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The History Of the most Noble Order of the Garter : Wherein is set forth An Account of the Town Castle, Chapel, and College of Windsor; with their several Officers ; The Foundation of the Order by King Edward III. ; With the Statutes, and Annals at large, as they have been altered and amended ; An Account of the Habits, Ensigns and Officers of the Order ... To which is prefix'd, A Discourse of Knighthood in General, and the several Orders extant in Europe
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fight in the Legions, fuch were called Legionary Knight Gto diftingui/h them from the reft, who had only receiv’dthe Honour of a Gold-Ring j for they were not allemploy’d in Wars.

The Cenfor (after the Inftitution of that Offiee ahurbe condita, 310.) and afterwards the Emperor, werethe Perfons who beftowed this Equus Military, or Pub-Hcus, as it was called from the Annual Allowance, tokeep him, which they gave unto thofe of known Ver-tue and ap prov’d Life, compelling him to ferve in theWars, tho’ againfthis Willj (but in the more ancientMethod of Election, Ccnftraint was not ufed.) Andupon Negligence in the Care of thefe Horfes, or anyBlemifti, Reproach, or Infamy, or Lofs of Patrimonyin the Knights, the Horfes were not only taken away,but the Knights wholly disfranchis’d. Kojinas layingdown the Manner and Order ufed in ejefling fuchKnights, adds, A Recital being made of all the Knights thatwere inrolled, thofe whofe Names he omitted, were thereby m-derfiood to be depriv'd of that Dignity.

When they had ferved in the Wars the Time appoint-ed by Law, it was the Cuftom to lead their Horfes bythe Bridle into the Forum, before the Duumvirs [Cen-fors,] and giving an Account under whom and whatGenerals or Captains they had ferved 5 they werethereupon difmiflfed from farther Service in the Wars :An Example whereof Plutarch relates to have been givenby Pompey himfelf

But whereas among the Roman Infcriptions we findEquopublico honoratus donatus, ornatus, and exornatus , fuchis not to be conftrued to be of Equeftrian Dignity, butonly to have received the pramia militaria, with whichthe Emperors ufed to recompenfe fome particular Ex-ploit, by the Honour of fucha Gift, according to Sal-majius. Equus Publicus , by a wondrous, neverthelefsan accuftom’d Speech,among the Romans, is the Knight,qui equo publico meret. And qui equo publico donatus, theother deferving Perfon.

As to the Ring: In Genejis we read of Pharoah's takingoff his Ring, and putting it upon Jofeph's Hand. Whenthey came in Fafhion with the Romans, the Senators atfirft wore Iron ones, which were accounted the Enfignof Military Vertue, received upon a Publick Account.Howbeit, in Procefs of Time, when Gold Rings weredrawn into Ufe, none but Senators and Knights had

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