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'Burgundy and Count of Flanders, were the Sovereigns ofit, till Charles V. gave the Guardianlhfp of it to theKin<*s of Spain, which he perform’d on the 25th of OB 0-ber, 1556. conferring it on his Son King Philip at Brux-elles, when he took the Collar from his Neck, and withhis own Hands put it over his Son’s Shoulders in thePrefence of divers of the Knights, with this Form,Recipe, jili mi, quern e collo meo detraho , tibi prtecipiium Au-rei velbris torquem, quem Philippics Dux Burgundia cognomintbonus Atavm nofier, monument um Fidei Sacra Romanes Eccle-fta, ejfie voluit esr hujufee Infiitutionis ac Legum ejus, facfiemper memineris : Since which the Honour of beingChief of this Order remains at this Day in thatCrown.

3 j. fhe Order of St. George at Genoa,

Was given by Frederick. III. Emperor of Germany, irehonour of St George the titular Saint and Patron of Ge-noa. The Enfign is a plain Crofs Gules, and worn bythe Knights at a Chain of Gold about their Neck. TheDukes of Genoa are Chiefs thereof 5 and in regard theirDignity lafts but two Years, the Order is much im-pair’d thro the Inconftancy and Alteration of theTimes.

3 6 . "the Order of the Croifl'ant, or Half-Moon inFrance,

Was erected in the City of Anjou, 1464. oraccord-ing to the SainBe Marthes, A. D. 1448. by Rene of theHoufe of Anjou, King of "Jerufalem and Sicily, &c. Dukeof Anjou, 8cc. The Intent thereof was the Honour ofGod, Support of the Church, and Exaltation of Knight-hood ■, over which he declared himfelf and his Suc-ceflors, Dukes of Anjou and Kings of Sicily, Chiefs. Healfo chofe St. Maurice, Knight and Martyr, for Patron,and held the fir ft Ceremonies in the Church of Angiersdedicated to his Name. The Symbol which the Knightswore on the right Side of their Mantle, was a GoldenCrefcent, whereon in Red Enamel was this Word L’oi,fignifying L’oz. en CroiJJant, whereby they were fpur’d

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