THE OSTRICH 3 



Ostrich plume in their "rich argosies." Fair hrdies 

 loved to have them, anfl knights and nol)les often wore 

 them in their lielmets l:)oth in l^attle and at tilt and 

 tourney- The pictvu-es(j[ue story of how tlie crest of our 

 Prince of Wales — the three Ostrich feathers — was won by 



THE OSTRICH. 



[Dmini, hji SiTiTT Kaxkin. 



the Black Prince on tlie hard-fouglit field of Cressy, from 

 the l)lind King of Bohemia Avho fell in tlie fight, rests on 

 no sure foundation. But it is worth noting that a seal 

 ^^'hicll belonged to the Black Prince in later life shows a 

 single feather as 2)art of its design. 



