In My Defens God Me Defend

In my defens God me defend is the motto o baith the Ryal coat o airms o the Kinrick o Scotland an Ryal coat o airms o the Unitit Kinrick uised in Scotland.The Progress and Public Processions of Queen Elizabeth, by John NicholsThe Fourth part of the Institutes of Laws of England: Concerning the Jurisdiction of Courts, by Edward Coke Contemporar versions o the Ryal airms shaws the motto in the cutty form o IN DEFENS or, whaur Inglis is uised as an alternative tae Scots, IN DEFENCE.Public Sculpture of Glasgow by Ray McKenzie, Gary Nisbet The motto appears abuin the crest o the airms, in the tradeetion o Scots heraldry.International Civic Heraldry

 Uisage 
The motto IN DEFENS daesna anerly appear on the Ryal airms, but thegither wi the crest o the Ryal airms, upo the logo o baith the Croun Office an Procurator Fiscal Service an the General Register Office for Scotland an aw.

 Origins 

In My Defens God Me Defend coud come frae an auld Scots prayer:

In my defens God me defend
And bring my sawl to ane good end...
ane vertuous lyf procureth ane happie death

And:

In my defens God me defend
And bring my soul to ane guid end
When A am sick and like to die
Father of Heaven hath mercy on me.

Awso, in the form o a couplet:

In me defens God me defend
An bring my saulle to ane guid end O Lord.The Whole Book: Cultural Perspectives on the Medieval Miscellany by Stephen G. Nichols, Siegfried Wenzel – 1996 – Bodleian Library MS Arch. Selden B.24: A "Transitional" Collection. A S G Edwards – Appendix: Bodleian MS Arch f. 231v  Accessed 28 July 2008

 See an aw 
 Ryal coat o airms o Scotland
 Ryal coat o airms o the Unitit Kinrick
 Scotland
 Kinrick o Scotland
 Order o the Thristle
 Nemo me impune lacessit

 References 

Category:Scots monarchy
Category:Breetish monarchy
Scotland
Category:Naitional seembols o Scotland
Category:Naitional seembols o the Unitit Kinrick
Category:Naitional mottos