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a Conjc&ure, which may be more realonably made, asthis King, having been himlelf a Man of uncommonErudition, would naturally be a greater Encourager ofIngenuity and Arts: And it will be evident from Pre-cedents hereafter cited, that we have had leverai Mo-narchs who did not think it below their Dignity, per-fbnally to inftrudt the Efquires who were to receive thisHonour of Knighthood from them.

V. There is a near Affinity oblervable between theMake of the Habits, as they are reprelented at thatTime, and the Männer, and Ceremony of puttingthem on, with the Forms that are now uled, in bothRelpedts.

VI. And whereas an Horfe, we are here told, wasprefented to the young Knight, it is well known, thatin fucceeding Times diele Knights of the Bath were obli-ged to make Cavalcades with great State.

VII. Belides thele leverai Ulages, which might bederived from the Saxons y a Lance, a Coat of Mail, aShield, an Helmet, <&c. were delivered, which pro-bably were according to the Norman Method of confer-ring Knighthood, by whom, according to the Cuftomsof France, Tilts and Tournaments might be then pra-cliled, which yet were not introduced into this Realmtili under the Reigns of the lucceeding Kings.

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