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on_o the_o ear_n be_v use_v in_o sign_n of_o sustain_v future_a hardship_n and_o indurance_n which_o be_v think_v to_o have_v be_v derive_v from_o the_o manner_n of_o manumission_n of_o a_o slave_n among_o the_o roman_n where_o 20._o first_o the_o praetor_n gentle_o strike_v he_o on_o the_o head_n with_o the_o vindicta_n a_o rod_n so_o call_v after_o which_o the_o lictor_n do_v the_o like_a and_o moreover_o strike_v he_o on_o the_o face_n and_o back_n with_o his_o hand_n in_o token_n of_o full_a liberty_n and_o freedom_n this_o custom_n be_v retain_v long_o after_o both_o in_o 6._o germany_n and_o france_n much_o like_o the_o 577._o pescosada_n or_o blow_v on_o the_o neck_n give_v in_o spain_n at_o the_o creation_n of_o the_o cavallero_n de_fw-fr espuela_fw-mi d'_fw-fr orada_fw-la or_o knight_n of_o the_o golden_a spur_n as_o appear_v from_o a_o clause_n in_o the_o instrument_n of_o the_o frizon_n enfranchisement_n to_o this_o effect_n 7._o that_o the_o â—otestate_fw-la or_o governor_n of_o the_o country_n shall_v gird_v the_o sword_n about_o he_o who_o be_v to_o be_v knight_v and_o then_o give_v he_o a_o box_n on_o the_o ear_n with_o his_o hand_n with_o which_o ceremony_n he_o be_v make_v a_o knight_n he_o also_o give_v he_o special_a charge_n and_o command_v that_o thenceforth_o he_o shall_v go_v arm_v after_o the_o manner_n of_o knight_n of_o the_o sacred_a empire_n or_o of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o france_n it_o be_v also_o say_v this_o emperor_n ordain_v â—_o that_o no_o king_n shall_v succeed_v to_o the_o empire_n if_o he_o be_v not_o knight_v as_o aforesaid_a before_o his_o coronation_n and_o there_o be_v a_o eminent_a example_n of_o this_o formality_n in_o 8._o william_n earl_n of_o holland_n who_o when_o he_o come_v to_o be_v choose_v king_n of_o the_o roman_n anno_fw-la domini_fw-la 1247._o preparation_n be_v
their_o dominion_n and_o power_n this_o their_o valour_n and_o courage_n as_o may_v be_v proper_o instance_a in_o 32._o geysa_n king_n of_o hungary_n who_o wage_n war_n with_o the_o austrian_n be_v by_o the_o bishop_n when_o he_o come_v into_o the_o field_n armis_fw-la accinctus_fw-la gird_v with_o arm_n that_o be_v knight_v and_o in_o like_a manner_n leopold_n marquis_n of_o austria_n ottacher_n duke_n of_o stiria_n and_o frederick_n duke_n of_o austria_n and_o stiria_n so_o also_o godfrey_n duke_n of_o brabant_n with_o henry_n his_o son_n solemn_o receive_v the_o order_n of_o knighthood_n before_o his_o expedition_n to_o jerusalem_n so_o hispanic_n peter_n king_n of_o arragon_n be_v gird_v with_o the_o military_a girdle_n from_o pope_n innocent_a the_o three_o anno_fw-la domini_fw-la 1204._o the_o emperor_n chronico_fw-la henry_n the_o three_o be_v make_v knight_n by_o the_o bishop_n of_o breme_n and_o our_o 1596._o william_n rufus_n by_o lanfranke_a archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n but_o to_o proceed_v yet_o a_o little_a far_o in_o example_n of_o this_o