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Dame heraldry (1886)

W., F. S · Boston, D. Lothrop and company · leaf 375

An illustration from Dame heraldry, 1886, leaf 375
has treated the shields of theold yiohlesse with a lavish hand. The dolphin hasa truly royal curve in his august little back.He was adopted as a device by the young Dauphin. Dauphin of France who afterwards became Charles V. of France.If you will look upon a map of France, you will notice three… … 174 DAME HEUALUJIY. of France, and when given by Louis the Bavarian to Guy VIII., of thenoble house of La Tour de Piu, the honored knight rejoiced greatlyover his good-fortune. On his shield he bore for a device adolphin, and for this reason called his new possessions Dauphind.Many years after…

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