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.mitted a competent Witnefs; becaufe, under the Pon-tificate of Pope Adrian, his, and our Countryman,he took a Journey 3 in his younger Years, to Rome, tovifit that Pope; and in his Journey (as it appearsfrom his own Teftimony) did himfelf receive the Ho-nour of * Knighthood, from an Archdeacon, in Italy:He is indeed filent, as to the Articles of Bathing andVigils, but mentions another Chara&eriftick of thisKnighthood, the Oblation of the Sword, as ay Form pre-required; and which, he writes, ft ill fixb-fifted in his Time. Petrus Blefenjis was his Con-temporary, and Scholar at Paris, and as he had the far-ther Advantage of living for fbme Time in the Courtof Henry II, fo it muft be fuppofed he was fufticient-1 y qualified to judge of the Cuftoms in that Court,efpecially of fuch, as were prabtifed on the moft pub-lick, and fignal Occafions. He * obferves, that, “ fbr-tf merly Knights obliged themfelves, by a militaryfc Oath, to do true and faithful Service to the State ;“ never to fly in Battel, and always to prefer the Pub*“ lick Good to the Safety and Prefervation of their own“ Lives j and even, at thisTime the Candidates receiveff their Swords from the Altar thereby interpretative-“ ly, and as by a vifible Teft of their Sincerity, de-“ daring themfelves true and faithful Sons of the<c Church j ready to maintain the Honour of the

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