LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
| PLATE | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1. | [Herald showing Tabard, originally Worn over Mail Armour] | [frontispiece] |
| FACING PAGE | ||
| 2. | [The Duke of Leinster] | [9] |
| Arms: Arg. saltire gu. Crest: Monkey statant ppr., environed round the loins and chained or. Supporters: Two monkeys environed and chained or. Motto: Crom a boo. | ||
| 3. | [Marquis of Hertford] | [17] |
| Arms: Quarterly, 1st and 4th, or on a pile gu., between 6 fleurs-de-lys az., 3 lions passant guardant in pale or; 2nd and 3rd gu., 2 wings conjoined in lure or. Seymour. Crest: Out of a ducal coronet or a phœnix ppr. Supporters: Two blackamoors. Motto: Fide et amore. | ||
| 4. | [The Earl of Scarborough] | [40] |
| Arms: Arg. a fesse gu. between 3 parrots vert, collared of the second. Crest: A pelican in her piety. Supporters: Two parrots, wings inverted vert. Motto: Murus aëneus conscientia sana. | ||
| 5. | [Baron Hawke] | [48] |
| Arms: Arg. a chevron erminois between three pilgrim's staves purpure. Crest: A hawk, wings displayed and inverted ppr., belled and charged on the breast with a fleur-de-lys or. Supporters: Dexter, Neptune; sinister, a sea-horse. Motto: Strike. | ||
| 6. | [Sir William Herschel] | [72] |
| Arms: Arg. on mount vert, representation of the 40 feet reflecting telescope with its apparatus ppr., on a chief az., the astronomical symbol of Uranus irradiated or. Crest: A demi-terrestrial sphere ppr., thereon an eagle, wings elevated or. Motto: Cœlis exploratis. | ||
| 7. | [The Flags of Great Britain] | [80] |
| (1) The Union Jack, (2) The Royal Standard. | ||
| 8. | [A Crusader in Mail Armour] | [on the cover] |
| Also fifty-five small black and white illustrations throughout the text. | ||
"... The noble science once
The study and delight of every gentleman."
"And thus the story
Of great deeds was told."