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

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his side, so small as to be clearly seen only with a
magnifying glass, out of which Crown there grows a
Sun flower ; behind him is a laurel tree, on the branches
of which sits a gaudy little bird, and in the leaves of
the Sun flower there is a little lizard. These however
are not yet all the emblems, for the Heart opens and
discovers a third series engraved and enamelled on the
inside. First, a Stake, such as is represented in the
pictures of the Martyrs, surrounded with flames, and
in the flames a number of little crosses. Near it is a
Lady seated on a royal chair with a tiara on her head,
and above her a scroll with this sentence; —
gar' TEL MY RELEAS.
That is,
CAUSE TELL MY RELEASE.
We have next a complicated emblem, or rather
group of emblems. It consists of a figure with two
faces, and two bodies, the upper part e^'idently re-
presenting Time with his forelock, his wings, and his
Gar. Old Scots, Cause. See Jamieson's Dictionary.