Historical notes on the Lennox or Darnley jewel, the property of the Queen

writing of Walpole, is equally unsatisfactory in throwing
any light upon its true history and meaning : ' and yet
even a superficial examination must convince us that
its numerous emblems and mottos have an individual
application, that the Jewel was intended to tell its owm
story clearly to its maker, and to the person for whom
it was made, though darkly to others, and that if we
should be so fortunate as to discover its true key we
shall unlock its enigmas — if we can lay hold of the right
clue, it will lead us through the labjTinth of its com-
plicated devices, till we detect the heart of its mystery.
The Jewel is a golden Heart, around which there is
this verse in the old Scottish language ; —
' This note translates the Scottish Mottos, but does not profess
to show their individual apphcation. Lord Orford, Works, vol. 2d.
p. 477, thus describes the Jewel.
" A golden heart, set with jewels, and ornamented with emblematic
" figures enameU'd, and Scottish Mottos, made by order of the Lady
" Margaret Douglas mother of Henry Lord Damley in memory of
" her husband Mathew Stewart Earl of Lennox and Regent of Scot-
" land, murdered by the Papists."