. Peeps at heraldry . THE EARL OF SCARBOROUGH. —Arg : a fes^e gu : between 3 parrots vert collared of the —A pelican in her piety. riers.—Two parrots, wings inverted — Murus aeneus conscientia sana. Animal Charges three elephants heads erased. This term implies thatthey have been torn off and have ragged edges. After describing this charge, Guillim rather comicallygives us this story : An elephant of huge greatness was once carried ina show at Rome, and as it passed by a little boy priedinto its proboscis. Thereupon, very much enraged, thebeast cast the child up to a great
. Peeps at heraldry . THE EARL OF SCARBOROUGH. —Arg : a fes^e gu : between 3 parrots vert collared of the —A pelican in her piety. riers.—Two parrots, wings inverted — Murus aeneus conscientia sana. Animal Charges three elephants heads erased. This term implies thatthey have been torn off and have ragged edges. After describing this charge, Guillim rather comicallygives us this story : An elephant of huge greatness was once carried ina show at Rome, and as it passed by a little boy priedinto its proboscis. Thereupon, very much enraged, thebeast cast the child up to a great height, but receivedhim again on his snout and laid him gently down, asthough he did consider that for a childish fault achildish fright was revenge enough. Horses, of course, figure largely in armorial , William Colt, bears three horses at full speed (Fig. 40). So also does Sir FrancisRush—probably in allusion to hisname—whilst horses heads couped—that is, cut off smoothly—occur veryfreque
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