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Tliese minuter points in the life of the Countess of
Lennox, appear to offer a Key, to the comphcated em-
blems in the group of Time and Truth. Her being
slandered as illegitimate and threatened with the loss
of her honours, her birthright, and royal descent, is in-
dicated by the hideous jaws, vomiting out fire and little
demons, lies, proceeding from the fountain, and father
of lies ; whilst Time the great instructor, he who
" causes all to learn," pulling Truth out of the well,
marks the triumph of truth in the estabhshment of her
legitimacy : The celestial sphere, with the inscription
above it
" ZE SEIM AL MY PLESUR,"
YOU SEEM ALL MY PLEASURE,
may allude to the bright influences which seemed to
reign over her birth and early days — her education
at the Court of Henry VHI., her happy marriage, her
being the friend and confidant of her sovereign, Queen
Mary of England ; but these were succeeded by her
becoming, under Elizabeth, the \'ictim of falsehood,
persecution and dissimulation, and this temporary
Tliese minuter points in the life of the Countess of
Lennox, appear to offer a Key, to the comphcated em-
blems in the group of Time and Truth. Her being
slandered as illegitimate and threatened with the loss
of her honours, her birthright, and royal descent, is in-
dicated by the hideous jaws, vomiting out fire and little
demons, lies, proceeding from the fountain, and father
of lies ; whilst Time the great instructor, he who
" causes all to learn," pulling Truth out of the well,
marks the triumph of truth in the estabhshment of her
legitimacy : The celestial sphere, with the inscription
above it
" ZE SEIM AL MY PLESUR,"
YOU SEEM ALL MY PLEASURE,
may allude to the bright influences which seemed to
reign over her birth and early days — her education
at the Court of Henry VHI., her happy marriage, her
being the friend and confidant of her sovereign, Queen
Mary of England ; but these were succeeded by her
becoming, under Elizabeth, the \'ictim of falsehood,
persecution and dissimulation, and this temporary
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| Histories of Scottish families > Historical notes on the Lennox or Darnley jewel, the property of the Queen > (44) Page 28 |
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| Description | London : William Nicol, Shakspeare Press, 1843. "The following Notes ... written by Patrick Fraser Tytler, Esq., in obedience to the order of the Queen, are printed by Her Majesty's Command"--Preface. "'A golden heart, set with jewels, ... made by order of Lady Margaret Douglas mother of Henry Lord Darnley in memory of her husband Mathew Stewart Earl of Lennox and Regent of Scotland ... '"--Page 2. Chromolithographic plate drawn by H. Shaw. |
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| Shelfmark | H.35.c.32 |
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| Description | A selection of almost 400 printed items relating to the history of Scottish families, mostly dating from the 19th and early 20th centuries. Includes memoirs, genealogies and clan histories, with a few produced by emigrant families. The earliest family history goes back to AD 916. |
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