The mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1863-1943, 1865-03-18
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orit1amme was from time to time renewed.
SO was its fashion modified.
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ne nfSt repaired I'd person to the Abbey
Of st. Denis, to receive, on bended knee
the sacred banner from the abbot's hands
then he intrusted it to the charge Of one
Of his bravest mobiles. Sometimes (ae
cording to Galand)he bore it with bis owl
hands, resting it upon his shoulder, with
out unfolding it. On his return from th'
campaign, the divine palladium was re-
stored to the shelter Of the abbey with
solemn pomp.
The Scarf was at 6rst an ensign oil
chivalry. The preux chevaliers Of the
''brave old days" wore their scarfs Of the
color preferred by theft lady-loves. OF
ten the lady herself bestowed her owu
scarf upon her knight; in that case it be
came his prize and property, which, ac'
cording to.s law of chivalry, he always
wore until some more fortunate champion
deprived him Of it at the tourney, or un,
til he had accomplished the enterprise
enjoined by bis lady.love.
When the feudal orders of knighthood
were founded, the scarf, by its form and
color, served as a distinctive insignia
and it was employed for the same pur.
pose by the leaders of different factions,
or the chiefs Of hostile armies. The scarf
was for them and their soldiers what q
difference in uniform or decoration, or q
rosette or cockade. is for warriors and
politicians nova days. The Crusaders
wore white scarf, and they carried it en-
sautoir, or slantwise-in which fashion it
was worn until the seventeenth century.
At present it is usually bound like cir.
die round the waist.
Duri ng the intestine struggles of the
factions Of Armagnac and Orleans, the
former were distinguished by scarf oi
red, and the latter by simple band oi
white linen. The royal armies at latter
period wore scarfS of white. In England,
the favorite color Of the scarf has been
red; but in the civil wars, white was
usually wore by the Cavaliers, and, if we
mistake not, some of the Roundhead
troopers adopted green.
The national flag of England was for
some centuries the red cross, dating from
the period ofEnglish ascendency in France.
Previously, the royal color had been
white, but as We have already shown, the
French assuming it after Henry vi. had
been crowned at Paris, the victorious
English borrowed the device of the van.
quished enemy.
The Union is composed of the red
cross of st. George, the Scotch cross o.
St. Andrew, dating from the incorporation
Of the two kingdoms in the reign of Anne
and the Irish cross OF St. Patrick. The
royal standard of England has varied ii.
devices according to the devices of he,
kings. The house Of York had a famous
badge-the rose en- soleil. Henry VIII
exhibited the rose and crown. The
PlantagenetS we're fond of the leopard
whence came Napoleon's threatening al
lusions, and his boast that "he woulc
drive the leopard into the sea-" The lioI
was first borne by Richard l., whence
propably, his nom de-guerre of "Coeul
de Lion"
The term standard is uSusally applied
in England to the principal banner of an
army, or the national banner, indicative
of the personal presence or residence oi
the sovereign. Colors is the name ap.
piled to the banners borne by particular
regiments; while flag is the banner dis.
played on board a ship, especially as o
signal. A pendant is narrow flag with
long streaming tail, denoting that the
vessel which bears it is a vessel of war.
1t originated in the days of the common.
wealth, when Blake, hy way of retort up.
on Van Trompe and his celebrated broom,
hoistcd a whip at his mast head to signify
that he had whipped the Dutchman of
the sea. Ensign is word formed on the
idea of the ancient insignia. bearing ban.
ner-a banner with devices upon it-and
the officer now called an ensign was form
erly the ensign-bearer. We now restrict
the name to the natio nal colors carried
over the stern Of ship.