1 8 . Knights of St. Gereon.

This Order was eftablifh’d by Frederick^ Barbarojfa theEmperor ■, others fay by Frederic ^ II. and eonfifted onlyof the German Nation. They follow’d the Rule ofSr. Augufim, and wore a white Habit, whereon wasfow’d a black Patriarchal Crofs, fet on a little greenHill.

19. Knights of St. Julian de Pereyro, or of Al-cantara.

They had the fir ft Appellation from St. Julian de Pe-rcy,-e, a Town in Leon, where they had a Monafterybuilt for them by Ferdinand II. King of Leon and Gali-cia, who in his Diploma of Privileges granted there^unto xx ~j6. filled himlelf ProteHor of this Society ofKnights. In the Approbation-Bull of Pope Alexander III.their Chief is called Prior 5 but in that of Pope LuciusIII. he is ftiled Mafter of Pereyro. They ufed a SecularHabit, modeft and grave, and the Ecclefiafticks a Cle-rical Habit, with a Shred of Cloth and a Scapulary, todiftinguiftx them from other Seculars and Ecclefiafticks.They cbferved the Rule of St. BenediB moderated, as itwas convenient for the Exercife of Arms againft theMoors, for which End it was inftituted. Their ancientBadge was a Pear-tree Vert, in Allufion to the Name.

The Occafion of altering the firft Appellation wasupon change of their Habitation. Pope Adrian VI. an-nex’d this Mafterlhip, together with thofe of St. Jamesand Calatrava, to the Royal Crown of Cajiile for ever.

20. Knights of Trugillo or Truxillo in Spain.

This Order is fo call’d from the City of Trugillo inEfiremadura, but when, or by whom founded, or theirBadge, is unknown. Some fuppole thefe Knights thefame with that of Alcantara ; ’tis evident they were inbeing A. D. 1227. when’tis pretended the Mafter ofAlcantara took Trugillo from the Moors, and plac’d therea. Brotherhood of Knights. But it feems thefe Knights