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hand_n	great_a	king_n	put_v	5,841	5	4.9400	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A89485	The manner of creating the Knights of the Antient and Honourable Order of the Bath, according to the custom used in England in time of peace. With a list of those honourable persons who are to be created Knights of the Bath at his Majesties coronation, 23 Aprill, 1661.; Antiquities of Warwickshire. Selections	Dugdale, William, Sir, 1605-1686.; Stephens, Philemon.	1661 (1661)	Wing M458; Thomason E1085_9; ESTC R202854	6,659	12

see it fit time they shall go to the King and say to him Sir When doth it please you that our Master shall rise Whereupon the King shall command the grave Knights Esquires and Minstrels to go to the chamber of the said Esquire for to raise him and to attire and dresse him and to bring him before him into the Hall But before their entrance and the noise of the minstrels heard the Esquires Governours shall provide all necessaries ready for the Order to deliver to the Knights for to attire and dresse the Esquire And when the Knights are come to the Esquires Chamber they shall enter with leave and say to him Sir Good morrow to you it is time to get up and make your self ready and thereupon they shall take him by the Arme to be dressed the most antient of the said Knights reaching him his Shirt another giving him his Breeche● the third his Doublet and another putting upon him a Kirtle of red Tartarin two others shall raise him from the Bed and two others put on his nether stockings with soles of leather sewed to them two others shall lace his slieves and another shall gird him with a Girdle of white leather without any buckles thereon Another shall combe his Head another shall put on his Coife another shall give him his mantle of silk over the Bases or Kirtle of red Tartarin tyed with a lace of white silk with a pair of white gloves hanging at the end of the Lace And the Chandler shall take for his Fees all the Garments with the whole array and necessaries wherewith the Esquire shall be apparelled and clothed on the day that he comes into the Court to receive the Order As also the Bed wherein he first lay after his Bathing together with the Singleton and other necessaries In consideration of which Fees the same Chandler shall find at his proper costs the said Coife the Gloves the Girdle and the Lace 13. And when all this is done the grave Knights shall get on horsepack and conduct the Esquire to the Hall the Minstrels going before making musick but the horse must be accoutred as followeth The Saddle having a cover of black leather the bow of the Saddle being of white wood quartered the Stirrop-leathers black the Stirrops gilt the Paitrel of black leather gilt with a Crosse pate gilt hanging before the breast of the Horse but without any Crooper the Bridle black with long notched Reines after the Spanish fashion and a Crosse pate on the front And there must be provided a young Esquire courteous who shall ride before the Esquire bare-headed and carry the Esquires sword with the Spurs hanging at the handle of the Sword and the Scabbard of the Sword shall be of white leather and the Girdle of white leather without buckles And the Youth shall hold the Sword by the point and after this manner must they ride to the Kings Hall the Governours being ready at hand 14. And the grave Knights shall conduct the said Esquire and so soon as they come before the Hall door the Marshals and Ushers are to be ready to meet him and desire him to alight And being alighted the Marshal shall take the Horse for his Fee or else C. s. Then shall the Knights conduct him into the Hall up to the high table and afterwards up to the end of the second table until the Kings coming the Knights standing on each side of him and the Youth holding the sword upright before him between the two Governours 25. And when the King is come into the Hall and beholdeth thy Esquire ready to receive his high Order and temporal dignitie he shall ask for the Sword and Spurs which the Chamberlain shall take from the Youth and shew to the King And thereupon the King taking the right Spur shall deliver it to the most noble and gentile person there and shall say to him Put this upon the Esquires heel and he kneeling on one knee must take the Esquire by the right Leg and putting his foot on his own knee is to fasten the Spur upon the right heel of the Esquire and then making a crosse upon the Esquires knee shall kisse him which being done another Knight must come and put on his left Spur in like manner And then shall the King of his great favour take the Sword and gird the Esquire therewith whereupon the Esquire is to lift up his Armes holding his hands together and the Gloves betwixt his thumbs and fingers 16. And the King putting his own armes about the Esquires neck shall say Be thou a good Knight and afterwards kisse him Then are the antient Knights to conduct this new Knight to the Chappel with much musick even to the High Altar and there he shall kneel and putting his right hand upon the Altar is to promise to maintain the rights of holy Church during his whole life 17. And then he shall ungirt himself of his Sword and with great devotion to God and Holy Church offer it there praying unto God and all his Saints that he may keep that Order which he hath so taken even to the end all which being accomplished he is to take a draught of Wine 18. And at his going out of the Chappel the Kings Master-Cook being ready to take off his Spurs for his own Fee shall say I the Kings Master-Cook am come to receive your Spurs for my Fee and if you do any thing contrary to the Order of Knighthood which God forbid I shall back your Spurs from your heels 19. After this the Knights must conduct him again into the Hall where he shall sit the first at the Knights table and the Knights about him himself to be served as the others are but he must neither eat nor drink at the table nor spit nor look about him upwards nor downwards more than a Bride And this being done one of his Governours having a Handkerchief in his hand shall hold it before his face when he is to spit And when the King is risen from his table and gone into his Chamber then shall the new Knight be conducted with great store of Knights and minstrels proceeding before him unto his own chamber and at his entrance the Knights and Minstrels shall take leave of him and go to Dinner 20. And the Knights being thus gone the Chamber door shall be fastened and the new Knight dis-robed of his attire which is to be given to the Kings of Armes in case they be there present and if not then to the other Heraulds if they be there otherwise to the Minstrels together with a mark of silver if he be a Knight Batcheler if a Baron double to that if an Earl or of a superiour rank double thereto And the russet Night-cap must be given to the Watch or else a Noble 21. Then is he to be clothed again with a blew robe the slieves whereof to be streight shaped after the fashion of a Priests and upon his left shoulder