. Peeps at heraldry . M by the early heraldsand when blazoned as such was usually represented with neither legsnor beak. t One Jervis, the principal founder of Exbridge, in Devon, boresix ostrich feathers, and in the heraldry of to-day they are occasion- 52 Animal Charges dates from the time of the Crusaders, when Europeansfirst saw the bird. An ostrich is usually representedwith a horseshoe in its mouth, because it was a popularidea that an ostrich could digest iron.* In Sir TitusSalts arms we find a demi-ostrich holding a horseshoein its beak. Lord Churstons shield is supported onthe right b
. Peeps at heraldry . M by the early heraldsand when blazoned as such was usually represented with neither legsnor beak. t One Jervis, the principal founder of Exbridge, in Devon, boresix ostrich feathers, and in the heraldry of to-day they are occasion- 52 Animal Charges dates from the time of the Crusaders, when Europeansfirst saw the bird. An ostrich is usually representedwith a horseshoe in its mouth, because it was a popularidea that an ostrich could digest iron.* In Sir TitusSalts arms we find a demi-ostrich holding a horseshoein its beak. Lord Churstons shield is supported onthe right by an ostrich with a horseshoe in its beak, asis Lord Carysforts, but his ostrich isrepresented with a key in its beak. Three hawks are borne by theHawksworths ; the Corbets bear araven as a single charge, whilstDr. Raven, Queen Annes physician,bears a raven rising (Fig. 44). Theswallow, which is the heraldic martlet(see No. 4, Fig. 36), occurs repeatedly as a chargein coats of arms, very often in threes ; six is also. 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
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