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Tall Bearded Iris 



But hark! the portals sound, and pacing forth 

 With solemn steps and slow, 

 High potentates, and dames of royal birth, 

 And mitred fathers in long order go: 

 Great Edward, with the Lilies on his brow 

 From haughty Gallia torn, 



Gray: Installation Ode. 



The badge (a decoration of cognizance) of the 

 Prince of Wales is a plume of three silver ostrich 

 feathers, ennled by a coronet composed of gold Fleur- 

 de-lis and crosses-patee alternately (Fig. V), with 

 the motto " Eich dyn" (your man) substituted for the 

 earlier motto "Ich dien" (I serve). 



For significance of gold, in Heraldry, see page 73. 



For conventional forms of Fleur-de-lis see Fig. IV, 

 page 73, and Fig. VI, page 95. 



FIG. V. BADGE OF PRINCE OF WALES* 

 (Motto omitted) 



*Courtesy of Newberry Library, Chicago. 



