. The life of Bismarck, private and political;. rms of the Prussian Counts von Bismarck-Schonhausen(the Minister-President and his heirs) are thus blazoned:—The 76 AKMS OF COUNT OTTO VON BISMAKCK. shield, bordered or, displays on a field azure a trefoil or, sur-rounded with oak leaves argent; on the coronetted helm two buf-falo horns of azure and argent crosswise, with a coronet argentbetween them. The simple family arms of the Bismarcks havethus been retained on his elevation to the rank of Count, theshield under the crest having been surmounted by the Countscoronet. The arms are improved by
. The life of Bismarck, private and political;. rms of the Prussian Counts von Bismarck-Schonhausen(the Minister-President and his heirs) are thus blazoned:—The 76 AKMS OF COUNT OTTO VON BISMAKCK. shield, bordered or, displays on a field azure a trefoil or, sur-rounded with oak leaves argent; on the coronetted helm two buf-falo horns of azure and argent crosswise, with a coronet argentbetween them. The simple family arms of the Bismarcks havethus been retained on his elevation to the rank of Count, theshield under the crest having been surmounted by the Countscoronet. The arms are improved by two eagles as supporters,the one sable and crowned being the Prussian royal eagle, theleft gules, with the electoral cap, the eagle of Brandenburg. Another addition is that of the motto, In Trinitate Eobur — My strength in the Trinity. This is a motto devised uponcorrect rules, as it should always bear a double meaning—one re-ferring to the double trinity of the trefoils, the other allied to thehigher signification of the Trinity of CHAPTER VI. THE NEIGHBOEHOOD OF BISMAECKS BIETHPLACE. Genthin.—The Plotho Family.—Jerichow.—Fischbeck.—The Kaiserburg.—TheEmperor Charles IV.—The Elector Joachim Nestor.—Frederick I.—GeneralFrausecky to the Front.—Tangermiinde. —Town-hall.—Count Bismarck.—HisUniform, and the South German Deputy.—Departure for Schonhausen. [The translator has abridged the following chapters and transferred them to a placeapparently better fitted for them than that they occupy in the German edition, butnothing of importance is omitted.] Genthin is an ancient place, owing its foundation during thetwelfth century to the noble Lords of Plotho, whose ancestralmansion, Alten-Plotho, lies close to the town. At the presenttime the head of this family, who is invested with the dignity ofHereditary Chamberlain of the Duchy of Magdeburg, resides atthe Castle of Parey, on the Elbe. The noble family of Plothoshares with that of the Ganse of P
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