. THE BLACK PRINCE'S ARMS AND BADGE. The shield with the badge of three ostrich feathers standing upright on their quills, bears the words '' Ich ; In his will the Prince especially directed that these should appear. These " Prince of Wales " feathers, said to derive from the ostrich plumes of John, King of Bohemia, slain in the Battle of Crecy, give antiquaries a good deal to consider, for it is by no means certain that this is all the stor}^ The Prince's mother, Queen Philippa, used the badge ; which, furthermore, seems to have been not unknown as a royal device. '' Ich
. THE BLACK PRINCE'S ARMS AND BADGE. The shield with the badge of three ostrich feathers standing upright on their quills, bears the words '' Ich ; In his will the Prince especially directed that these should appear. These " Prince of Wales " feathers, said to derive from the ostrich plumes of John, King of Bohemia, slain in the Battle of Crecy, give antiquaries a good deal to consider, for it is by no means certain that this is all the stor}^ The Prince's mother, Queen Philippa, used the badge ; which, furthermore, seems to have been not unknown as a royal device. '' Ich Dien " = " I serve," is an expression of the heir's loyalty and submission to the sovereign ; and is perhaps a reading of Galatians IV, i, " The heir, as long as he is a child, differcth nothing from a servant, though he be
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