in matters of dress and equipage, a certain colour and form of dress, by which noblemen and gentle- men choose to distinguish their servants. Liveries are usually taken from fancy, or continued in families by suc- cession. The ancient cavaliers, at their tournaments, dis- tinguished themselves by wearing the liveries of their mis- tresses. Thus people of quality make their domestics wear their livery. Father Menestrier, in his Treatise of Carou- sals, has given a very ample account of the mixtures of co- lours in liveries. Dion tells us that Enomaus was the first who invented green and blue colours for the troops which, in the circus, were to represent land and sea fights. The Roman Catholic church has also her several colours and liveries; white, for confessors and virgins, and in times of rejoicing; black, for the dead; red, for the apostles and martyrs; blue or violet, for penitents; and green, in times of hope. Formerly, great men gave liveries to several who were not of their family or servants, in order to en- gage them in their quarrels for that year.