QUEEN VICTORIA, KING EDWARD VII., and KING GEORGE V.:--The same as No.
430, but without the inescutcheon, the four quarters being marshalled as
on the Royal Standard, No. 416.
ROYAL CRESTS.
For ENGLAND:--_A golden lion statant guardant, imperially crowned_;
assumed by EDWARD III., and by him borne on his Helm standing upon a Cap
of Estate; retained from his time, and now borne standing on an Imperial
Crown. No. 431.
[Illustration: No. 431.--Royal Crest of England.]
For SCOTLAND:--First Crest. _A lion statant guardant gu._, assumed by
ROBERT II., about A.D. 1385; retained, and with some modifications used
by his successors, till about A.D. 1550. Second Crest. _On an Imperial
Crown, a lion sejant affronté erect gu.; imperially crowned, holding in
the dexter paw a sword, and in the sinister paw a sceptre, both erect
and ppr._; with the motto--IN: DEFENSE; assumed by JAMES V.; borne by
MARY, and shown in her signet-ring, No. 432, about 1564; retained, and
now in use.
ROYAL SUPPORTERS.
For ENGLAND. Of uncertain authority before HENRY VI., who bore _two
white antelopes_: also, _a lion and a panther_, or _antelope_.
EDWARD IV.:--_A lion or_, or _argent, and a bull sable_: or, _two lions
argent_: or, _a lion and a hart argent_.
RICHARD III.:--_A lion or and a boar arg._: or, _two boars arg._
HENRY VII.:--_A dragon gu., and a greyhound arg._: or, _two greyhounds
arg._: or, _a lion or and a dragon gu._
HENRY VIII.:--_A lion or and a dragon gu._: or, _a dragon gu., and
either a bull sable, a greyhound argent, or a cock arg._
EDWARD VI.:--_A lion or, and a dragon gu._
MARY and ELIZABETH:--_A lion or, and a greyhound arg._, or _a dragon
gu._
For SCOTLAND.--First Supporters:--_Two lions rampt. guard._; first seen
on a Seal of JAMES I., A.D. 1429. Second Supporters: _Two silver
unicorns, crowned with imperial and gorged with open crowns and chained
or_; assumed by JAMES IV., and retained in use. On the signet of Queen
MARY STUART, No. 432: for this beautiful cut once more I am indebted to
Mr. Laing.
For the UNITED KINGDOM. Dexter Supporter: _A lion rampt. guard., royally
crowned, or_. Sinister Supporter: _A unicorn rampt. arg., armed, crined
and gorged with a coronet composed of crosses pattée and fleurs de lis,
and chained or_. Assumed by JAMES I. of Great Britain: retained, and
still in use.
[Illustration: No. 432.--The Signet of Queen Mary Stuart,
considerably enlarged.]
ROYAL MOTTOES.
The ancient English war-cry--DIEU . ET . MON . DROIT!--“_God and my
Right!_” assumed as a regular Motto by HENRY VI., has been retained in
use since his time.
Queens ELIZABETH and ANNE also used--SEMPER . EADEM--“_Always the
Same_.” JAMES I. used--BEATI . PACIFICI--“_Blessed are the
Peace-makers_.”
Mottoes of Scotland: NEMO . ME . IMPUNE . LACESSIT--“_No man with
impunity attacks me_:” and, above the Crest--IN . DEFENSE. The former is
really the Motto of the Order of the Thistle.
THE CROWN
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