nature_n king_n themselves_o have_v be_v knight_v not_o only_o by_o inferior_a prince_n but_o sometime_o by_o their_o own_o subject_n as_o lewis_n the_o eleven_o of_o france_n at_o his_o coronation_n by_o 6â—0_n philip_n le_fw-fr bon_fw-fr duke_n of_o burgundy_n francis_n the_o first_o immediate_o after_o the_o memorable_a fight_n at_o marignan_n near_o milan_n by_o 181._o peter_n baiarde_n of_o our_o own_o nation_n king_n edward_n the_o three_o by_z 1665._o henry_n earl_n of_o lancaster_n king_n henry_n the_o six_z by_o his_o uncle_n 79._o john_n duke_n of_o bedford_n king_n henry_n the_o seven_o by_o the_o earl_n of_o 321._o arundel_n and_o last_o king_n edward_n the_o six_o by_o 1000_o edward_n seymour_n earl_n of_o hertford_n afterward_o create_v duke_n of_o somerset_n and_o though_o it_o be_v common_o say_v 574._o that_o all_o the_o son_n of_o the_o french_a king_n be_v knight_n assoon_o as_o they_o receive_v their_o baptism_n nevertheless_o miles_n sir_n henry_n spelman_n from_o goropus_fw-la seem_v to_o contradict_v this_o opinion_n by_o inform_v we_o that_o they_o be_v not_o judge_v worthy_a of_o the_o kingdom_n unless_o they_o have_v be_v first_o solemn_o admit_v into_o the_o knightly_a order_n and_o we_o elsewhere_o find_v that_o the_o blancus_n royal_a heir_n of_o arragon_n be_v suspend_v from_o the_o crown_n of_o that_o kingdom_n until_o they_o have_v receive_v the_o honour_n of_o knighthood_n to_o this_o purpose_n the_o usage_n and_o fashion_n of_o the_o time_n short_o after_o the_o norman_a conquest_n be_v considerable_a when_o our_o young_a prince_n be_v send_v over_o to_o neighbour_a king_n that_o from_o they_o they_o may_v receive_v this_o honour_n thus_o be_v our_o 4o._o henry_n the_o second_o send_v to_o david_n king_n of_o scot_n and_o knight_v by_o he_o in_o carlisle_n and_o 1254._o edward_z the_o first_o at_o the_o age_n of_o fifteen_o year_n to_o alphonsus_n the_o eleven_o king_n of_o castille_n for_o the_o same_o dignity_n in_o like_a manner_n do_v foreign_a prince_n repair_v hither_o to_o receive_v the_o honour_n from_o our_o king_n as_o 281._o malcolne_n king_n of_o scotland_n and_o 231._o alexander_n son_n of_o william_n king_n of_o scotland_n knight_v by_o our_o king_n john_n anno_fw-la domini_fw-la 1212._o so_o be_v 829._o alexander_n the_o three_o by_o our_o king_n henry_n the_o three_o on_o christmas_n day_n at_o york_n anno_fw-la 1252._o and_o 290._o magnus_n king_n of_o the_o isle_n of_o man_n by_o the_o same_o king_n all_o which_o sufficient_o demonstrate_v the_o great_a renown_n of_o knighthood_n and_o the_o honour_n and_o esteem_v which_o be_v ever_o have_v for_o that_o order_n the_o estimation_n of_o knighthood_n may_v be_v yet_o further_o manifest_a from_o divers_a expression_n in_o that_o part_n of_o a_o edict_n transcribe_v by_o 445._o mr._n selden_n out_o of_o goldastus_n which_o conrade_n king_n of_o the_o roman_n send_v to_o those_o 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from_o our_o legal_a proceed_n and_o set_v down_o in_o