In accordance with the express provision of his will, two armorial Shields are displayed upon the monument of the BLACK PRINCE in Canterbury Cathedral, which Shields the Prince himself distinguishes as his Shields “for War” and “for Peace”; the former charged with his quartered arms of France and England differenced with his silver Label, No. 337; and the latter, _sable_, charged with _three Ostrich Feathers argent_, their quills passing through scrolls bearing the Motto, “_Ich Diene_” No. 401. The same motto is placed over each of the Shields that are charged with the Feathers, as in No. 401: and over each Shield charged with the quartered arms (there are on each side of the tomb six Shields, three of the Arms, and three of the Feathers, alternately) is the other motto of the Prince, “_Houmout_.” In his will, the BLACK PRINCE also desired that a “_black Pennon with Ostrich Feathers_” should be displayed at his Funeral; and he further appointed that his Chapel in Canterbury Cathedral should be adorned in various places with his Arms, and “_likewise with our Badge of Ostrich Feathers--noz bages dez plumes d’ostruce_.” [Illustration: No. 401.--Shield “for Peace” of the Black Prince.] The will of the BLACK PRINCE proves the Feathers to have been a Badge, and not either a Crest or the ensign of a Shield of Arms, since twice he expressly calls them “_our Badge_”: and it also is directly opposed to the traditional warlike origin and military character of the Feathers, as a Badge of the BLACK PRINCE, for it particularly specifies the peaceful significance of this Badge, and distinguishes it from the insignia that were worn and displayed by the Prince when he was equipped for war. The Mottoes “_Ich Diene_” and “_Houmout_” are old German, and they signify, “I serve,” and “magnanimous.” It has been suggested by Mr. Planché, that “Houmout” is Flemish, and that the three words really form a single Motto, signifying, “Magnanimous, I serve,” that is, “I obey the dictates of magnanimity” (_Archæologia_, xxxii. 69). [Illustration: No. 402.--From the Seal of King Henry IV.] [Illustration: No. 403.--From the Seal of Thomas, Duke of Gloucester.] [Illustration: No. 404.--From the Garter-Plate of John Beaufort, K.G.]