The festivities were continued for
several days. At the jousts held on this occasion, David, King of
Scotland, the Lord Charles of Blois, and Ralph, Earl of Eu and Guisnes,
and Constable of France, to whom the chief prize of the day was
adjudged, with others, then prisoners, attended. The harness of the
King of Scotland, embroidered with a pale of red velvet, and beneath it
a red rose, was provided at Edward's own charge. This suit of armour
was, until a few years back, preserved in the Round Tower, where the
royal prisoner was confined. Edward's device was a white swan,
gorged, or, with the "daring and inviting" motto--
Hay hay the wythe swan By God's soul I am thy man.
The insignia of the Order in the days of its founder were the garter,
mantle, surcoat, and hood, the George and collar being added by Henry
the Eighth. The mantle, as before intimated, was originally of fine blue
woollen cloth; but velvet, lined with taffeta, was substituted by Henry
the Sixth, the left shoulder being adorned with the arms of Saint
George, embroidered within a garter. Little is known of the materials of
which the early garter was composed; but it is supposed to have been
adorned with gold, and fastened with a buckle of the same metal.
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