W., F. S · Boston, D. Lothrop and company · leaf 403
here, surrounded bythe dead and dying, with the shout of the victorious troops and themoaning of the wounded filling the air withtumult, he received the Lily, which for so manycenturies has been the pride of France. Theshield, from being powdered with the blossoms,was in the time of Charles VI.… … DECORATIONS TAKEN FliOM OTHER SOURCES. 187 Louis, the flower resembling it in name was adopted. Such nameswere always so exceedingly popular that one English family namedBotreux, though fortunate in having a coat-of-arms, decided that,Botreux signifying in Welsh a frog, it would be better to…
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