Having _drawn_ thus largely upon the humour of motto-coiners, and, perchance, upon the patience of those readers who can _draw_ no amusement from such conceits, I now _draw_ this chapter to a close, by quoting the motto of the antient company of the _wire-drawers_ of the city of London, which is, Latinè, "Amicitiam _trahit_ amor," and Anglicè, Love _draws_ friendship! [Illustration: (Conjectural origin of the Pile, p. 63)] CHAPTER IX. Historical Arms--Augmentations. [Illustration: (Badge of Pelham.)] "In perpetuum per gloriam vivere intelliguntur." _Justinian._ By Historical Arms I mean those coats which, upon the testimony either of record or tradition, have been acquired by an act of the original bearer, and which exhibit some trophy or circumstance connected therewith to the eye of the spectator. AUGMENTATIONS are marks of honour, granted by the sovereign, and _superadded_ to the paternal arms; and borne, for the most part, upon a canton or inescocheon, sometimes upon a chief, fesse, or quarter. This class of arms, the most interesting in the whole range of heraldry, has been subdivided into eight kinds; viz. 1, Those derived from acts of valour; 2, From acts of loyalty; 3, From royal and other advantageous alliances; 4, From favour and services; 5, From situation; 6, From profession, &c.; 7, From tenure and office; and 8, From memorable circumstances and events.[198] It may be almost unnecessary to observe, that many of the anecdotes about to be related are of a very apocryphal description, referring to periods antecedent to the introduction of armorial bearings. Some of these, however, may be correct in the incidents though incorrect in point of time; and doubtless, in many cases, the arms have been assumed in rather modern times, to commemorate the exploits of ancestors of a much earlier period; the highly-prized family tradition having been confided to the safer custody of the emblazoned shield. At all events, I deliver them to the reader as I find them set down in 'myne authoures,' and leave the _onus probandi_ to the families whose honour is concerned in their perpetuation.