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Relying on false hopes, thus to im 



The warlike English ! 



(Jreat IMwanl thus avenifetl, 

 With g«ldCB Jn's his hn.atl shield Bttboa/4. 



The Flour de lis has frequently been allowed to 

 British subjects in heraldry. Queen Anne granted 

 to Sir Cloudesly Shovel, for his arms, a chevron 

 between two Flcurs de Us, and a crescent in the 

 base, to denote three victories that he had gained 

 — two over the French, and one over the Turks. 



The Fleur de Us no longer occupies a place in 

 the British arms, as, on the union of these king- 

 doms on the 1st of January, 1800, it gave place to 

 the Shamrock, which, being now united to the 

 Rose, the Thistle, and the Harp, we could, in 

 justice to our neighbours, do no less than restore 

 to them the full possession of their ancient heraldic 

 flower, which we hope to see flourishing by the 

 Rose, each amicably striving to display their mas- 

 tery in good qualities, rather than in strife and con- 

 quest. 



That the Iris should be called by a French name 

 in this country is not surprising, since it was won 

 of them in battle, and worn in the British crown 

 from that time until the coronation of his present 

 Majesty, who has graciously dispensed with it. 

 The Roses that emblazon the arms of England 

 were not more a cause of bloodshed in this country 

 than the Iris has proved to the inhabitants of France 



