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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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they could not of themfelves accomplish their End.About the Year 1237, they were united to the TeutonicOrder, and fubmitted to their Rule and Habit, bywhofe Help they overcame the Livonians, and broughtthem to the Chriftian Faith 5 thenceforward the GreatMatter of Livonia acknowledged him of Pruffla theirSuperior, until Walter de Pletemberg, their Great Matter,Separated this Order from their Obedience to the Teuto-nick. Finally, A. D. 1 5 6 1 . Gothard de Ketler, the laftGreat Matter, following the Example of the GreatMatter of Prnjfia , became fubjccl to the Crown of Po-land, furrendering to King Sigifmond II. the City andCattle of Riga, and all the Lands, Charters, Privile-ges, ere. of this Order, receiving in exchange thePukedom of Curland, to him and his Heirs for ever jfo the Order expired after 357 Years continuance.

25. Knights of JefusChrift in Italy or France.

St. Dominic/^ defcended of the Family of the GuzmansinSpain, inftituted this Order, A. D. 120 6 . principallyto fight againft the Albigenfes, then call’d Hereticks. Heprefcribed to them a White Habit, and for their Badge aCrofs flory, quarterly, fable and argent. The Work beingdone with the Albigenfes, they devoted themfelves whol-ly to fpiritual Warfare ; and afterwards, upon admit-ting Widows and Virgins into their Order, they becamecalled Fratres feu Sorores de Posnitentia B. Dominici, whofeRule Pope Innocent VI. confirm’d circa An. 1360.

16. Knights of St. Mary de Merced, in Aragon.

James I. of Aragon, being fometime a Prifoner toSimon Earl of Montfort in France, where he fufferedmuch Hardship, and being moved with the infufferableMiferies the Chriftians endured under the Slavery ofthe Moors, made a Vow to the Bleffed Virgin, Thatwhen delivered himfelf he would endeavour the Re-demption offuch Chriftians as the Moors had made Cap-tives, and accordingly laid up great Summs for the Per-formance ; and afterwards, by the Council of Raymondde Penafrt, h\s Confeffor, and Pedro Nolafco, a Noble

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