Was like an Angel sette.
But when the Queen with steadfast eye
Beheld her beauteous face
She was amazed in her minde
At her exceeding grace.
The word grace is the same as cross, and grace is the interpretation given by all dictionaries of the name John or Ian: the red cross was originally termed the Jack, and to the Jack, without doubt, was once assigned the meaning “Infinite in the East, Infinite in the West, Infinite in the South. Thus it is said, He who is in the fire, He who is in the heart, He who is in the Sun, they are One and the same:” in China the Svastika is known as the Wan.
FOOTNOTES:
[905] Walford, E., Greater London, ii., 95.
[906] Mottingham, anciently Modingham, is supposed to be from Saxon modig, proud or lofty, and ham, a dwelling. Johnstone derives it as, “Enclosure of Moding,” or “of the Sons of Mod or Mot”. We may assume these people were followers of the Maid, and that Mottingham was equivalent to Maiden’s Home.
[907] Mackenzie, D. A., Myths of Crete, p. xlvi.