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£<?. I’he Order . of the Lily or Lilies in Arragonor de la Jarra de S. Maria, of the Vejfel ofSt. Mary,

Was erected by Ferdinand King of that Country,tailed the Infant of Antiquera, 1403. and dedicated tothe Blefled Virgin. Favin ranges it under the Denomi-nation of the Title of the Looking-glafs of the BiffedVirgin in Caflile, inftituted in Memory of a VictoryKing Ferdinand obtained in that Kingdom againft theMoors , 1410. whence he tranfplanted them with himinto Arragon , 1413. when he received the Crown,where it flourilhed under the Sons of that King, andthen the Line was extin£l.

30. fhe Order of the Dragon overthrown in

Hungary,

Was inftituted, A. D. 1413. by the Emperor Sigif-mond the Glorious, 1478. for the Defence of the Chrifti-an Religion, and to crufh or oppugn all Hereticks andSchifmaticks, and for the Satisfaction he receiv’d inconferring Peace to the Churches of Hungary and Bohe-mia, by the Aid of the Council of Confiance. It was inhigh efteem fhortly after in Germany 3 but the Order andFounder had very near the fame Period. The Knightswore daily, as their Enfigrij a Green Crofs flory , on fo-lemn Days, a Scarlet Cloak, and on the Mantlet ofGreen Silk a double Chain of Gold (others fay a GreenRibbon) at the End of which hung a Dragon dead withbroken Wings, in pofture of being overcome (theSym-bol of Herely) enamelled with Variety of Colours.

31. 7 /beEquites Tufini in Bohemia, or elfe both

in Bohemia and Auftria.

Titis Order had its Name from Toe a, a Cap or Coif.The Archdukes of Aujlria were its Founders ; whichPk y n" aaed . t0 en ? a g e their Subje&s in Defence of theLhriuian Faith againft Turks and Heretickj, conferringUpon the Knights towards their Support wfiatfoever

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