MOTTOES OF ALL THE PEERS.

ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED AND TRANSLATED.

N.B. BISHOPS AND PEERESSES USE NO MOTTOES.

Dieu et mon droit.

God and my right. The Queen.

Abstulit qui dedit. He who gave has taken away. Stafford.

A clean heart and a cheerful spirit. Portman.

A cruce salus. Salvation from the cross. e Mayo and 1 Downes.

A cuspide corona.

A Deo et rege. From God and the King. e Chesterfield; e Stanhope; and e Harrington.

Redesdale; and Truro.
Rivers.

Adversa virtute repello. By courage I repel adversity. Londesborough.
Aquabiliter et diligenter. By equity and diligence.
Æquam servare mentem. To preserve an equal mind.
Equanimiter. Patiently. Suffield.

A fin. To the end. e Airlie.

Agincourt. Wodehouse.

Algiers. v Exmouth.

Alte fert aquila. The eagle bears me on high. Monteagle.

A ma puissance. To my power.

Amo. I love. d Buccleuch.

Anchor, fast anchor. Gray.

e Stamford.

Animo, non astutia. By courage, not craft. m Huntly.
Antiquum obtinens. Possessing antiquity. Bagot.

e Fitzwilliam.

Aperto vivere voto. To live with will unfettered. e Aylesford.
Appetitus rationi pareat. Let the appetite be obedient to reason.
Aquila non captat muscas. An eagle does not catch flies. Graves.
At spes non fracta. But my hope is not broken. e Hopetoun.
Auctor pretiosa facit. The Founder makes it valuable.
Audacter et aperte. Boldly and openly. Campbell.
Au plaisir fort de Dieu. At the almighty disposal of God. e Mount Edgecumbe.
Auspice Christo. 1 Wenlock.

e Buckinghamshire.

Auspicium melioris ævi. A pledge of better times. d St Albans.

Auxilium ab alto. Help from above.

e Roscommon; and 1 Clonbrock.

Auxilium meum a Domino. My help is from the Lord. Mostyn.

Avancez. Advance. v Hill.

Avi numerantur avorum. I follow a long train of ancestors. Grantley.

Avise la fin. Consider the end. m Ailsa.

Avito viret honore. He flourishes in an honourable ancestry. m Bute; 1 Stuartde Decies; and 1 Wharncliffe.

Aymez loyaulté. Love loyalty. m Winchester; and 1 Bolton.

Bear and forbear. Langford.

Be fast. e Mexborough.

Be just, and fear not. v Lifford.

Bella! horrida bella! Wars! horrid wars! Lisle.

Be mindful. e Cawdor.

Be traist. d Roxburghe.

Candide et constanter. Candidly and constantly. e Coventry.

Cassis tutissima virtus. Virtue is the safest defence. m Cholmondeley; and 1 Dela

mere.

Cause caused it. Elphinstone.

Cavendo tutus.

Che sara, sara.

Secure in caution. d Devonshire; e Burlington; and 1 Waterpark,
What will be, will be. d Bedford.

Chio che Dio vuole, io voglio. What God wills, I will. Dormer.
Clarior a tenebris. More bright from obscurity. e Milltown.
Clementiâ et animis. By clemency and courage. Panmure.
Cœlitus mihi vires. My strength is from Heaven. v Ranelagh.

Cœlum non animum. You may change your climate, not your mind. e Waldegrave.
Comme je fus. As I was. Ward.

Comme je trouve. As I find.

m Ormonde.

Commit thy work to God. e Caithness.

Consilio et prudentia. By counsel and prudence. e Clancarty.
Confido, conquiesco. I confide and acquiesce. e Dysart.
Compositum jus fasque animi. Law and equity. e Ellenborough.
Consequitur quodcunque petit. He attains whatever he attempts.
Consilio et animis. By wisdom and courage. e Lauderdale.
Constantiâ et virtute. With constancy and valour. e Amherst.
Cor nobyle, cor immobyle. Vivian.

Cor unum, via una.

One heart, one way. m Exeter.

Courage sans peur. Courage without fear. v Gage.

Craignez houte. Fear disgrace. d Portland.

Crede Byron. Trust Byron. Byron.

m Headfort.

Crom a boo. Crom (a castle formerly belonging to the Fitz-Gerald family) for ever. d Leinster; and 1 De Ros.

Cruci dum spiro fido. Whilst I have breath, my faith is in the Cross. v Galway.

Data fata secutus. Following his declared fate. St. John.

Dat Deus incrementum. God gives the increase. Crofton.

De bon vouloir servir le roi. To serve the king with good will. e Tankerville; and

Delectare in Domino. Delighting in God. Poltimore.

Denique Cœlum. Heaven at last. e Leven and Melville.

Deo adjuvante, fortuna sequatur. God assisting, success must follow. v Exmouth. Deo date. Give to God. Arundell.

Deo duce, ferro comitante. God being my leader, my sword my companion. e Charlemont.

Deo fidelis et Regi. Faithful to God and the King. Dunsandle.

Deo juvante. God aiding. e Lauderdale.

