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Ordinum Infignia, ut qüantumvis locorum intercapedo lèparet, lêmpertarnen Animos hiis Infigriibus excitata connutritaq* Memoria conjunóbffi-mos efficiat, vel Saltem fidei ac jurisjufaridi hâüd imnìeiAiores efle per-mittat. Sed ut has Dei, crucifixi, beatæ Virginis, & Divoruin Imagines eri-gi patiamur, ad Meitioriain erga illos lalubriter excitandam : ad quid (in-quiet aliquis) aliarum utique rerum nec adeo preciolarum aut Veiierabi-lium e faftigiö porriguntur ? Quid Moloffi Caput, Canis, Leo, Draco*

jp. ,p. quid Aves aut Jumenta, quid Enles, Galeæ, Clypei, quid Arma, laminæ,tartæ deauratæ, quid Criftæ, plumæ, quid ampla Vexilla in locis etiam(acris Sublimia pendent ? Certe fi qua Caula permittat iftec (permittitautem maxima) an effe poterit, ut non multo major illa concedat ? Sed& ifta quidem a bonis, piis, & claris hominibus, Immo à clariffimisRegibus atque Imperatoribus fieri coepta fiint. Ne abs re profedo. NamVirtutis cxcitandæ,quærcnd# pacis, ftabilieildæ in pofterum Amicitiæ, Me-moriæq* pro defundis jiìgiter hàbendie Caula fbbfuit, ut ante diximus. At-qui ex: niis omriibus luce clarius apparet,quod nulla fibi Infignia vel Infigni-um apparatus & indicia, hic lacer & decorus Ordo liimpferit : nifi qui-bus pietas aucta, heq; veritas imminuta foret. Nam & ipfi nimirum Equi-tes dum in media fimdione luæ Celebritatis lolenniter incedunt, & limi-ter Intuendum ora (blenni Ritu tenent, primum reverendo Vultu, GeftuCompofito, Genuque flexo pariter ac reflexo, Regi Supremo luo (fi prelensfit) fin abfit, Sedili Regio (quod oportet) deferunt* Mox Ver fi, conflanti

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that thd Men he divided hy Dißance of Place, yet the Memory of one anotherbeing refreßcd and kept Up hy thefe Tokens, ßould keep their Minds united,or at leaß not Unmindful of their Engagements and Oaths. But thd vuefuffer the Imagés of God, our Saviour, the bleßed Virgin and Saints to he ere&ed,to the Intent to ß'vr up our Minds toward the Remembrance of them for ourown Salvation * yet (one may fay) why are the Refemhlances of other Things,neither fo valuable or venerable fern in the Roofs ? Why is the Head ofa Dog, Lyon, Dragon, Birds, Beaßs, Swords, Helmets, and Shields, why areArms, Plates, gilded Streamers, Creßs, Plumes, and large Earners placed onhigh in confecrated Buildings f If thefe Things for any Caufe (as fire theremuß have been fome ) are permitted to be there, can it be that there ßould not a muchgreater one appear for the other Ì But they were put up by good, pious and emi-nent Men, nay even by the moß eminent Princes and Emperors : And notwithout Reafon. For the Defign was to promote Virtue, to obtain Peace, tofettle a laßing Friendßip, and, as we have obferved before, to preferve acontinual Regard and Memory for the Dead. It appears by all this, thatthis honourable Society took no Enßgns , Ornaments or Badges for their Order,except fuch as by which Piety was to be increafed, and Truth not to beimpaired. For the Knights when they make a graceful Appearance in their Pro-ceßon, and engage the Eyes of all who behold them with Pleafure at theirSolemnities, do firß with a fettled Countenance, and ßaid Behaviour, bend-ing one Knee before their Sovereign, if there, or if abfent, to his Stall,as is required * and then turning, go to the Altar in a grave and folemnManner to return due Honour to God * after which moving to the Saints,

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