Nichols, John Gough, 1806-1873 · London : John Bowyer Nichols and Sons · leaf 461
ueen of Scots, and were probably intended to allude toher own unhappy condition. When she was in England (says Bell in his Life of theScottish Queen,) she embroidered for the Duke of Norfolk a hand with a sword in it,cutting vines, with the motto, Virescit vulnere virtus. Several other varieties of… … The Burnets are stated in their genealogy to have been originallyBurnards, and it is remarkable that we find leaves upon two very earlyseals for persons of this name. We quote them from charters (withoutdate) relating to Arlesey, co. Bedford, printed in the sixth volume ofthe Collectanea…
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