Edward was dressed in a glittering surcoat of crimson silk, worked with
lions and _fleurs-de-lis._ His helmet was cylindrical, surmounted by a
lion as its crest. Round the rim was a coronet of gold, worked with
_fleurs-de-lis_ and oak leaves. A gorget and tippet covering the
shoulders was fastened beneath the chin, giving the head a stiff but
imposing air of command. He carried a short truncheon, which he wielded
with great dexterity; yet his armour, though light and of the finest
temper, seemed more cumbersome to him now than in former days.
The royal standard of England, thus described, was borne before him:--It
was from eight to nine yards in length, the ground blue and red,
containing, in the first division, the lion of England imperially
crowned. In chief, a coronet of _crosses pater_ and _fleurs-de-lis,_
between two clouds irradiated. In base, a cloud between two coronets. In
the next division the charges were, in chief a coronet, in base an
irradiated cloud. In the third, the dexter chief and sinister base was
likewise an irradiated cloud; the sinister and dexter chief a coronet,
as before. Motto, "Dieu et mon droyt.
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