founded a Cathedral Church of Canons, under theRule of St. Auguftin. Their Enfign is the Arms ofSt. George, a red Crofs, and their Habit white $ they pro-ofs Conjugal ChaAity and Obedience, and have theEmperors for their Protestors.

There are alfo Cavatteros de San Jorge en Alemania, anOrder ereSled by the Emperor Maximilian, 1494. uponthe like Defign with the former 5 it was confirmed byFope Alexander VI. and is under the fame Profeffion andProtection as the other. There Enfign is a red Crofs,with a Crown of Gold on the top of it 5 they were other-wife called crowned Knights ; for after they had ferved aYear, they and their Heirs have a peculiar right ofAdorning their Shields and Helms with a Crown ; theOccafion was upon a notable ViSlory obtained againftthe Turks, who confefled that a Man on Horfeback fup-pofed to be St. George, put them into that Fear andDiforder as to quit the Field.

37. Knights of St. George at Rome.

These were inflituted by Alexander VI. 1498. or, asothers fay, by Pope Paul III. at whofe Death it becameextinCh They dwelt at Ravenna, their Province, andwere to fecurc the Adriatic ^ Sea from Pyrates.

3 8. Knights of St. Peter at Rome.

Pope LeoX.. A. D. 1520. inflituted this Order tofight againft the Turks, and defend the Sea Coafts.Their Number was Four Hundred; they wore theImage of St. Peter within an Oval of Gold hanging at aGolden Chain.

3 9. Knights of St. Paul at Rome,

Were inflituted by Paul\\ I. 1540. and while he wasPope, he made Two Hundred of them. Their Enfignwas St. PaulV Image hanging at a Golden Chain.