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VOLPE'S LECTURE.

The Henry Grace à Dieu is the vessel which is sailing out of

harbor, and which is immeditely above the right tmver. ,qhe has four pole masts, with two round tops on each, except the shorter mizzen, which bears only one. Her sails and pennants are of cloth of gold damasked. The royal standard of England flies on each of the four angles of the forecastle, and the staff of each standard is sin'rounded by a fleur-de-lys Or. Pennauts fly from the maqtheads. nd t each ngle of the poop is a banner of

THE EIRY GRACE DIEU. (From the drawing in the Pt7)t/slan Librar!! in 3lag&den Collcgf, Ca.lbricbjt'.)

St. George. Her quarters and sides, as well as her tops, are hung

with targets, charged differently with the Cross of St. George, Azure a fleur-de-lys Or, party per pale :S'gent and ert a union rose, and party per pale .an-gent and ert a portcullis Or, altenately and repeatedly. In the waist stands the king, in a gaunent of cloth of gold, edged with ermine, the sleeves, jcket, and hreeches, crimson. His round hat bears a white feather, lying on the brim. On his proper left stands a person in a dark violet coat, slashed with black, and with red stockings. On his right are three other peons, one in black, another in bluish-grey, and the third in red, guarded with black, and with a black slashed jacket. ]3chind ,re yeomen of the

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