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over the main entrance to each, is a large shield with the arms of 
the town, the saltire and castles, with the lions rampant gardant 
for supporters, and surmounted by a coronet of fleurs-de-lis, into 
which are stuck six little square flags, each having the town arms 
on them, and a post with a fire beacon in the centre of these. The 
whole of this is placed on the deck of a ship, which floats on the 
waves ; while a mast or pole, with a fire beacon at the top, at each 
end acts as a prop, round which the lions have twisted their tails 
to steady themselves, as described by Mr. Worth in his paper 
already referred to. On a scroll hanging over the side of the ship 
is the motto of the towm ; viz., " Turris fortissima est nomen 
Jehovae." This elaboration of the arms of the town (for which it 
is understood we are indebted to the late Colonel Hamilton Smith) 
is repeated over the main entrance of the Western Law Courts. 
The other shields on the buildings on the south side of the 
square are : 
The See of Exeter ; 
Gu. a dragon ramp (for the standard of Wessex) ; 
The cross of St. George ; 
The usual arms of the town ; 
France and England quartered, Queen Elizabeth ; 
Az. a bird rising (Plympton) ; 
Arms of Cornwall ; 
The above are all the different coats. It has not been considered 
necessary to notice all the repetitions of the royal and town arms, 
but all the different coats have been carefully noted on the spot 
and recorded. Some of the shields are not quite correct, and the 
right of some to the position they hold rather doubtful. 
At the west end of the Guildhall Square is the new General 
Post-office, over the principal entrance of which are the royal 
arms, with the date 1883. 
On the front of the old Elizabethan house in Notte Street men- 
tioned above, and just rebuilding, by T. Bulteel, Esq., and Captain 
Giles Andrew Daubeny, in memory of the late Thomas Hillersdon 
Bulteel, Esq., it is proposed to place the following arms : Principal 
shield, quarterly: 1. (Arg.) a bend betw. ten billets (gu.), Bulteel. 
2. (Arg.) achev. eng. (gu.) betv;. three crows (sa.), Crocker of Lyne- 
ham. 3. (Arg.) on a chev. (sa.) betw. three fir cones reversed 
(vert), as many leopards 1 faces (of the first) • in chief a crescent 