his_o title_n of_o honour_n pag._n 783_o 784_o 785_o and_o 786._o in_o the_o close_a of_o this_o chapter_n knighthood_n we_o think_v fit_a to_o insert_v a_o few_o memorial_n of_o that_o additional_a favour_n in_o augmentation_n of_o the_o knightly_a honour_n which_o some_o of_o our_o king_n have_v please_v to_o afford_v those_o stranger_n on_o who_o they_o have_v confer_v the_o dignity_n of_o knighthood_n and_o to_o make_v it_o more_o know_v and_o public_a give_v declaration_n thereof_o under_o the_o great_a seal_n of_o england_n where_o the_o person_n so_o honour_v make_v suit_n for_o the_o same_o whereby_o they_o have_v declare_v and_o attest_v that_o willing_o and_o of_o their_o own_o accord_n they_o have_v give_v and_o confer_v on_o they_o the_o degree_n honour_n and_o title_n of_o a_o knight_n as_o due_a to_o their_o virtue_n and_o merit_n to_o the_o end_n that_o those_o person_n shall_v be_v esteem_v and_o rank_v in_o the_o 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illustrissimi_fw-la ordinis_fw-la nostri_fw-la garterii_n insignia_fw-la jam_fw-la à _fw-la nobis_fw-la ad_fw-la illum_fw-la transmissa_fw-la deferendi_fw-la tradendi_fw-la atque_fw-la donandi_fw-la ad_fw-la omne_fw-la denique_fw-la quam_fw-la poterunt_fw-la officiocissimè_fw-la ac_fw-la religiocissimè_fw-la praestanda_fw-la &_o peragenda_fw-la quae_fw-la ad_fw-la honoratissimi_fw-la illius_fw-la ordinis_fw-la decus_fw-la &_o ornamentum_fw-la pertinere_fw-la videbuntur_fw-la perinde_v atque_fw-la ipsi_fw-la faceremus_fw-la si_fw-la praesentes_fw-la essemus_fw-la in_o cujus_fw-la rei_fw-la testimonium_fw-la hasce_fw-la literas_fw-la nostras_fw-la patentes_fw-la propriâ_fw-la manu_fw-la nostrâ_fw-la subscriptas_fw-la sigillo_fw-la dicti_fw-la ordinis_fw-la nostri_fw-la garterii_n communiri_fw-la fecimus_fw-la datae_fw-la è_fw-la palatio_fw-la nostro_fw-la westmonasteriensi_fw-la vicesimo_fw-la quarto_fw-la die_v junii_fw-la anno_fw-la domini_fw-la 1627._o stilo_fw-it angliae_fw-la num_fw-la lxxiv_o another_o for_o delivery_n of_o they_o to_o charles_n prince_n elector_n ibidem_fw-la fol._n 213._o carolus_n dei_fw-la gratiâ_fw-la magnae_fw-la britanhiae_fw-la francia_fw-la &_o hiberniae_fw-la rex_fw-la fidei_fw-la defensor_fw-la periscelidis_fw-la ordinisque_fw-la georgiani_n supremus_fw-la etc._n etc._n universis_fw-la &_o singulis_fw-la hasce_fw-la literas_fw-la nostras_fw-la lecturis_fw-la aut_fw-la inspecturis_fw-la salutem_fw-la cum_fw-la nos_fw-la omnesque_fw-la &_o singuli_fw-la illustrissimi_fw-la ordinis_fw-la garterii_n socii_fw-la equites_fw-la decimo_fw-la octavo_fw-la die_fw-la aprilis_fw-la anno_fw-la regni_fw-la nostri_fw-la nono_fw-la apud_fw-la palatium_n nostrum_fw-la albae_n aulae_fw-la westmonasterii_n capitulariter_fw-la congregati_fw-la charissinum_fw-la nostrum_fw-la nepotem_fw-la unicae_fw-la &_o dilectissimae_fw-la sororis_fw-la nostrae_fw-la modò_fw-la filium_fw-la natu_fw-la maximum_fw-la carolum_fw-la principeur_n imperii_fw-la electorem_fw-la comitem_fw-la palatinumque_fw-la