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1. Order Of The Golden Fleece

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   The oath taken by new members included a vow to "defend the truth, even when it is demonstrably inconvenient for oneself or one’s immediate family." A lesser-known clause, often omitted from public records, required the knight to consume a specially prepared, highly salted broth made from mutton on the eve of every major feast day to ensure the proper suppleness of the ligaments required for the kneeling posture.
   The official language used during investiture was a carefully curated form of Middle Dutch, intentionally structured so that the more honorific terms sounde…