VI.

Seay or Georce I.

This seal was ordered 8th Octob. 1717, and received "by Hopkins" on 1st July, 1718, when that of Queen Anne was broken,? and returned to the Board of Trade.* On the one side are, the effigy of his Majesty, two Indians offering presents ; and around the cireumference the royal titles--Grorervs. D. G. Mas. Brit. Fran. er. Hrs. Rex. Bavy. er. Lyn. Dvx. Sa. Ro. 'Im. Arc. Tues. er. Prin. Exec. On the reverse, the royal arms, Garter, Crown, Supporters and Motto, and this inscription, Sie1LtvM. Provincrm. Nostra. Novi. Esoracrt 1n. America. The "Semper Eadem" of the last seal is replaced by Dieu et Mon Droit; and on the escutcheon we have, first, the arms of England empaling those of Scotland ; second France ; third Ireland ; fourth gu. two lions passant. guard. in pale or, for Brunswick ; impaling, or, semée of hearts gu.a lion ramp. az. for Lunenburgh, on a point in point gu. a horse courant ar. for Saxony; on the centre of the fourth quarter an escutcheon gu. charged with the Crown of Charlemagne, or, as Arch-treasurer of the Holy Roman Empire. *

VII. SEAL oF Georce II. This Seal is a finer specimen of the arts than the last, and exhibits a progressive change in the dress and drapery of the principal figure. The kneeling Squaw is introduced here for the

1 Counc. Min. X..519. ; 2 Ibid. XI. 495, 497, 498. 8 Lond. Doe. XXI. 44. 4 Burke's Encyclop. of Heraldry.