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[Above the Shield is placed a suitable Helmet with a Mantling Sable doubled Argent,] and on a Wreath of the Colours is set for Crest an anchor wreathed about with a cable all Proper. Motto, in an Escrol above, "Nisi Dominus Frustra". Supported, on the dexter by a maid richly attired with her hair hanging down on her shoulders, and on the sinister by a doe, [both] Proper. | [Above the Shield is placed a suitable Helmet with a Mantling Sable doubled Argent,] and on a Wreath of the Colours is set for Crest an anchor wreathed about with a cable all Proper. Motto, in an Escrol above, "Nisi Dominus Frustra". Supported, on the dexter by a maid richly attired with her hair hanging down on her shoulders, and on the sinister by a doe, [both] Proper. | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were granted on April 21, 1732. | The arms were granted on April 21, 1732. | ||
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Above the Shield is placed a coronet appropriate to , a statutory District, videlicet:- a circlet richly chased, from which are issuant eight thistle-heads (three and two halves visible) Or; and on a Wreath of the Colours is set for Crest an anchor wreathed about with a cable all Proper; and in an Escrol over the same this Motto ''Nisi Dominus Frustra''; and on a Compartment below the Shield are set for Supporters, on the dexter, a maid richly attired with her hair hanging down her shoulders, and on the sinister, a doe, Proper. | Above the Shield is placed a coronet appropriate to , a statutory District, videlicet:- a circlet richly chased, from which are issuant eight thistle-heads (three and two halves visible) Or; and on a Wreath of the Colours is set for Crest an anchor wreathed about with a cable all Proper; and in an Escrol over the same this Motto ''Nisi Dominus Frustra''; and on a Compartment below the Shield are set for Supporters, on the dexter, a maid richly attired with her hair hanging down her shoulders, and on the sinister, a doe, Proper. | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were granted on January 21, 1975. | The arms were granted on January 21, 1975. | ||
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Above the Shield is placed a Coronet appropriate to the Council of a City, videlicet: a mural coronet Or masoned Sable, and on a wreath of the Liveries is set for Crest an anchor wreathed about with a cable all Proper, in allusion to the maritime associations of the said Council; and in an Escrol over the same this Motto "Nisi Dominus Frustra"; and on a Compartment below the Shield are set for Supporters, on the dexter, a maid richly attired with her hair hanging down her shoulders, and on the sinister, a doe Proper. | Above the Shield is placed a Coronet appropriate to the Council of a City, videlicet: a mural coronet Or masoned Sable, and on a wreath of the Liveries is set for Crest an anchor wreathed about with a cable all Proper, in allusion to the maritime associations of the said Council; and in an Escrol over the same this Motto "Nisi Dominus Frustra"; and on a Compartment below the Shield are set for Supporters, on the dexter, a maid richly attired with her hair hanging down her shoulders, and on the sinister, a doe Proper. | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were granted on July 18, 1996. | The arms were granted on July 18, 1996. | ||