CARLISLE (Cumberland).

CARLISLE (Cumberland). Has no armorial bearings. The Corporation seal represents a peculiar kind of cross couped (differing greatly from the form now made use of), closely resembling a cross potent, charged in the centre with a rose, and between four others. Burke, in his " General Armory," quotes the arms — " Vert the base wavy of six (sic) ar. and az , thereon a castle between two roses or, on a chief gu. a lion pass, guard, of the fourth." Two escutcheons are now, however, invariably made use of. The dexter one, the tinctures of which are unknown, shows a cross pattee (?) charged in the centre with a rose and between four others. The sinister one is " vert the base barry wavy of six argent and azure, and issuing therefrom a castle between two roses or, on a chief gules a lion passant guardant of the fourth," with the motto, " Be just and fear not."

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