Volume 1
The book of family crests : comprising nearly every family bearing, properly blazoned and explained... with the surnames of the bearers, alphabetically arranged, a dictionary of mottos, an essay on the origin of arms, crests, etc., and a glossary of terms / [John Peter Elven].
- Elven, John Peter.
- Date:
- 1882
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The book of family crests : comprising nearly every family bearing, properly blazoned and explained... with the surnames of the bearers, alphabetically arranged, a dictionary of mottos, an essay on the origin of arms, crests, etc., and a glossary of terms / [John Peter Elven]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![AUD—A VI Audentes fortuna juvat. Fortune favours the bold. Mackinnon Mowbray; Twing. Audio sed taceo. I hear but say nothing. Trollop. Audito et gradito. Listen and rise. Cruikshanks. Augeor dum progredior. I increase as I proceed. Durham. Auriga virtutum prudentia. Prudence is guide of the virtues. Mawbey. Ausim et confido. I am brave and confident. Erskine ; Airskine. Auspice Christo. Under the guidance of Christ. Davie, bt.; Lawley, bt.; Wenlock, b. Auspice Deo. Under God’s direction. Speid. Auspice numine. Under divine direction. Welsh. Auspice summo numine. Under direction of Almighty God. Irvine. Auspicio regis et senatils Anglise. Under the auspices of the sove- reign and senate of England. East India Comp. Auspicium melioris tevi. A token of better times. St. Alban’s, d. Aut mors aut vita decora. Either death or honorable life. Gordon. Aut nunquam tentes aut perfice. Either never attempt or accom- plish. Dorset, d.; Bennet of Laleston. Aut pax aut bellum. Either peace or toar. Donaldson. Aut tace aut face. Either be silent or act. Scott. Aut viam inveniam aut faciam. I mill either find a road or make one. Wightwick, of Bloxwich. Aut vincere aut mori. Victory or death. Autre n’auray. I will wear none other. Order of the Golden Fleece. Auxiliante resurgo. Being helped I rise again. Graham. Auxilio ab alto. By aid from on high. Martin. Auxilio Dei. By the help of God. Eresby; Morehead; Muirhcad. Auxilio divino. By divine assistance. Drake, bt. Auxilium ab alto. A id from above. Clonbrock, b.; Martin, bt.; Kellet; Normand. Auxilium meum ab alto. My help is from above. Blakeney. Auxilium meum a Domino. My help is from the Lord. Price, bt. Avance. AdvancePortmore, e. Avancez. Advance! Hill, b.; Hill, bt.; Chambers. Avant. Fortvard- Stewart, bt. Avauncez et archez bien. Advance and shoot well. Swinnerton, of Butterton. This motto was granted for great courage shewn by an ancestor of the family—a crusader—in killing a Turk on the field of battle. Avi numerantur avorum [Virgil. Geor., lib. iv. ver. 209.] A long line of ancestors is enumerated. Grantley, b.; Perton. “ The fortune of the family remains, And grandsires’ grandsires the long list contains.”—Drydcn. Avi9 la fin. Consider the end. Ailsa, m.; Keydon. Avito viret honore. He flourishes with ancestral honour. Bute, m. ; Whamcliffe, b.; Stewart de Rothsay, b.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b24875533_0001_0045.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)