PRINTED IN ENGLAND AT THE CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS BY J. B. PEACE, M.A. TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE Italic text is denoted by _underscores_. Bold text is denoted by =equal signs=. Superscripts are denoted by ^ and have not been expanded; for example 'I am informed y^t the Ma^{rs} of'. Obvious typographical and punctuation errors have been corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within the text and consultation of external sources. Except for those changes noted below, inconsistent or archaic spelling of a word or word-pair within the text has been retained. For example: anchor-flag, anchor flag; city-states, city states; footsoldiers, foot-soldiers, foot soldiers; engrafting; warre; yeeld. p 28. 'Ghibbellines' changed to 'Ghibellines'. Chap I Footnote [54]. 'coiore' changed to 'colore'. Chap II Footnote [99]. xx above xj has been changed to xx*xj; this represents 20x11 (220). Chap II Footnote [99] and [118]. Italicized letters in the Latin quotation have been made plaintext for clarity. p 59. 'his Mats Shippes' changed to 'his Ma^{ts} Shippes'. p 68. 'His Matys' changed to 'His Ma^{tys}'. p 89. xx above iiij has been changed to xx*iiij; this represents 20x4 (80). p 89. [85] changed to (85) to avoid confusion with Footnote numbering. p 100. Reference to Footnote [277] is made twice in the original text. p 135. 'British Dominons' changed to 'British Dominions'. p 138. A mid-line blank space has been replaced by '_________'. p 162. 'coloumns' changed to 'columns'. p 183. 'fifthteenth' changed to 'fifteenth'. p 200. 'robands' changed to 'ribands'. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of British Flags, by W. G. Perrin