Use of Name and Figure 91 



"The legend is that of the Knight who, more de- 

 vout than learned, could never remember more than 

 two words of the Latin prayer which was offered to 

 the Holy Mother. These were Ave Maria, and it was 

 in these words that he continually addressed his 

 prayer to Heaven. Night and day his supplication 

 continued, until at last the good old man died and 

 was buried in the chapel yard of the convent, where, 

 as a proof of the acceptance which his brief and earnest 

 prayer had gained at the hands of the Virgin, a plant 

 of Fleur-de-lys sprung up on his grave, which dis- 

 played on every flower in golden letters the words 

 Ave Maria. This strange sight induced the monks, 

 who had despised him during his lifetime on account 

 of his ignorance, to open his grave. On doing so they 

 were surprised to find that the root of the plant rested 

 on the lips of the holy knight whose body lay mould- 

 ering there." 



ENGLISH EMBLEM. Edward III, claiming the 

 Kingship of France, in 1340 added the Fleur-de-lis 

 to the arms of England. 



Behold Third Edward's streamers blazing high 



On GalhVs hostile ground! his right withheld, 



Awakens vengeance; O imprudent Gauls, 



Relying on false hopes thus to incense 



The warlike English! * * * 



* * * Great Edward thus aveng'd 



With Golden Iris his broad shield embossed. 



Philips: Cider. 



