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The stars and orders which modern sove- 

 reigns bestow on their princes and nobihty, 

 are merely emblematical ornaments of their 

 monarchs favour. 



His holiness the pope carries a representa- 

 tion of St. Peter's key as an emblem of great 

 trust. And most of the European cities and 

 towns derive their arms from some symbolical 

 allusion to the history of their particular spot 

 or neighbourhood, as the various incorporated 

 companies have some device in their arms em- 

 blematical of their profession or trade. Thus 

 King Edward the Third granted the Company 

 of Grocers, a cheveron, gules, between nine 

 cloves, sable. Henry the Seventh gave the 

 Company of Merchant Taylors, a tent-royal 

 between two parliamentary robes. 



The Company of Apothecaries are repre- 

 sented by glorious Apollo mounted on the ser- 

 pent Python, with a bow in one hand, and 



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