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it from any Motive of legal Conftraint, had fome par-ticular Marks of Favour then conferred on them.

II. In this Extrakt we find Mufick, and differentKinds of muficai Inftruments, which are ftill retain-ed when Knights of the Rath are created, with (bmeVariation, as exprefling the Joy, and contributory tothe Grandeur of the Solemnity.

III. Every Knight-Candidate had, at leaft, threeother Knights, Milites j which may polfibly defignthe Veteran Kniehts, who inftru&ed him in the Rulesof the Rath \ and by whom, according to the Cere-monies, fuch Candidate was to be introduced to the Pre-fence of the Sovereign, or to his Lieutenant; or we mayunderftand by them, the two Elquires-Governors, andthe young Efquire, who, by the Formularies, are re-quired to attend him.

IV. It appears alle», there was lome Difference in theFurniture provided on the Occafion, according to thedifferent Quality of the Perlons to be created Knights;and the Cuftom hath beeil conformable to this Rule :for we find Habits provided under the following Di-ftinchons, m tanquampro MiliteßmpUci, as, for Knightsfimple; n tanquam pro Raneretto , as, for Knights-Banne-

m Append. Nu mb. io, 16.n Appendix, in fcvcral Plnces.

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