Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 December 1904 — The Order of the Garter. [ARTICLE]

The Order of the Garter.

The Order of the Garter, the highest and most illustrious order of knighthood in Great Britain, was founded, says Selden, by King Edward 111. on April 23, 1341. But some trace the origin of this order back to April 23, 1192, when Richard I. compelled twen ty-six of his best knights to wear a thong of blue leather on the leg when fighting w ith the infidels. The generally accepted tradition, however, is that King Edward 111. was dancing at a ball with the Countess of Salisbury when she dropped her garter, which the sovereign picked up and at first tied about his own leg. Observing, however, that this act excited a good deal of attention, he handed it back to the fair owner, with the words, “Honi sol qui mal y pense” (“Evil to him who evil thinks”), words still used as the motto of the order. The king said further that shortly they should see that garter advanced to so high am honor and renown as to account themselves happy to wear it—Harper’s Weekly.

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