Old Hampshire Mapped

Coats of Arms, Heraldry

Charles I
Blaeu 1645

Blaeu's map, published in the Netherlands, carries the royal coat of arms of Charles I of England and Scotland, and motto:-
HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE
behind the arms are the flags of the two nations; the red on white cross of St George for England, and the white on blue saltire of St Andrew for Scotland. The blazon is:-

Quarterly 1. and 4., quarterly i and iiii azure three fleur de lys or (France), ii and iii gules three lions passant guardant or (England); 2. or a lion rampant within a tressure flory counter flory gules (Scotland); 3. azure a harp or stringed argent (Ireland).