PLATE | | | 1. | Herald showing Tabard, originally Worn over Mail Armour | frontispiece | | | FACING PAGE | 2. | The Duke of Leinster | 9 | | Arms: Arg. saltire gu. Crest: Monkey statant ppr., environed round the loins and chained or. Supporters: Two monkeys environed and chained or. Motto: Crom a boo. | | 3. | Marquis of Hertford | 17 | | Arms: Quarterly, 1st and 4th, or on a pile gu., between 6 fleurs-de-lys az., 3 lions passant guardant in pale or; 2nd and 3rd gu., 2 wings conjoined in lure or. Seymour. Crest: Out of a ducal coronet or a phoenix ppr. Supporters: Two blackamoors. Motto: Fide et amore. | | 4. | The Earl of Scarborough | 40 | | Arms: Arg. a fesse gu. between 3 parrots vert, collared of the second. Crest: A pelican in her piety. Supporters: Two parrots, wings inverted vert. Motto: Murus aËneus conscientia sana. | | 5. | Baron Hawke | 48 | | Arms: Arg. a chevron erminois between three pilgrim's staves purpure. Crest: A hawk, wings displayed and inverted ppr., belled and charged on the breast with a fleur-de-lys or. Supporters: Dexter, Neptune; sinister, a sea-horse. Motto: Strike. | | 6. | Sir William Herschel | 72 | | Arms: Arg. on mount vert, representation of the 40 feet reflecting telescope with its apparatus ppr., on a chief az., the astronomical symbol of Uranus irradiated or. Crest: A demi-terrestrial sphere ppr., thereon an eagle, wings elevated or. Motto: Coelis exploratis. | | 7. | The Flags of Great Britain | 80 | | (1) The Union Jack, (2) The Royal Standard. | | 8. | A Crusader in Mail Armour | on the cover | Also fifty-five small black and white illustrations throughout the text. |
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