The heavenly Conquerour, the happy Conquerour. [ 779]
IN the severall Kingdomes of the world,* 1.1 there are severall Orders of Knights, as of Malta, of the Garter, of the golden fleece, of S. Iohn of Ierusalem, of S. Saviour, of S. Iames, of the Holy Ghost, and divers others; and most of these have been found 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, white-liver'd Souldiers, carpet-Knights, that either never drew sword,* 1.2 nor saw battle, or fled from their colours. But in the Kingdom of Christ, there is found but onely one sort of Knights, and that's the Order of S. Vincent▪ such as stood their ground, such as never returned from battle, without the spoil of their ghostly enemies; such, whose Motto was here below, Vincenti dabitur, and now they are more than conquerours in heaven above.* 1.3