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<span class=title> <A HREF=http://pub156.ezboard.com/bthekingdomofhanover62111.showUserPublicProfile?gid=hismajestytheking>His Majesty the King</A>&nbsp; <IMG HEIGHT=10 WIDTH=10 SRC="http://www.darachweb.com/flags/flagimages/zf007.gif" BORDER=0></span>

<span class=usertitle>James I, D.G. Rex et Imp. </span>


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<font color=#273C82>(5/13/03 1:35 am)</font>








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<span class=title> Letters Creating the Most Illustrious Order of the Paraclete</span><hr size=1>
[font=georgia;]<div style="text-align:center"><strong>JR</strong>







<strong>JAMES</strong>, by the Grace of God of Hanover and of Our other Realms and Territories King, Emperor of Calormen, Head of the Commonwealth to All Our Loving Subjects Whatsoever to Whom these Presents shall come, Greeting.



<strong>WHEREAS</strong> it is fitting that we shall have at Our disposal a means for honouring those of Our subjects who have offered notable service to King and Country, and for honouring those of Our friends who have ever been faithful,



<strong>WHEREAS</strong> it is meet that friends and subjects so honored should be united within a bond and brotherhood of chivalry according to ancient custom and venerable tradition,



<strong>LET IT BE KNOWN</strong> that it is Our Will and Pleasure that the <strong>MOST ILLUSTRIOUS ORDER OF THE PARACLETE</strong> be created and established and that it shall forever maintain the august status which it does hold as the pre-eminent order of chivalry within Our Realm,



<strong>AND WE DO FURTHER</strong> subject this Illustrious Order to Our own constitution to be maintained in perpetuity, the articles being



<strong>1.</strong> That the Most Illustrious Order of the Paraclete shall have as a patron the Most Holy Spirit,



<strong>2.</strong> And that the Monarch of Hanover shall be the Sovereign of the Order and shall alone enjoy the right to enroll persons in the Order,



<strong>3.</strong> And that if the Sovereign shall deem any citizen of Hanover fit to belong to the Order, he shall be at liberty to enroll him,



<strong>4.</strong> And that the Sovereign shall be at liberty to enroll foreign persons of distinction into the Order,



<strong>5.</strong> And that there shall be three classes of Knights of the Most Illustrious Order of the Paraclete, namely those of the Knight Commander, the Knight Chevalier and the Knight Stranger, and that subjects of the King of Hanover enrolled in the Order belong to the class of Knight Commander or of the Knight, and that foreign persons of distinction belong to the class of Knight Stranger,



<strong>6.</strong> And that the Chaplain of the Order shall be appointed by the Sovereign of the Order,



<strong>7.</strong> And that no member of the order shall be compelled to swear an oath, neither shall an oath be composed,



<strong>8.</strong> And that no secret codes or agendas shall be created, followed or permitted,



<strong>9.</strong> And that the great Feast of Pentecost shall be annually observed by this Order with all due solemnity and piety,



<strong>10.</strong> And that no member shall utter blasphemy against the Most Holy Spirit, neither shall he permit blasphemy to be uttered in his presence,



<strong>11.</strong> And that the Sovereign of the Order may expel members for blasphemy and for other reasons which he deems grave and substantial,



<strong>12.</strong> And that the motto of the Order is &quot;Infunde Amorem Cordibus,&quot; in the Latin tongue and in the English tongue, &quot;Fill Our Hearts With Love,&quot;



<strong>13.</strong> And that the insignia of the order shall consist of a sword, a cap, a tunic of pure white satin, a cape of deep blue velvet surmounted by a shoulder cape of cloth of gold, a cordon of celestial blue worn over the right shoulder, a collar, a badge and a breast star featuring the motto and the symbol of the Order,



<strong>14.</strong> And that symbol of the order is the descendant Dove within a Maltese Cross, and that said symbol shall grace all of the insignia of the Order.



<strong>THEREFORE</strong> we do now, by these presents create and establish the Most Illustrious Order of the Paraclete and its Constitution,



<strong>AND WE DO THESE THINGS</strong> ALL at Our Court at Marchmain Palace on this Twelfth day of May in the Year of Grace 2003, the Second of Our Reign.



<strong>James R</strong></div>[/font]


























<p></p>Edited by: <A HREF=http://pub156.ezboard.com/bthekingdomofhanover62111.showUserPublicProfile?gid=hismajestytheking>His Majesty the King</A>&nbsp; <IMG HEIGHT=10 WIDTH=10 SRC="http://www.darachweb.com/flags/flagimages/zf007.gif" BORDER=0> at: 5/15/03 12:10:18 am
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