889. VAUGHAN. _Benjamin Vaughan._ Plain armorial. Motto, _Prudenter et simpliciter_. Of Maine. Educated in London; gave his library to Bowdoin College. 890. VAUGHAN. _Samuel Vaughan._ Armorial. Jacobean. Motto, _In prudentia & simplicitate_. Mantling around the helmet. A wealthy planter of Jamaica. Illustrated in “Curio,” page 11. 891. VAUGHAN. _Samuel Vaughan Esqr._ Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Christi servitus vera libertas_. The Vaughan arms impaling Hallewell. 892. VAUGHAN. _Samuel Vaughan Junr._ Plain armorial. Motto, _Prudenter et simpliciter_. Of Maine. 893. VAUGHAN. _William Vaughan._ Plain armorial. Motto, _Prudenter et simpliciter_. Very similar to the Samuel Vaughan Junr. 894. VAUX. _Edward Vaux._ Plain armorial. No motto. Of Philadelphia. 895. VAVASOUR. _Josias Short Vavasour._ Armorial. Chippendale. Signed, _H. Dawkins_. Sc. At the left, a harlequin in a black mask peers around the frame and touches his feathered hat; at the right a fashionably clad young lady, noticing the intrusion, holds up her hand-glass, in which the black mask of the new-comer is reflected. Motto, _Strive for glory_. 896. VINTON. _John A. Vinton._ The name is printed within a woodcut border, oval in form, and decorated with a wreath of flowers and a spray of palm. The following quotation is given: _Maximae divitiae sunt prae doctrina et scientia contemnendae: sed virtus omnibus praestat_. Antiquarian. [Illustration: Virginia Council Chamber.] 897. VIRGINIA COUNCIL CHAMBER. _Virginia Council Chamber._ Armorial. First quarter, the arms of England and Scotland; second quarter, the arms of France; third quarter, the arms of Ireland; fourth quarter, the same as the first. Motto, _En dat Virginia quartam_. Supporters, two men in complete armor, their beavers open, three ostrich feathers on the helmets, their breasts charged with a cross, and in the exterior hand a lance. Crest, a virgin queen, couped at the shoulders, hair dishevelled, and crowned with an Eastern crown. Illustrated in “Curio,” page 14. 898. VIRGINIA COUNCIL CHAMBER. (Anonymous.) Armorial. Below the arms, which are the same as those in the preceding plate, is a scene within the Council Chamber, evidently, as the members are around the table, and are being addressed by one of their number. The framework which supports this is Chippendale in construction, the armed supporters stand upon the upper part, and the very lowest panel is occupied by the 249th line of the first book of Homer’s “Illiad,” Του και ἁπο γλὡσσης μἑλιτος γλυκἱων ῥἑεν αὑδἡ. Signed, _Dent--Sculpt. Bull Alley, Lombard Street. London_. The design of the plate is attributed to Samuel Wale, R.A. See “The Book-plate Annual and Armorial Year Book,” 1894. London, A. & C. Black, Soho Square. 899. VOSE. _Benjamin Vose._ Armorial. 900. VOSE. _Solomon Vose._ Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Quo fata vocant_. Signed, _Callender Sc._ 901. WALDO. _D. Waldo’s._