B18543-Drake

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Name of the family:

Drake

Blason:

Sa. a fess wavy betw. the two pole stars ar..

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A ship under reef drawn round a terrestrial globe with a cable by a hand out of the clouds all ppr. Mottos-Ovzr the .crest:. Auxilip divino; under the urms; Sic parvis magna. "Such was the worth (saith Guillim) of this most generous and renowned knight, Sir Francis Drake, as that.his merits do require that his cou.t armour should be expressed in that selected manner of blazoning that is titling to noble personages, in respect of his noble courage and high attempts achieved, whereby he merited to be reckoned the honour of our nation, and of the naval profession." The most iihportant achievement of Drake's eventful career was his voyage round the world, accomplished within,three, years, and to this the blazonry of Hie armorial bearings alludes. On Drake's return, in 1681, the Queen visited his ship and knighted hint. The application of the heraldic ensigns is well explained in the verses, made at the period of the royal visit by the scholurs of Winchester College, and nailed to the mainmast of the ship: " Drake, pererrati quem novit terminus orbis, Quemquc simul inundi vidit uterquc.Polus; Si taceant homines, focieht te sidcra notuin. Sol ncsclt eoinitis non inemor esse sui".

Info about the family:

granted, 20 June, 1681, by Cooke, Clarenceux, to Sir Francis Drake,, Knt., the celebrated navigator, temp. Queen Elizabeth

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299

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