Use of Name and Figure 89 



In like allusion the King of France was sometimes 

 called "The Lily". The Dauphin, as the eldest son 

 of the King was styled, was often affectionately called 

 the "Lily of France". 



Gracious my lord and prince of mickle dread, 

 Flower of the Lily, Royal progeny, 

 Francois Villon, whom dule and teen have led 

 To the blind strokes of Fate to bend the knee, 

 Sues by this humble writing unto thee. 



Villon: Request to Due De Bourbon, (i^th Cent.) 



It is said that in the time of Philip the Fair, Charles 

 VIII and Louis XII, France was commonly called 

 "Lilium" and her citizens "Liliarts". 



The name " Flower-de-Luce " has sometimes been 

 applied to the citizens of France as when the English 

 King, having asked the French Princess to marry 

 him, says to her: 



What sayest thou, Flower-de-Luce? 



Shakespeare: King Henry V. 



So, too, the name " Flower-de-Luce" has been ap- 

 plied to persons in some way connected with French 

 interests, as in the case of Pope Boniface VIII: 



