Certificate of Accolades of Dame Catherine of Furnestock

Whereas We have deemed fit to nominate and appoint to our Sovereign Order of the Petrine Laurel the good Catherine of Furnestock, based on her impeccable Spirit of the Republic, the width and breadth of her Deeds, and the immutable laws of Chivalry and Man by which she has abided;

And knowing of her uncompromising faithfulness to Our Commonwealth; of the relations which she has so carefully cultivated with those nations abroad; of the expert governance of Our peoples; of the tradition and wealth of knowledge she has imbued within the lands of the Petra; and of the uncompromising devotion to GOD and Man that she has so embodied;

We of the Senate of the Commonwealth, bearing the Seal of the Regent Most High of its Régime and of its Chancellor, do by these presents grant unto Catherine of Furnestock the Dignities of membership within Our Brotherhood and said Order; and by Our authority do hereby lend unto her the styles and graces otherwise of a dubbed member of the Circle of the Star together with all and singular the privileges thereupon belonging or appertaining to; and do so grant her leave to bear her personal Arms and Heraldries.

Know ye that this has been so granted and attested to by Lady Matilda Fredericka of the House of Mardon of the Old Régime, and that by her blade has Catherine of Furnestock been so dubbed upon the Garmont; and that these Accolades are confirmed by Our Seal this day the Fifteenth of Sun’s Smile 1883 by the Imperial Calendar in the First Year of Our Commonwealth.

Petra, Flowing Water! Ave! Ave!

Glory be to GOD and His Chosen

Her Highness, Matilda Fredericka,

Countess of Mardon

Propagated by the House of Mardon at the Will and Command of the Sovereign Order of the Petrine Laurel and its governing Bodies.