W., F. S · Boston, D. Lothrop and company · leaf 361
ith which the younger sons placed it upon their fatherscoat-of-arms. This was to show that they were not the eldest son,and heir to the estate, and were, therefore, like footless birds, hav-ing nothing upon which to alight. The pelican, too, appears, ungainly as she is, and is usually repre-sented… … Pelican. birds, yet when they become haughty and wax liot, they smite heiin the face and wound her ; slie smitetli again, and so shiyeth themAfter three days she mourneth for them, ancthen, striking herself in the side until the bloodrunneth out, she sprinkleth it upon their bodies,and by virtue…
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