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THIS Order received its institution in the Year 1290. from Florentius Earl of Holland and Zealand, who (in his Pa∣lace at the Hague) in honour of St. Iames created Twelve of his principal Nobles Knights of this Order, whom he invested with Collars of Gold, or Military Belts of Silver and Gilt, adorned with six Escallops, to which hung the figure of St. Iames the Apostle.