non_fw-la solùm_fw-la propter_fw-la regii_fw-la nostri_fw-la sanguinis_fw-la communionem_fw-la &_o propinquitatem_fw-la sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la ad_fw-la fovendas_fw-la &_o excitandas_fw-la ineuntis_fw-la aetatis_fw-la virtutes_fw-la mirificè_fw-la cum_fw-la admiratione_n &_o spe_fw-la totius_fw-la orbis_n christiani_n pullulantes_fw-la tà m_fw-la in_o svi_fw-la principatûs_fw-la administratione_fw-la quam_fw-la in_o rei_fw-la militaris_fw-la scientiâ_fw-la more_fw-it &_o instituto_fw-la majorum_fw-la nostrorum_fw-la regum_fw-la angliae_fw-la quibus_fw-la solenne_fw-fr fuit_fw-la nobilissimos_fw-la quosque_fw-la &_o summa_fw-la virtute_fw-la praeditos_fw-la principes_fw-la hoc_fw-la honore_fw-la decorare_fw-la communibus_fw-la suffragiis_fw-la in_fw-la celeberrimum_fw-la nostri_fw-la ordinis_fw-la garterii_n collegium_fw-la &_o societatem_fw-la co-optavimus_a &_o elegimus_fw-la proinde_fw-la notum_fw-la esse_fw-la volumus_fw-la nos_fw-la pro_fw-la fidelitate_fw-la prudentiâ_fw-la &_o diligentiâ_fw-la spectatissimi_fw-la viri_fw-la gulielmi_n boswell_n armigeri_fw-la procuratoris_fw-la nostri_fw-la regiorum_fw-la in_o belgia_n negotiorum_fw-la assiduè_fw-la vigilantissimi_fw-la nec_fw-la non_fw-la johannis_n philipoti_fw-la armigeri_fw-la somerset_n unius_fw-la ex_fw-la heraldis_n nostris_fw-la in_fw-la bisce_fw-la mysteriis_fw-la eruditi_fw-la jà m_fw-la vice_n &_o munere_fw-la garterii_n armorum_fw-la regis_fw-la propter_fw-la ejus_fw-la debilitatem_fw-la &_o invalitudinem_fw-la fungentis_fw-la nâ—bis_fw-la cognitá_fw-la &_o exploratâ_fw-la illos_fw-la assignasse_n fecisse_fw-la &_o constituisse_fw-la perque_fw-la hasce_fw-la literas_fw-la assignare_fw-la facere_fw-la &_o constituere_fw-la certos_fw-la &_o indubitatos_fw-la legatos_fw-la oratores_fw-la &_o procuratores_fw-la nostros_fw-la iisque_fw-la potestatem_fw-la auctoritatem_fw-la &_o speciale_a mandatum_fw-la dedisse_fw-la ad_fw-la praefatum_fw-la principem_fw-la &_o nepotem_fw-la nostrum_fw-la proficiscendi_fw-la eique_fw-la nostro_fw-la nomine_fw-la &_o pro_fw-la nobis_fw-la periscelidem_fw-la &_o inauratam_fw-la gemmisque_fw-la distinctam_fw-la sancti_fw-la georgii_n imaginem_fw-la &_o symbolum_fw-la duo_fw-la praecipua_fw-la illustrissimi_fw-la ordinis_fw-la nostri_fw-la garterii_n insignia_fw-la jam_fw-la à _fw-la nobis_fw-la ad_fw-la illum_fw-la transmissa_fw-la deferendi_fw-la tradendi_fw-la donandi_fw-la &_o induendi_fw-la modo_fw-la &_o formâ_fw-la institutioni_fw-la illius_fw-la ordinis_fw-la maximè_fw-la congruentibus_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la omne_fw-la denique_fw-la quam_fw-la poterunt_fw-la officiosissimè_fw-la &_o religiosissimè_fw-la praestanda_fw-la &_o peragena_fw-la quae_fw-la ad_fw-la honoratissimi_fw-la illius_fw-la ordinis_fw-la decus_fw-la &_o ornamentum_fw-la in_o hac_fw-la parte_fw-la pertinere_fw-la videbuntur_fw-la in_o cujus_fw-la rei_fw-la testimonium_fw-la hasce_fw-la literas_fw-la nostras_fw-la patentes_fw-la propriâ_fw-la