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tc Priefthood, to defend the Poor, to punifli Injuftice,“ and to aflert the Liberties of their Country: But“ this Defign is now notorioufly and fhamefully per-“ verted: they who are at prefent inverted with Knight-“ hood, being Enemies to the profeflors of Chriftiani-“ ty, are the Men who invade and lay wafte the Patri-<c mony of the Church.”

This Petrus Blefenjis , whom we laft quoted, died,as appears from a * Record, before the Twentieth ofMay, in the fourteenth Year of King John’s Reign;under which, we find Directions in the King’s Ward-robe for providing h Habits of Scarlet, of green orbrown Colour, with Breeches and Shirts, Braccis &Camiftis, which agree exactly with the Formulary ofcreating Knights of the Bath > and alfo Bedding, Co-verlets and Sheets, which were doubtlefs for the Ser-vice of thole who were to be Bathed: for noother proper, or indeed probable Occafion can be af*figned for them : And like Orders frequently oc-cur for providing Beds and Coverlets in the c Reignimmediately fiicceeding, and in that too of d Edwardthe Firft. But, in this Reign, we have alfo a collateralTeftimony to our Purport from e Matthew of JPejlmin-fter, who, tho’ he doth not, as we have already ac-knowledged, dertend to fpecify Bathing $ yet, in the

a Claus. 14 Joh- l Append, Numb. 7, 8- c Append* Numb, p*4 Append. Numb. io s 11. e Append. Numb. 12.

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