. Peeps at heraldry . Fig. 44. ally met with as charges. The Fetherstons bear three ostrichfeathers on their shield, and the Earl of Devon has seven ostrichfeathers in his crest. We are all familiar with the Prince of Waless plumes, but to gofarther back into history, we find that a plume of ostrich featherswas often used by King Stephen as his badge, with the motto of hisown making: Vi nulla invertitur ordo—No force alters theirfashion —in allusion to the fold fall of the feather, which wasneither shaken nor disordered by the wind, and therefore symbolizedthe condition of well-ordered kings a
. Peeps at heraldry . Fig. 44. ally met with as charges. The Fetherstons bear three ostrichfeathers on their shield, and the Earl of Devon has seven ostrichfeathers in his crest. We are all familiar with the Prince of Waless plumes, but to gofarther back into history, we find that a plume of ostrich featherswas often used by King Stephen as his badge, with the motto of hisown making: Vi nulla invertitur ordo—No force alters theirfashion —in allusion to the fold fall of the feather, which wasneither shaken nor disordered by the wind, and therefore symbolizedthe condition of well-ordered kings and kingdoms. Tn bygone times, we are told, some doubted whether an ostrichshould be reckoned as a beast or a fowl ! * Ill make thee eat iron like an ostrich. King Henry VI. 53. Peeps at Heraldry a favourite number. The Wardes and Temples bearfive ; the Chadwicks and Brownlows charge the orleof their shield with eight martlets. The Pawne familybear three peacocks in their pride(see Fig. 45), and this same chargeoccurs in the arms of the Peacocks ofDurham. A phoenix is borne by theFenwicks. The dove occurs occasion-ally in heraldry. A dove with anolive branch in its beak was addedas an augmentation of honour to hispaternal arms by one Walker, when he married theonly child of Sir David Gam. This charge wasgranted to Sir David after the Battle of Agincourt,where he took the Due de Nevers prisoner. Itwas this same Sir David who, on being sent by theking to view the French Army before the battle,brought word to his royal master that there weremen enough to kill, enough to run away, and enoughto make prisoners. Besides the birds already mentioned, the parrot,turkey, owl, chough, pheasant, woodcock, and severalothers occur in heraldry. Amongst winged insects, we fin
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