manu_fw-la nostrâ_fw-la subscriptas_fw-la sigillo_fw-la dicti_fw-la ordinis_fw-la garterii_n communiri_fw-la fecimus_fw-la datae_fw-la apud_fw-la palatium_n tostrum_fw-la in_o civitate_fw-la nostrâ_fw-la eboracensi_fw-la vicesimo_fw-la octavo_fw-la die_fw-la mensis_fw-la maii_n anno_fw-la regni_fw-la nostri_fw-la magnae_fw-la britanniae_fw-la francia_fw-la &_o hiberniae_fw-la nono_fw-la annoque_fw-la domini_fw-la 1633._o num_fw-la lxxv_o another_o for_o their_o delivery_n to_o charles_n king_n of_o sweden_n exit_fw-la ipso_fw-la autogr._fw-la carolus_n secundus_fw-la dei_fw-la gratiâ_fw-la angliae_fw-la scotiae_fw-la francia_fw-la &_o hiberniae_fw-la rex_fw-la fidei_fw-la defensor_fw-la atque_fw-la praenobilis_fw-la georgiani_n ordinis_fw-la vulgò_fw-la à _fw-la periscelide_v nuncupati_fw-la supremus_fw-la magister_fw-la omnibus_fw-la ad_fw-la quos_fw-la praesentes_fw-la hae_fw-la literae_fw-la pervenerint_fw-la salutem_fw-la cum_fw-la serenissimus_a ac_fw-la potentissimus_fw-la princeps_fw-la ac_fw-la dominus_fw-la carolus_n eâdem_fw-la gratiâ_fw-la suecorum_n gothorum_n vandalorumque_fw-la rex_fw-la &_o princeps_fw-la haereditarius_fw-la magnus_fw-la princeps_fw-la finlandiae_fw-la dux_n schoniae_fw-la esthoniae_fw-la livoniae_fw-la careliae_fw-la bremae_n verdae_fw-la stetini_n pomeraniae_n cassubiae_fw-la &_o vandaliae_fw-la princeps_fw-la rugiae_fw-la dominus_fw-la ingriae_fw-la &_o wismariae_fw-la nec_fw-la non_fw-la comes_fw-la palatinus_n rheni_n bavariae_n juliae_fw-la cliviae_n &_o montium_fw-la dux_n frater_fw-la consanguineus_fw-la ac_fw-la amicus_fw-la noster_fw-la charissimus_fw-la tà m_fw-la propter_fw-la natalium_fw-la splendorem_fw-la &_o eximias_fw-la illâ—s_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o eo_fw-la conspiciuntur_fw-la supra_fw-la aetatem_fw-la virtutes_fw-la quam_fw-la propter_fw-la habita_fw-la ad_fw-la praeclara_fw-la regiorum_fw-la suorum_fw-la antecessorum_fw-la facinora_fw-la speciatim_fw-la quae_fw-la à _fw-la serenissimo_fw-la &_o potentissimo_fw-la principe_fw-la domino_fw-la gustavo_n adolpho_n nuper_fw-la suecorum_n rege_fw-la sunt_fw-la gesta_fw-la à _fw-la quibus_fw-la non_fw-la parum_fw-la honoris_fw-la praefato_fw-la nostro_fw-la georgiano_n ordini_fw-la accessit_fw-la utpote_fw-la qui_fw-la ejus_fw-la erat_fw-la commilito_fw-la ut_fw-la denique_fw-la sanctior_fw-la illa_fw-la amicitia_fw-la quae_fw-la inter_fw-la regios_fw-la utrinque_fw-la nostros_fw-la praedecessores_fw-la faelicitèr_fw-la intercessit_fw-la magìs_fw-la excolatur_fw-la atque_fw-la indy_n firmior_fw-la reddatur_fw-la in_fw-la praefatum_fw-la nostrum_fw-la ordinem_fw-la fuerit_fw-la in_o pleno_fw-la ejus_fw-la capitulo_fw-la electus_fw-la &_o cooptatus_fw-la omnibus_fw-la quae_fw-la illud_fw-la impertiendum_fw-la &_o notificandum_fw-la nostrarum_fw-la duximus_fw-la esse_fw-la partium_fw-la hâc_fw-la de_fw-la causà _fw-la atque_fw-la ad_fw-la magìs_fw-la honorificam_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la rei_fw-la declarationem_fw-la nec_fw-la