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of Knighthood, under that exprefs Appellation ; yetthis ought not to be confidercd, as any Argument,againll the Antiquity oF the Thing itfelf: For if theCeremony of Bath'mg was formerly ufed, as it willprefently appear to have been, in creating Knights,though our Hiftorians have omitted, on the Occa-fion, to niention that Ceremony ; yet all the real Ends.of the Inftitution were equally anfwered, and the Ho-nour of it, as cffedually conferred, as if Bathing hadbeen exprelsly mentioned by fuch Hiftorians; it be-ing ufual with the beft hiftorical Writers, under fernegeneral Charader, or Adion, to imply, or feppofeThings, with which fuch Charader, or Adion, was-known to be conftantly attended. For Inftance,the Inauguration, or Coronation of the King, dothfuppofe, that all the other läcred concomintant Ritesof that Solemnity, were then fully and regularly per-formed, though they may not be diftindly enume-rated; The Rule holds, with Refped to all inferiorAdminiftrations, whether in religious or civil Life.The Honours of the Peerage, for Example, to whichany Perlon hath been advanced, were ever prelumed.to be elFedually convcyed, and the principal Rites,appropriated to the Conveyance of it, to be alwaysperformed, notwithftanding Ipecifick Mention waswas not made by Hiftorians, concerning the Perform-ance of every feparate Rite, in particular, then con-ftantly ufed upon luch Inveftitures.

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