debate_v consult_v of_o and_o provide_v for_o which_o concern_v the_o 93._o honour_n and_o dignity_n of_o this_o most_o noble_a order_n and_o necessary_a conservation_n of_o the_o interest_n thereof_o 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stall_n shall_v do_v reverence_n to_o the_o sovereign_n if_o present_a or_o if_o absent_a to_o his_o stall_n 65._o by_o which_o ceremony_n they_o shall_v own_v he_o as_o their_o sovereign_n and_o acknowledge_v all_o manner_n of_o subjection_n and_o obedience_n to_o be_v due_a unto_o he_o but_o when_o the_o sovereign_n return_v out_o of_o france_n he_o signify_v to_o the_o knights-companion_n as_o much_o more_o reasonable_a and_o convenient_a ibid._n that_o at_o the_o entrance_n and_o departure_n aforesaid_a the_o devout_a obeisance_n due_a to_o god_n honour_n shall_v be_v first_o pay_v to_o god_n and_o towards_o his_o altar_n after_o the_o manner_n of_o ecclesiastic_n and_o then_o what_o of_o honour_n be_v due_a to_o he_o to_o pay_v it_o next_o to_o himself_o or_o in_o his_o absence_n to_o his_o stall_n next_o to_o the_o knights-companion_n do_v the_o black-rod_n garter_n and_o register_n cl._n enter_v in_o breast_n who_o proceed_v also_o to_o the_o cl._n middle_n of_o the_o choir_n 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18._o pâ—gions_n 18._o chyk_n and_o other_o such_o as_o the_o steward_n of_o the_o feast_n thinâ—â—_n beâ—â—_n and_o all_o the_o rest_n to_o be_v at_o the_o charge_n of_o the_o dean_n sect_n viii_o the_o ceremony_n belong_v to_o the_o second_o vesper_n since_o the_o ceremony_n relate_v to_o the_o second_o vesper_n at_o windesor_n be_v but_o the_o repetition_n of_o those_o which_o have_v be_v perform_v on_o the_o eve_n of_o the_o feast_n we_o shall_v pass_v they_o over_o with_o more_o brevity_n be_v very_o unwilling_a to_o cloy_v the_o reader_n with_o needless_a recital_n the_o time_n for_o proceed_v to_o the_o chapterhouse_n have_v most_o usual_o be_v about_o four_o a_o clock_n in_o the_o afternoon_n of_o st._n george_n day_n but_o sometime_o not_o before_o five_o and_o so_o long_o do_v the_o service_n of_o the_o dinner_n hold_v when_o the_o feast_n of_o st._n george_n be_v celebrate_v at_o windesor_n the_o b._n 14._o of_o september_n a_o 15._o jac._n r._n that_o the_o 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