non_fw-la ut_fw-la quae_fw-la adhuc_fw-la restant_n ad_fw-la consummandum_fw-la hoc_fw-la tam_fw-la gratum_fw-la opus_fw-la perimpleantur_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la ordinis_fw-la integrum_fw-la habilum_fw-la ornatum_fw-la &_o insignia_fw-la per_fw-la manus_fw-la perdilecti_fw-la &_o perquam_fw-la fidelis_fw-la consanguinei_fw-la &_o consiliarii_fw-la nostri_fw-la caroli_n comitis_fw-la carliolensis_n vicecomitis_a howard_n de_fw-fr morpeth_n baronis_fw-la dacre_n de_fw-fr gillesland_n locum-tenentis_a nostri_fw-la generalis_fw-la in_o comitatibus_fw-la westmorlandiae_fw-la &_o cumbriae_fw-la nostrique_fw-la jà m_fw-la ad_fw-la praefatum_fw-la serenissimum_fw-la &_o potentissimum_fw-la principem_fw-la dominum_fw-la carolum_fw-la suecorum_n etc._n etc._n regem_fw-la legati_fw-la extraordinarii_fw-la et_fw-la spectabilis_fw-la viri_fw-la domini_fw-la henrici_fw-la st._n george_n è_fw-la primariis_fw-la officialibus_fw-la nostris_fw-la ad_fw-la arma_fw-la unius_fw-la vulgò_fw-la richmond_n herald_z curavimus_fw-la transferenda_fw-la dante_n be_v &_o concedentes_fw-la eisdem_fw-la nostris_fw-la in_o hâc_fw-la parte_fw-la plenipotentiariis_fw-la plenâ—m_fw-la &_o omnimodam_fw-la facultatem_fw-la &_o mandatum_fw-la speciale_a ut_fw-la ad_fw-la praefatum_fw-la serenissimum_fw-la &_o potentissimum_fw-la regem_fw-la suecorum_n etc._n etc._n fratrem_fw-la consanguineum_fw-la &_o amicum_fw-la nostrum_fw-la se_fw-la conferant_fw-la ei_fw-la supramemorata_fw-la insignia_fw-la ornatum_fw-la habitumque_fw-la nostri_fw-la praefati_fw-la ordinis_fw-la à _fw-la nobis_fw-la &_o ex_fw-la nostra_fw-la parte_fw-la peramanter_n offerant_fw-la illis_fw-la ipsum_fw-la induant_fw-la jusjurandum_fw-la in_o verba_fw-la statutorum_fw-la dicti_fw-la ordinis_fw-la ab_fw-la eo_fw-la accipiant_fw-la caeteráq_fw-la praestent_fw-la omne_fw-la quae_fw-la ad_fw-la nostrum_fw-la ordinisque_fw-la dâ—cus_fw-la in_o similibus_fw-la inaugurationis_fw-la solennibus_fw-la fieri_fw-la assolent_fw-la &_o adeo_fw-la ritâ—_n &_o honòrificè_fw-la exequenda_fw-la magìs_fw-la inservire_fw-la judicabunt_fw-la non_fw-la secus_fw-la atque_fw-la nosipsi_fw-la mandare_fw-la aut_fw-la perficere_fw-la possemus_fw-la dato_fw-la quòd_fw-la illic_fw-la corà m_fw-la adessemus_fw-la dabantur_fw-la in_o palatio_fw-la nostro_fw-la albae-aulae_a apud_fw-la westmonasterium_fw-la vicessimo_fw-la nono_fw-la die_fw-la mensis_fw-la novembris_fw-la annóque_fw-la domini_fw-la 1668._o num_fw-la lxxvi_o a_o warrant_n for_o delivery_n of_o the_o duke_n of_o savoy_n habit_n to_o garter_n exit_fw-la cod._n ms._n in_o offic._n mag_z guardrob_n reges_fw-la voc_fw-la warr._n dormant_n tempore_fw-la hen._n 8._o etc._n etc._n p._n 17._o we_o will_v and_o command_v you_o to_o deliver_v to_o sir_n gilbert_n dethick_n principal_a king_n at_o arm_n for_o the_o livery_n of_o the_o order_n of_o the_o garter_n to_o be_v carry_v by_o he_o to_o our_o dear_a and_o well-beloved_a cousin_n the_o duke_n of_o savoy_n new_o elect_v and_o choose_v