Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1878-01-25

Pre- Arms oT Great BrAlaIEs
AEy yoa18 fS kaE1 AoN
ten observed upon familiar objects. such
rs books, china end sleelwaFe, etc, The
device ofa lion aud horse (somesimsh
represented as an unieorn) supporting
between them q shield. sarmounted hy
. erown. On ihe shield srn. certain dis
visions called ''quarterings," ia one of
which you win observe two lions aud ;
horse. Attached to the whole is TIE
motto, Dieu et @oa droit ,>-French
words. whose meaning Is, "God and my
right"
If you inquire, you viii be told thas
this device ID the ''coat-of-arms" of
Great Britain,-as The eagle, shield and
olive branch is thatOllhe United Statess
and that all articles thus marked arc
Of British manofactnre.;
In old times the national symbol of
England was The rose, Of Scotland thg
thistle, of Ireland the shamrock or clio.
YER. When England claimed lFelgD4
and Scotland, these three were anited
on the British royal shield, as we Gnd
them in the time Of Queen Elizabeth
On victory over Franee, the symbol 0f
France, q uaicoFn, was slso added the
unicorn wearing chain, 10 denote IRE
subsection of France 10 England.
When q new sovereign succeeds @
the crown, ne has right to place his
owr family eoat-of-arms on The royal
shield Of Great Britain. George the
First did this. The two lions and the
white horse, which you see on one Of
the quarterings is the cost-ol-aFms oi
the Suelphs, who were dukes Of Brunsr
wick and Hanover in Germany. IL IL
there called the arms OF the House ol
Brunswick, and il 10 about this than l
now design 10 tell you.
We read in history that when the
great Chalemagne conquered the foTthy
ern countries, one OF the Saxon leadefss
named Wittikind. refused to submit to
him, and 49, y'wsequenee, many
ltdipture in Marble and Sandsso q - .Is."
+, and at reasonable prices. We sells
This wasr whed they
afterward became S,ofe civilized, they
retained the same emblem,-a white
horse painted upon a black ground
which remains to this day the stand
ard or banner OF the little kingdom OF
Saxony. In the year 861 just about one
thousand years sgo,-Bruno. the son Of
Saxon king, founded city ~ Ss&ony
which he called after himself, Brunonis
Vicus, now known as Brunswick. He
retained as the standard Of Brunswick the
white horse or Saxony, and thus il re-
NAMED until the end Of the three suc-'
ceeding centuries. About that time the
reigning prince Of fBrunswick was cer-
tain Henry Guelph, q leader in the
Crusades, noted for his strength and
daring which acquired for him the title
OF Henry the Lion" This prince re-
fused to owe allegiance 90 the great
EmpericS or Germany. Frederick Bar
barossa. He declared himself indepen-
dent, and as a token Of defiance set up
a great stone lion in Brunswick, and
had the same symbol placed upon his
standard, two lions supporting shield
beneath the white horse.
Thus you know the origin Of The
Brunswick eoat-of-aFms. But bow came
the banner OF small German country
10 be adopted on the arms of Great
Eritainl This I viii now explain.
About the year 1850, the then reign.
ing Duke Of Brunswick, afterwaTd alsO
Elector Of Hanover. married the grand
daughter OF King Jsmes the first Of
England. Thei. eldest son was named
George Louis. when. on the death Of
Queen Anne, the English were in want
of successor, they looked about among
those nearest Of kin to the royal family.
and decided to choose this great-grand-
son Of King James I. Thus il was that
George Louis Guelph Saxon Ger"
mar --came 10 be King George the First
of England; and this was how the ''liOO:
snd-h0Fse" arms Of Brunswick and
Hanover came to be also part Of the
| arms Of Great Britain. His successors
were George the Second, George the
Third against whose rule the AmeTi-
can colonies rebelled,) George the
Fourth, William and lastly Queen Vac"
tons, the present queen. who 10 grand
daughter 70 George fhe Third Thus
you understand how Queen Victoria Is
descended from the princes of DTuris-
wick;--how she happens 70 be Of GeE-
man instead Of English biood,--and
Why hes nane is 0uelpby--Df. Nicholas.
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