master, the princes of the blood royal, and thirteen knights. The
lord-lieutenant for the time being is grand master. The device on the
jewel of this order is argent, a cross saltier gules surmounted with
a trefoil vert, charged with three imperial crowns or, the whole
inclosed in a circle of gold, bearing the motto QUIS SEPARABIT.
MDCCLXXXIII. An engraving of this jewel will be found on the sinister
side of the title-page.

THE KNIGHTS OF THE THISTLE. The most ancient order of the Thistle was
founded by James V. of Scotland, 1540, and revived by James II., king
of Great Britain, 1687, incorporated by Queen Anne, whose statutes
were confirmed by George I. The order consists of the sovereign and
twelve brethren or knights. Their motto is the national motto, NEMO ME
IMPUNE LACESSET; their badge or jewel, St. Andrew, supporting a cross,
surrounded with rays of gold, an engraving of which will be found on
the dexter side of the title-page.

[Illustration: Knight and Baronet]

KNIGHT AND BARONET. A degree of honour next to a baron, created by
King James I. to induce the English gentry to settle in the province
of Ulster. The title is knight and baronet; it is hereditary: the arms
are distinguished by an augmentation of a human hand gules, generally
borne on an escutcheon in the centre of the shield.

[Illustration: Knight and Baronet of Nova Scotia]

KNIGHT AND BARONET OF NOVA SCOTIA. A new creation during the reign
of George I. to induce capitalists to settle in that part of North
America. The title is hereditary: the arms are argent, St. Andrew's
Cross gules surtout, an escutcheon or, with a lion rampant gules
within a double tressure of the same, surmounted by a king's crown as
a crest.

KNIGHTS OF THE BATH. An ancient and honourable military order of
knighthood. The date of its origin is too remote to be traced with
certainty: by some authors it is said to have been instituted in
Normandy before the Conquest; it was re-established in England by
Henry IV., and revived by George I. The chapel of this order is Henry
VII.'s chapel in Westminster Abbey: the Dean of Westminster for the
time being is always dean of the order of the Bath. The number of the
knights is according to the pleasure of the sovereign. At the close of
the late war the Prince Regent, afterwards George IV., remodelled this
order of knighthood; and to enable himself to bestow marks of honour
upon the naval and military officers that had distinguished