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Excerpt from Statutes of the Most Illustrious Order of St. Patrick: To Which Is Added the Ceremony of the First Installation, in 1783
Right'tmfiy and-right well-beloved Coufin 'and Councillor; we greet you, well; Whereas itilxa'th'been the cufiom 0? Wife and'beneficent Princes in all'ages to' dllti'nguilh the virtue and loyalty of their fubjeets by marks of honor, to be a' tef. Timony of' their'dignity and of their excelle'ncy in all qualifications which render th'em worthy of the favor of' their Sovereign, and the refpeet of their fellow fubjeets; that' fo their' eminent merits may Rand acknowledged to the world, and create a virtuous emulation in others to deferve fuch honorable diff. Tinftion. And whereas our loving Tub. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
