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of Truxillo, were a diflinct Order feveral Years before,and ’tis not unlikely that they might be incorporated in-to that of St. Julian de Pereyro, and by this Means the Or-der of Alcantara acquired the downs of Tmvtllo, Sanil aCrui, &c. which Aljonfo IX. King of Cajlile had giventhem- They were to be of Noble Defcent, and makeproof of their Gentility } they were obliged to be nearthe King’s Perlon, and to attend him in all Martial Ex-peditions, maintaining always Two Horfes and Servantsin Readinefs.

si. Knights of Calatrava.

This Order was inftituted in Cajlile by Sanchio Ilf.and lo called from Calatrava, a Frontier Caitle of Cajlileand Toledo, which the Moors took, J. D. 714. com-pounded of the Jrabicl ( Cala a Caftle, and the SpanifjTravas Manacles, with which the Moors fettered theChriftians ; 400 Years after which, upon the Recoveryof the Town from the Moors , it was given to the KnightsTemplars ; but they, unable to flop the mighty Con-quefts of the Moors, the faid Sanchio by Proclamationpromis’d the Inheritance to any who would undertakethe Defence of it, being the Key of the Kingdom ofToledo. At length Raymond of Barcelona (formerly aKnight, then a Ciftercian Abbot) by the Perfwaiion ofTelajquez, accepted the Proffer, and had the Donation,A. D. 1158. and fortifying it by the Help of his Aflo-ciates, this Order arofe, call’d at firft Militia de Cala-trava. Upon the account of the Fertility of the Place,-oooo Men and their Families were drawn from theneighbouring Countries to fettle there, fo that theMoors never after attempted it. They remain’d undertheir own Mafiers till Pope Adrian VI. annex’d it to theCrowns of Cajlile and Leon.

22. Order of the Holy Ghojl at Rome.

Marqv.ex. calls them Brothers of the Hofpital of the HolyGhojl, who tho’ not in veiled with Swords and Spurs,are neverthelefs reckoned among the Military Orders,becaufe bound to certify their Gentility before Admit-

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