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actly that of the kings of Franco.* In several eastern 

 countries it was the emblem of power; iho kings of Syria and 

 Habylon bore it at the end of their sceptre: and Moniiaiiron 

 mentions a manuscript of the tenth century, in which is 

 engraved a figure of David, with a sceptre surmounted by a 

 Jlcur de ly, 



HENRIETTA. 



But thejlcur dc ly is not like a lily. 



MRS. F. 



Many and various are the hypotheses concerning the origin 

 of this emblem: some say it is the head of a French battle 

 axe; others, the iron of a French javelin or spear head; while 

 those who advocate its floral origin consider it to be the repre- 

 sentation of the common Iris, or Flower de Luce, which 

 when two of the petals are viewed in profile, and the third 

 fully expanded, offers a fancied resemblance to the Jlcur de 

 lya. Louis VII, when engaged in the second crusade, took 

 this figure for his arms; and as the common people gene- 

 rally contracted //out* into IAICC, it is natural to imagine that 

 this flower was, by corruption, distinguished, in time, by the 

 name of the Flower de Luce, or Louis. When Louis 

 VII caused his son Philip Augustus to be inaugurated at 

 Rheims, he had all his clothes embroidered with the Jleur 

 de /y..t 



ESTHER. 



The lily and the rose have, from high antiquity, been usual 

 as emblems of the Church,^ and generally accompany, 

 either separately or together, the paintings of the Virgin 

 Mary. 



* Sonnini'g Travels. 



t La Pluche, Spectacle de la Nature. 



\ " I am the rose of Sharon and the lily of the valley," &c. 



