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A System of Heraldry - Clan Strachan Society

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OF ARTIFICIAL THINGS.<br />

vith the former, except the first quarter, viz. azure, a lion rampant argent*? second<br />

or, a right hand fesse-ways couped gules, holding a cross croslet filched azure in<br />

paic; third or, a,lymphad sable; fourth parted per fesse, argent and azure, to re-<br />

present the sea, out <strong>of</strong> which issueth a rock gules; crest, a rock g ules ; supporters,<br />

two fishes like salmons. As in Esplin's Book <strong>of</strong> Blazons.<br />

LAUCHLAN M'NiiiL <strong>of</strong> Fearfergus, descended <strong>of</strong> the family <strong>of</strong> M'Neil <strong>of</strong> Geigh,<br />

bears three coats, quarterly, first azure, a lion rampant argent; second argent, a<br />

sinister hand couped fesse-ways in chief, and in base waved azure, a salmon na'uini<br />

<strong>of</strong> the first; third or, a galley, her oars crossing other gules; and on a chief <strong>of</strong> the<br />

last, thr< mullets <strong>of</strong> the first. Lyon Register. And there,<br />

ARCHIBALD M'LAUCHLAN <strong>of</strong> that Ilk, bears four coats, quarterly, first or, a lion<br />

rampunt g ules ; second argent, a dexter hand couped fesse-ways, holding a cross-<br />

pattee pale -ways gules; third or, a galley, her oars in saltier sable, placed in the<br />

sea, proper; fourth argent, in the base unde vert, a salmon naiunt, proper; sup-<br />

porters, two roebucks, proper: motto, Fortis & fidus.<br />

The name <strong>of</strong> GILLKSPINK, or GILLESPIE, as descended <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Clan</strong>chattan, carries<br />

the same with M'Pherson, as in Workman's MS.<br />

The name <strong>of</strong> BAD, quarterly, first and fourth azure, a galley argent; second and<br />

third or, a crescent sable. P. MS.<br />

The name <strong>of</strong> CRAIK, azure, a ship or, under sails argent. P. MS.<br />

JAMESON, azure, a saltier or, cantoned with four ships under sail argent. P. MS.<br />

The name, <strong>of</strong> GELLY, argent, an ark in the waters, proper, surmounted <strong>of</strong> a dove<br />

azure, bearing in her beak an olive branch vert; crest, a man trampling on a serpent,<br />

proper : motto, Divino robore. By Alexander Gelly o'f Blackford. N. R.<br />

DAVID GILLIES, alias M'PHERSON, descended <strong>of</strong> the family <strong>of</strong> M'Pherson <strong>of</strong> Inve-<br />

reshie, parted per fesse ingrailed, or and azure, a lymphad, or<br />

betwixt a hand couped fesse-ways, holding a dagger in pale,<br />

galley,<br />

and in<br />

<strong>of</strong> the first,<br />

the sinister<br />

canton a cross croslet fitched, all within a bordure gules ; crest, a cat courant,<br />

proper: motto, Touch not the cat, but a glove. L. R.<br />

The town <strong>of</strong> LEITH, the suburb and seaport <strong>of</strong> Edinburgh, has for arms a ship,<br />

as on the seal <strong>of</strong> the town <strong>of</strong> Edinburgh, which I have seen affixed to charters and<br />

other deeds relating to Leith. On the seal is a shield, with the castle <strong>of</strong> Edin-<br />

burgh, accollt, with another <strong>of</strong> the arms <strong>of</strong> Leith, having a ship<br />

1<br />

with her saiU<br />

trussed up, and the legend round both shields, Sigill. Burgi de Edinburgh, fc? villa<br />

sute de Leith.<br />

NANTZ and ROCHELLE, maritime towns in France, carry ships for their armorial<br />

figures.<br />

The arms <strong>of</strong> the city <strong>of</strong> PARIS, in Fr-ance, are gules, a ship equipt<br />

in full sail<br />

argent, a chief cousu azure, seme <strong>of</strong> flower-de-luces or. Some allege that it carries<br />

a ship, because the Argonauts founded that city ; but others, as Menestrier, tell us,<br />

it carries the ship, because the isle, or land upon which the city is built, by its<br />

form,.represents a ship.<br />

The furniture <strong>of</strong> ships are also used in arms, especially the anchor, sails, and<br />

rudders.<br />

The dame <strong>of</strong> FAIRHOLM, with us, as equivocally relative to the name, carries or,<br />

an anchor gules.<br />

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CHAP. IX.<br />

ARTIFICIAL THINGS OR CHARGES, AS THEY RELATE TO CIVIL LIFE, IN TEMPORAL<br />

AND ECCLESIASTIC AFFAIRS.<br />

I AM not here to speak <strong>of</strong> them as marks <strong>of</strong> sovereignties, high <strong>of</strong>fices, and the<br />

several degrees <strong>of</strong> high nobility, till I come to treat <strong>of</strong> the exterior ornaments<br />

which adorn the outer parts <strong>of</strong> the shield. But here I am to consider them as armorial<br />

figures within the shield, which form and constitute arms, as tesseras <strong>of</strong><br />

descent, and ensigns <strong>of</strong> dominions, territories, and <strong>of</strong>fices; to distinguish one king-<br />

dom from another, one society from another, and one family from another; and<br />

<strong>of</strong> them as honourable additaments to their paternal bearings. Of these, both

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