THE FLEUR-DE-LYS 159 



it has the set Ups of the true churchman. The 

 cope is bordered with a large design of fieurs-de- 

 lys. 



Both these saints wear the fleur-de-lys to 

 mark that they are members of the Royal House 

 of France. The purity which the lily symbo- 

 lizes when regarded as the flower of the Virgin 

 is a secondary significance. Now another holy 

 one has joined them, who also, though of lowly 

 birth, bore the golden lilies. But for her they 

 were the true hUes of maidenhood, their form 

 merely showing that the right to carry them 

 on her banner was the gift of a French 

 king. 



' With a wreath woven by no mortal hand shall 

 she (Jeanne d'Arc) at Reims engarland happily 

 the gardener of the Lily, named Charles, son of 

 Charles,' prophesied Engelinde, the Hungarian 

 seer, and at the fulfilment Charles was not un- 

 grateful. Since a woman cannot heraldically 

 bear arms, he granted to the brothers of the maid 

 the right to wear two of the royal lilies on their 

 shield. The blazon was d'azur a la couronne 

 royale d'or soutenue d'une ef^e d' argent croisie et 

 pommeye d'or en pal, cotoyee de deux fleurs-de-lis 



