The emperors of Germany, 'A dextre et a sinistre!' The counts of Milan, 'Milan the Valiant!' The counts of Hainault, 'Hainault the Noble!' The use of mottoes became very fashionable in England from the example of Edward III. The motto of the Garter, '=Honi soit qui mal y pense=,' with the order itself, dates from this reign.[194] Edward made use of various mottoes suited to different occasions and circumstances. Many of these are now obscure, and appear destitute of point, such as 'It is as it is,' embroidered upon a white linen doublet made for this king. Others are more easily understood, as the daring and profane couplet wrought upon his surcoat and shield, provided to be used at a tournament: "=Hay, hay, the wythe Swan; By Gode's soul I am thy man!=" Mottoes upon antient seals are extremely rare. Mr. Montagu says, "I have examined many hundred early seals and engravings and drawings of seals preserved in the British Museum, and I know but of about half a dozen.... One is of the year 1418, inscribed 'SIGILLUM JEAN DE JUCH,' and contains the motto =Bien Sur=. Perhaps the very earliest instance of a motto anywhere is afforded by the seal of Sir John de Byron, appended to a deed dated 21{o} Edward I."[195] The motto here is CREDE BERONTI, surrounding the arms.[196] Many mottoes retain their original orthography, and stand in Old English or Old French. The greater number are Latin or French, though we occasionally see mottoes in Welsh, Irish, Cornish, Scottish, and Italian; and I have even met with two or three in Greek. Mottoes have been divided into three sorts: the enigmatical, the sentimental, and the emblematical. A better classification might probably suggest itself; but, in the absence of one, I shall make use of this in the examples which follow. The ENIGMATICAL are those whose origin is involved in mystery, as that of the Duke of Bedford, "Che sara, sara," _What will be, will be_; and that of the Duke of Bridgewater, "Sic donec," _Thus until----!_ A late barrister used "Non Bos in Lingua," _I have no Bull upon my Tongue!_ alluding to the Grecian didrachm, a coin impressed with that animal, and expressive, probably, of the bearer's determination not to accept a bribe.[197] The motto of the Lords Gray was "_Anchor, fast anchor_," and that of the Dakynses, of Derbyshire, "=Strike Dakyns; the Devil's in the Hempe="--enigmatical enough, certainly!