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ppefented to the Prince who gave the Honour, to fignify,that the new-made Knight mould not only declare hisValour by his Sword, but alfo by the Management ofhis Horfe, which he fhauld encourage and excite withhis Spurs, to the carrying on his valiant Defigns. ThefeSpurs have been of that Efteem, that Knight Batchelorsare latinized Estate's euratt 3 among the Germans, RitterJefs Gulden Spams, and with us heretofore, Knights of theSpurs: And feveral Families by the Name of Knight,

bear for their Arms the Spurs on a Canton.

It is farther certify’d among the Rights of a KnightBaneret, .that upon the Account of his Knighthood hemay wear gilt Spurs, as well as a gilt Sword 5 and thatthe Spurs are effential, may be collected from the De-gradation of a Knight, where his gilt Spurs are firftcutoff with an Hatchet, the Cafe of Sir dndra Harcla. Inthe laft Place is the Collar, an Enfign of Knightly Dig-nity among the Germans , Gauls, Britons, Danes and Goths ,among whom it was cuftomary to wear them, as deno-ting fuch as were remarkable for their Valour. Bat inlater Times, it was the peculiar Fafhion of Knightsamong us to wear Golden Collars compofed of ly S.or other various Devices 5 lb that thole Monuments areknown to be erected for Knights on whofe Portraituresfuch Ornaments are found.

§. 8. The Qualifications for Knighthood are princi-pally three, i. Merit, the bare mentioning whereoffhall fuffice here. a. Birth, viz. that the Parties whoenter thereinto ought firit to make appear they beGentlemen of three Paternal Defcents, bearing CoatArmour 5 and much the fame was the Law of the Em-pire under Frederick a. A.D.iz 12. Some think it alfoinfufficient, unlels delcended fo by the Mother's Side;at lead fhe mull be a freed Woman. And, 3. Edate,which alfo ferves to fupportthe Dignity.

Thus Wealth was fo much regarded among the Cha-leedonians, that thole who were rich, bore the Name ofKnights. It was Edate that entitled a Man to thisHonour among the Remans 3 for the Cenfor might-'compel any Citizen equal to the Equeftrian Cenfe,whom he thought fit to take that Order: And thisconfided of 400000 Sederces, i. e. 3015 /. of our Money.

And as in Old Rome, fo here in England, not long afterthe Conqueft, they who held a Knights Fee, viz. 680Acres of Land might claim it, fays Camden. But it ap-pears from Selden, that no certain Number, or Extent

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