COMMENTARY & OPINION

From the desk of

Bill Ramey

4/4/18

COMMENTARY & OPINION

New World Order of the Knights of the Garter

New World Order of the Knights of the Garter

French Maxim ‘Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense’ – ‘Shamed be [he] who evil of it thinks’.

What does ‘it’ refer to and why the ‘Garter’ reference?

Fig 1: Most Noble Order of the Garter – established 1348

Enigmatically, the motto is also associated with the following:

• It is incorporated in the coat of arms of the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls in Rome

• Coat of arms above the lower main gate of the castle of the German city of Tübingen.

• It appears in the source code for Apollo 11

• It appears in the comments of the source code for the master ignition routine of the Apollo 13 lunar module

• Until 1997 it appeared prominently on Hong Kong banknotes

• It appears in the staff used by the Usher of the Black Rod of the Parliament of Canada.

• It appears on the front cover of the British Passport

Fig 2: Edward of Woodstock (1330-1376), the Black Prince of Wales, a Founder Member of the Knights of the Garter (William Bruges’s Garter Book c1430-40). Note the Double Headed Eagle – a symbol of the Holy Roman Empire.

Edward of Woodstock was the first Duke of Cornwall (from 1337), the Prince of Wales (from 1343) and the Prince of Aquitaine (1362–72). In 1348 he was made a Founding Knight of the Garter. Born 15 June 1330 Woodstock Palace, Oxfordshire.

Fig 3: John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough atop the Column of Victory at Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxford dressed as a Roman General, eagles at his feet and a Winged Victory in his hand (monument completed 1730)

John Churchill (1650 – 1722), 1st Duke of Marlborough, 1st Prince of Mindelheim, 1^st Count of Nellenburg, Prince of the Holy Roman Empire, Knight of the Order of the Garter, PC.

Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill, his descendant and biographer.

Fig 4: Winston Churchill (1874 – 1965) – Knight of the Order of the Garter. Born Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxford.

Fig 5: Duke of Marlborough Coat of Arms, Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxford.

Displaying the Order of the Knight of the Garter motto – ‘Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense’

Is the Order of the Garter associated with the ‘Leg of Italy’?

Figs 6 and 7: Coat of Arms on Display at Chirk Castle, North Wales and a Cloister Roof Boss at Christ Church College, Oxford

Figs 8 and 9: Coats of Arms at the Main Gate for Hawarden Castle, North Wales, former residence of Sir William Gladstone, 7th Baronet, Knight of the Order of the Garter (1925 – 2018)

The ‘Leg of Italy’ to be found in the cloister roof bosses, Christ Church College, Oxford, on one of the coats of arms on display at Chirk Castle, North Wales and displayed on both coats of arms at the main gate for Hawarden Castle, North Wales.

Fig 10: The Mezzogiorno: Old Boot of Italy, featuring Garibaldi, 1868

Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807 – 1882) was an Italian general, politician and nationalist.

Past Knights of the Order of the Garter also include the following Holy Roman Emperors!:

Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor 1368–1437

Albert V, Duke of Austria 1397–1439

Later Albert II, Holy Roman Emperor Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor 1415–1493

Maximilian, King of the Romans 1459–1520

Later Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor

Charles, Infant of Spain, Archduke of Austria and Duke of Burgundy 1500–1558

Later Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor

Ferdinand, Infant of Spain, Archduke of Austria 1503–1564

Later Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor

Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor 527–1576

Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor      1552–1612

Fig 11: Statue of Richard, Second Marquis of Westminster (1795 – 1869), Knight of the Order of the Garter

Fig 12: Detail of the Garter Robes from the Statue of Richard, Second Marquis of Westminster (1795 – 1869), KG.

Is the ‘New World Order’ the Holy Roman Empire Re-Incarnated? (Like the Phoenix from the Ashes)

https://pubastrology.com/the-emperors-new-clothes