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Handbook of heraldry, with instructions for tracing pedigrees and deciphering ancient mss., rules for the appointment of liveries, &c. (1893)

Cussans, John Edwin, 1837-1899 · London, Chatto & Windus · leaf 100

An illustration from Handbook of heraldry, with instructions for tracing pedigrees and deciphering ancient mss., rules for the appointment of liveries, &c., 1893, leaf 100 — d resting between the paws as though asleep. A Lion, with its tail between its legs, is said to beCoward; when furnished with two tails, Queue fourche^ orDouble queried; and, if it be destitute of that appendage.Defamed. Two rampant Lions, face to face, are said to beCoinbattaut: and, \vhen placed…

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