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Dewey Lambdin | 384 pages | 01 Sep 1998 | Random House USA Inc | 9780449003602 | English | New York, United States Dewey Lambdin (Author of The King's Coat)

Many years ago there was an Emperor so exceedingly fond of new clothes that he spent all his money on being The Kings Coat dressed. He cared nothing about reviewing his soldiers, going to the theatre, or going for a ride in his carriage, except to show off his new clothes. He had a coat for every hour of the day, and instead of saying, as one might, about any other ruler, "The King's in council," here they always said. In the great city where he lived, life was always gay. Every day many strangers came to town, and among them one day came two swindlers. They let it be known they were weavers, and they said they could weave the most magnificent fabrics imaginable. Not only were their colors and patterns uncommonly fine, but clothes made The Kings Coat this cloth had a wonderful way of becoming invisible to anyone who was unfit for his office, or who was unusually stupid. And I could tell the wise men from the fools. Yes, I certainly must get some of the stuff woven for me right away. They set up two looms and pretended to weave, though there was nothing on the looms. All the finest silk and the purest old thread which they demanded went into their traveling bags, while they worked the empty looms far into the night. It couldn't have been that he doubted himself, yet he thought he'd rather send someone else to see how things were going. The whole town knew about the cloth's peculiar power, and all were impatient to find out how stupid their neighbors were. So the honest old minister went to the room where the two swindlers sat working away at their empty looms. But he did not say so. Both the swindlers begged him to be so kind as to come near to approve the excellent pattern, the beautiful colors. They pointed to the empty looms, and the poor old minister stared as hard as he dared. He couldn't see anything, because there was nothing to see. I'd have never guessed it, and not a soul must know. Am I unfit to be the minister? It would never do to let on that I can't see the cloth. They proceeded to name all the colors and to explain the intricate pattern. The old minister paid the closest attention, so that he could tell The Kings Coat all to the Emperor. And so he did. The swindlers at once asked for more money, more silk and gold thread, to get The Kings Coat with the weaving. But it all went into their pockets. Not a thread went into the looms, though they worked at their weaving as hard as ever. The Emperor presently sent another trustworthy official to see how the work progressed and how soon it would be ready. The same thing happened to him that had happened to the minister. He looked and he looked, but as there was nothing to see in the looms he couldn't see anything. That's strange. I mustn't let anyone find it out, though. He declared he was delighted with the beautiful colors and the exquisite pattern. To the Emperor he said, "It held me spellbound. All the town was talking of this splendid cloth, and the Emperor wanted to see it for himself while it was still in the looms. Attended by a band of chosen men, among whom were his two old trusted officials-the ones who had been to the weavers-he set out to see the two swindlers. He found them weaving with might and main, but without a thread in their looms. What a design! The Kings Coat I a fool? Am I unfit to be the Emperor? What a thing to happen to me of all people! It's very pretty," he said. Nothing could make him say that he couldn't see anything. His whole retinue stared and stared. One saw no more than another, but they all joined the Emperor in exclaiming, "Oh! It's very pretty," and they advised him to wear clothes made of this wonderful cloth especially for the great procession he was soon to lead. The Emperor gave each of the swindlers a cross to wear in his buttonhole, and the title of "Sir Weaver. Before the procession the swindlers sat up all night and burned more than six candles, to show how busy they were finishing the Emperor's new clothes. They pretended to take the cloth off the loom. They made cuts in the air with huge scissors. And at The Kings Coat they said, "Now the Emperor's new clothes are ready for him. Then the Emperor himself came with his noblest noblemen, and the swindlers each raised an The Kings Coat as if they were holding something. They said, "These are the trousers, here's the coat, and this is the mantle," naming each garment. One would The Kings Coat think he had nothing on, but that's what makes them so fine. The Emperor undressed, and the swindlers pretended to put The Kings Coat new clothes on him, one garment after another. They took him around the waist and seemed to be fastening something - that was his train-as the Emperor turned round and round before the looking glass. Aren't The Kings Coat becoming! Those colors, so suitable! The Kings Coat is a magnificent outfit. The noblemen who were to The Kings Coat his train stooped low and reached for the floor as if they were picking up his mantle. Then they pretended to lift and hold it high. They didn't dare admit they had nothing to hold. So off went the Emperor in procession under his splendid canopy. Everyone in the streets and the windows said, "Oh, how fine are the Emperor's new clothes! Don't they fit him to perfection? And see his long train! No costume the Emperor had worn before was ever such a complete success. And one person whispered to another what the child had said, "He hasn't anything on. A child says he hasn't anything on. The Emperor shivered, for he suspected they were right. But he thought, "This procession has got to go on. Life H. Andersen centre Work. Index The Kings Coat works. The Complete Andersen. Help for the search engine. About the edition. Poems in The Kings Coat. The Twelve Months of the Year. The Dying Child. 