The paternal arms of illegitimate children have also sometimes been carried by them charged on a _canton_, either dexter or sinister, the rest of the Shield being left blank, or perhaps in some cases displaying the maternal arms; of this usage I am not able to give any good example, in English Heraldry, of certain authority: one other variety of these singular Shields, however, I must add to my small group of examples, which was first noticed by Mr. MONTAGU (“Guide to the Study of Heraldry,” p. 44). This is the Shield, No. 364, of RADOLPHUS DE ARUNDEL; and it bears the quartered arms of the Earls of ARUNDEL--_Fitz Alan_ and _Warrenne_ (_gu. a lion rampt. or_, and No. 68), “_flanched_,”--that is, blazoned only upon the flanches (see No. 141) of the Shield, the central area being blank. For a lengthy period the use of the _bend_, _bendlet_, and _baton sinister_ was usual for the purpose of denoting illegitimacy, but this has now given way to the use, in England, of a _bordure wavy_; in Scotland, of a _bordure compony_; whilst in Ireland both these _bordures_ are used, more usually, however, the _bordure wavy_ being employed. By a curious divergence the _bordure wavy_ is not a mark of illegitimacy in Scotland, but a mark of perfectly legitimate cadency. The use of the _bendlet sinister_ for the debruising of crests still exists in England and Ireland, but crests are not usually differenced for any reason in Scotland. In treating of this subject, some writers have maintained that the _bordure componée_ is, in its heraldic nature, the most decided and unquestionable Difference for Illegitimacy: and this opinion these writers have derived from the singularly contradictory fact, that the BEAUFORTS differenced with a bordure componée when they became legally _legitimate_. A bordure componée _may_, indeed, be used with such an intention, as it is used by the Duke of RICHMOND, who bears the arms of CHARLES II. within a _bordure componée arg. and gu., charged with eight roses of the last_; but by the BEAUFORTS it was used with an intention exactly the reverse of this. The bordure, however, whatever its aspect or modification of treatment, remains still, as it was of old, an honourable Difference, until some abatement of honour has been associated with its presence under special circumstances. But the stereotyped use of the _bordure wavy_ in England with a set meaning, gives to the wavy variety a lack of desirability. Marks of illegitimacy are intended to remain upon a shield for all time, although in a few historic cases their use has been discarded. And precisely the same words may be applied to any other charge that has been employed, or may be required to mark Cadency.