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the Sword upon the Altar, &c. For fince it doth notappear, that the Crown, at the Times referred to,did give Furniture, or Habiliments of this Kind, toKnights-Batchelors made by the Stroke of the Sword,or Bannerets, ßmply as fuch, or that they perfbrmed any©f thefe Ceremonies; it undeniably follows,that Knights,to whom the like Furniture or Habiliments weregiven,-.and who adtually went through all thefe Forms, are tobe confidered, as of a different Rule or Degree, bothfrom Knights-Batchelors, and Knights-Bannerets.

Thus in a publick Creation of Knights, which wasmade by Edward the Firfl, Matthew of Weßmmßer re-ports the feveral known Ceremonies and the Vigilsufed on that occafion, without any recital of the Ce-remony of Bathing in particular; yet in the e Recordor Account of the Wardrobe, particularly referring tothat Creation, there is an Article, wherein a diftmbfcCharge is exhibited fbr Expences folely belonging tothe Bathy to the Covering of it, and of the Bed, &c.And there is the fäme Reafbn to conclude, that atother Creations, the fäme Rites of Bathing were ufed jthough it was not neceffary to mention them, wherethe Reafbn of the Fact, and common Ufage fuppofedevery thing done according to Form : But, in exhibit-ing a Bill of Expences, it is ufual, and neceflary in-deed, on fome Accounts, to defcend to particular Cir-

cumftances,

e Appendix, Numb. xii, xiii.