W., F. S · Boston, D. Lothrop and company · leaf 339
Percy, Duke of North- u.nberland. umbcrlaild Mont aigu — a sharp-peaked mountain. ThePercys bear it also, butfive instead of the Mon-tagu three. This is tliecoat-of-arms belongingto the Earl of North- … Burdett Coutts. Queer little oblong ornaments that look like chips scatteredover the shield are Billets, and may represent castles, or littlecamps, but I should not wonder if they really meant billets, asletters and notes are sometimes styled, and as decorations on ashield were probably first given…
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