W., F. S · Boston, D. Lothrop and company · leaf 285
e. When Henry VIL was made king, he abolished the use of allthese family cris de guerre upon the battle-field, on account of thefeuds and rancors that often existed between these haughty chiefs, MOTTOES. 129 and bade them call alone St. George and Merrie England, orupon the name of the king. Other… … Leslie, Earl of Rothes. of its owner, for the use of the motto is optional with any one whohas the right to bear a coat-of-arms. Unlike the crest and support-ers, it is not the gift of the sovereign or college of arms. Mottoes are often exceedingly amusing — sometimes expressiveof some pious…
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