Deo non fortunâ. From God, not fortune. e Digby.

Deo, patriæ, amicis. To God, my country, and my friends. d Buckingham; and 1 Colchester.

Deo, regi, patriæ. To God, my king, and my country. Feversham.

Deum cole, regem serva. Worship God, and serve the king. e Enniskillen.
Deus mihi providebit. God will provide for me.

Deus major columna. God is the best support.
Dieu avec nous. God with us. e Berkeley.

Keane.
Henniker.

Dieu ayde. God assists. v Montmorres; and v Frankfort de Montmorency.
Dieu défend le droit. God defends the right. e Spencer; and 1 Churchill.
Dieu pour la tranche, qui contre. God for the stroke; who shall resist: or, God for
the Trench, who is against us. e Clancarty.
Disponendo me, non mutando me.

chester.

By displacing, not by changing me.

Dominus providebit. The Lord will provide. e Glasgow.

Dread God. e Southesk.

En bon espoir. In good hope. Willoughby de Eresby.
Endure fort. e Crawford.

En grace affie. On grace depend. e Cardigan.

d Man

En la rose je fleurie. I flourish in the rose.
En suivant la vérité. In following truth.

d Richmond. e Portsmouth.

Espérance en Dieu. Hope in God. d Northumberland; and e Beverley.
Essayez. Try. e Zetland.

Esse, quàm videri. To be, rather than seem to be. e Winterton; and 1 Lurgan.
Esto quod esse videris. Be what you appear. Sondes.

Et decus et pretium recti. The ornament and reward of virtue. d Grafton; and 1 Southampton.

Et nos quoque tela sparsimus. And we too have scattered arrows. m Hastings.
Et vitam impendere vero. Keep the truth at the hazard of life. Holland.
Excitari non hebescere. To be spirited, not inactive.
Ex fide fortis. Strong through faith. c Beauchamp.

Faire mon devoir. To do my duty. e Roden.
Faire sans dire. Deeds without words.

e Ilchester.

Walsingham.

Ravensworth.

Famam extendere factis. To extend fame by deeds. v Galway.
Fama semper vivit. Reputation lives for ever.
Fare, fac. Speak and act. Fairfax.
Faugh a Bollagh. v Gough.

Fax mentis incendium gloriæ.
Granard.

Fear God in life. Somerville.

Fear to transgress. e Clonmell.

The torch of the mind is the flame of glory. e

Firmior quo paratior. I am strong by being always prepared. e Selkirk.
Festina lente. Quick without impetuosity. e Fingall; and Onslow.

Louth; and Plunkett.

Fide et amore. By faith and love. m Hertford.

Fide et fiduciâ. By faith and fortitude. e Rosebery.
By faith and fortitude. e Essex.
The cross is the test of faith.
A certain reward to the faithful.
Truth is of God. v Powerscourt.

Fide et fortitudine.
Fidei coticula crux.
Fideli certa merces.
Fidélité est de Dieu.

Dunsany;

e Jersey; and e Clarendon. e Morley.

Fides probata coronat. Tried faith triumphs. Polwarth.
Fidus et audax. Faithful and courageous. v Lismore.

Fiel pero desdichado. Faithful but unfortunate. d of Marlborough.
Fight. e Rosslyn; and 1 Sinclair.

Finem respice. Look to the end.

Firm. e Stair.

e Darnley.

Flecti, non frangi. To be bent, not broken. v Palmerston.
Follow me. m Breadalbane.

Forte et fidele. Strong and faithful. Talbot de Malahide.

Fortem posce animum. Wish for a strong 'mind. Saye and Selc.
Forte scutum salus ducum. A strong shield is a leader's safeguard.
Fortes fortuna juvat. Fortune assists the brave. Bloomfield.

e Fortescue.

Forti et fideli nihil difficile. To courage and constancy nothing is difficult. Muskerry.

Fortis cadere, cedere non potest. The brave man may fall, but cannot yield. m Drogheda; and e Charleville.

Fortiter et fideliter. Boldly and faithfully. Oranmore.

Fortiter, fideliter, feliciter. Boldly, faithfully, successfully. v. Monck.

Fortiter gerit crucem. He bravely supports the cross. e Donoughmore.

Fortuna sequatur. Let fortune follow.

e Aberdeen.

Forward. m Queensberry; and e Castle-Stewart.

Foy est tout. Faith is everything. e De Grey; and e Ripon.

Foy pour devoir. Faith for duty. d Somerset.

Frangas, non flectes. You may break, you shall not bend me. d Sutherland; and e Granville.

Frappe fort. Strike hard. Wodehouse.

Fuimus. We were. m Ailesbury; and e Elgin.

Furth fortune, and fill the fetters. d Atholl; and e Dunmore.

Gardez la foy. Keep the faith. e Poulett; and 1 Kensington.
Gaudet tentamine virtus. Virtue rejoices in trial. e Dartmouth.

Gloria virtutis umbra. Glory is the shadow of virtue. e Longford.
God be my guide. e Glengall.

God send grace. e Erne.