The book of British ballads . The Arms of Elizabeth differ from the Royal Arms, as now borne, in many and England only appear in the quarterings of the shield. The removal of the FrenchCoat did not indeed take place till late in the reign of George III., although, centuries before,we had lost every foot of our French territories,—so long retained and so obstinately fought forby our earlier sovereigns. The Red Dragon and Lion are the supporters. The Dragon being thedistinctive badge of the Tudor family, it was introduced by the victorious Henry of Rich-mond, on his accession
The book of British ballads . The Arms of Elizabeth differ from the Royal Arms, as now borne, in many and England only appear in the quarterings of the shield. The removal of the FrenchCoat did not indeed take place till late in the reign of George III., although, centuries before,we had lost every foot of our French territories,—so long retained and so obstinately fought forby our earlier sovereigns. The Red Dragon and Lion are the supporters. The Dragon being thedistinctive badge of the Tudor family, it was introduced by the victorious Henry of Rich-mond, on his accession to the throne, after the battle of Bosworth. Richard III. had two Boarsas his supporters; hence the allusion, in Shakspere, to Richard, that bloody and revengefulboar. From the accession of Henry VII. until the death of Elizabeth, the Arms of Englandremained the same. It was James 1. who introduced the Unicorn, the badge of his house, whichhas ever since retained its place with the Lion, as the supporters of the Royal
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