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! >lead for it: Sacred Writ fets down the Collarof Goldor one of the Ornaments Pharaoh conferr’d upon Jofeph.The Images of Ijis and Ojiris were reprefented with fuchlike Collars, in a manner, extending to their Shoulders,as Kircher informs us. Their Workmanlhip feems won-derfully curious, being interfered with various Lines,and divided with Tablets and precious Stones. TheCollar was of an illuftrious Original among the Romans,and gave Denomination to the Family of Torquati , de-fended from L. Manlius, whom the Soldiers furnam’dTorquatus, becaufe he fought with a Champion of theGauls, Anno V. C. 392. and, having foil'd him in fight,cut off his Head, and then pluck’d off his Collar,bloody as it was, and put it about his own Neck. Infurther Memory of which Aclion were found feveralRoman Coins referring to L. Torquatus, Conful withL. Cotta, Anno V. C. ( 588 . And it’s remarkable thatwhen one of another Tribe was adopted into this Fa-mily, he did alfo aflume this Badge of Honour, as inthe Coin of D. Junius Silanus, tho’ the Fafhion of theWork fomewhat differ’d from the former.

In priftine Times none but Kings and Princes woreCollars, and therefore their Ufe feems of Dignity andPower, as is evident from Daniel, where the AffyrianKings ufed this Ornament. Afterwards Men famous forWifdom and Council, had them as a diftinguifhingBadge, as in the Example of Jofeph, and from the Pro-clamation of Beljhatxar King of Babylon, who propofedit as a Praemium to him that could interpret the Hand-Writing upon the Wall. And Men famous for Milita-ry Atchievements had it conferr’d upon them, in Re-compence of their Merits 5 thus Collars were of theNumber of the Dona Premia Militaria among the theRomans,mi the Honour of receiving them thought wor-my to be confign’d to Pofterity in Marble Infcriptions.From them the later Emperors receiv’d it, and we readof in vetting a Knight of the Holy Sepulchre with a

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