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the Virgin Mary and Patronage of St. George ; and theyprofefs Obedience and conjugal Chaftity 5 they wear awhite Habit, on the left Side whereof is fowed a redor crimfon Velvet Crofs, Flory 5 in the middle is the

Labarum imbroidered with the Letter A upon oneArm of the Crofs, and si on the other. The Sidesare wrought with Gold and Silk, but the Labarum isall Gold. Amongft thefe Knights are three Degrees 5the firft call’d Collered or Grand Crofles, wearing aCollar form’d of Labarums , whereat hangs the Crofsand St. George. The fecond are the Knights, and thefewear the Crofs above delcrib’d. The third are Ser-vants, and they bear the Croft only, without the La-barum. The many Grand Priorates or Commanderiesbelonging to this Order, fhew the Power they wereformerly endow’d with.

14. Knights of St. James in Galicia or Santiago.'

This is the principal Order in Spain, and had itsTitle of Don R aniro, King of Leon , who about the Year826. at Clavigio, by the Affiftance of St. James ( faid toappear upon a white Horfe, bearing a Banner with a *red Crofs) and gain’d a mighty Victory over a greatArmy of the Moors. Some place the Inflitution aboutthe Year udo. others 1175. whereas it was only thenconfirm’d, and their Rule of Living prelcrib’d by PopeAlexander III. there being a Fraternity of Knights mSpain, A. D. 1030. under a Mafier and Governor, withRevenues.

And altho’ this Order at firft were dilpos’d to ver-tuous Courfes, and valiantly to encounter the Moors yEnemies to the Crofs of Cbrifi, yet in time they becamefcandaloufly perverted, but were afterwards reduc’d to abetter Life, and approv’d on by the find Pope Alexander ,who receiv’d them into the Protection of the PapalSee, and gave them the Rule of St. Auguftin, the Formof holding Chapters, of cle&ing their Majlers, of Treves,and thirteen Gommendadores of Houfes, and of theVifitors; and in ftiort very large Privileges, togetherwith the Monaftery of St. Lorjo, fituate in Galicia near

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