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The Royal Arms of are the arms first adopted in a fixed form [1] at the start of the age of circa as personal arms by the Plantagenet kings who ruled England from Although the azure of tongue and claws is not cited in many , they are historically a distinguishing feature of the Arms of England. This coat, designed in the High Middle Ageshas been variously combined with those of the Kings of France, , a symbol of Ireland, the and the Kingdom of Hanoveraccording to dynastic and other political changes occurring in England, but has not altered since it took a fixed form in the reign of —the second Plantagenet king. Although in England the official refers to "lions", French historically used the term "" to represent the passant guardant, and hence the arms of England, no doubt, The Kings Coat more correctly blazoned, "". Without doubt the same animal was intended, but different names were given according The Kings Coat the position; in later times the name lion was given to both. Royal emblems depicting lions were first used by Danish Vikings, [7] Saxons Lions were adopted in Germanic tradition around the 5th century[8] they were re-interpreted in a Christian context in the western kingdoms of Gaul and Northern Italy in the 6th and 7th centuries and Normans. The earliest surviving representation of an escutcheonor shield, displaying three lions is that on the Great of King Richard I — which initially displayed one or two lions rampant, but in was permanently altered to depict three lions passant, perhaps representing Richard I's principal three positions as King of the English, Duke of Normandyand . This was adjusted, abandoned and restored intermittently throughout the Middle Ages as the relationship between England and France changed. After the Union of the inwhen the and the entered a personal unionthe arms The Kings Coat England and Scotland were marshalled combined in what The Kings Coat now become the Royal of The Kings Coat . The first documented use of The Kings Coat arms dates from the reign of Richard The Kings Coat — Much later antiquarians would retrospectively invented attributed arms for earlier kings, but their reigns pre-dated the systematisation of hereditary that only occurred in the second half of the 12th century. The memorial enamel created to decorate Geoffrey's tomb depicts a blue coat of arms bearing gold lions. His son, Henry II — used a lion as his emblem, and based on the arms used by his sons and other relatives, he The Kings Coat have used a coat of arms with a single lion or two lions, though no direct testimony of this has been found. This quartering continued untilwith intervals in — and — Nevertheless, although referencing the with Scotland and Ireland, the remained distinct from the Royal Arms of Scotlanduntil the two realms were joined in a inleading to a unified Royal coat The Kings Coat arms of the United Kingdom. On 1 Maythe kingdoms of England and Scotland were merged to form that of Great Britain; this was reflected by impaling their arms in a single quarter. The claim to the French throne continued, albeit passively, until it The Kings Coat mooted by the and the formation of the French First Republic in Under King George III of the United Kingdoma proclamation of 1 January set the royal style and titles and modified the Royal Arms, removing the French quarter and putting the arms of England, Scotland and Ireland on the same structural level, with the dynastic arms of Hanover moved The Kings Coat an inescutcheon. English heraldry flourished as a working art up to around the 17th century, when it assumed a mainly ceremonial role. For instance, the coats of arms of both The Football Association [14] [28] and the England and Cricket Board [29] have a design featuring three lions passant, based on the historic Royal Arms of England. The coat of arms worn by England cricket teamthe national football team removed the original to distinguish it from the cricket team in Various accessories to the shield were added and modified by successive English monarchs. These included a with mantlinghelm and crown ; with a ; a ; and the insignia of an of knighthood. These various components made up the full of arms. The first addition to The Kings Coat shield was in the form of a crest borne above the shield. The first representation of a royal crest was in Edward's third Great Seal, which showed a helm above the arms, and thereon a gold lion passant guardant standing upon a chapeauand bearing a royal crown on its head. The exact form of crown used in the crest varied over time. Until the reign of Henry VI it was usually shown as an open circlet adorned with fleurs-de-lys or stylised leaves. On Henry's first The Kings Coat for foreign affairs the design was altered with the circlet decorated by alternating crosses formy and fleurs-de-lys. The design varied in details until the late 17th century, but since that time has consisted of a jewelled circlet, above which are alternating crosses formy and fleurs-de-lys. From this spring two arches decorated with pearls, and at their intersection an orb surmounted by a cross formy. The helm on which the crest was borne was originally a simple steel design, sometimes with gold embellishments. In the reign of a pattern of helm unique to the Royal Arms was introduced. This is a gold helm with a barred visor, facing the viewer. Animal supporters, standing on either side of the shield to hold and guard it, first appeared in English heraldry in the 15th century. Originally, they were not regarded as an integral part of arms, and were subject to frequent change. Various animals were sporadically shown supporting the Royal Arms of England, but it was only with the reign of Edward IV that their use became consistent. Supporters fell under the regulation of the Kings of Arms in the . The heralds of that time also prochronistically created supporters for earlier monarchs, and although these attributed supporters were never used by the monarchs concerned, they were later used The Kings Coat signify them on public buildings or monuments completed after their deaths, for instance at St. George's Chapel, in . Since then, the full achievement of the Royal Arms has included a representation of the Garter, encircling the shield. This is a blue circlet with gold buckle and edging, bearing the order's motto Honi soit qui mal y pense "Shame be to him who thinks evil The Kings Coat it" in gold capital letters. A mottoplaced on The Kings Coat scroll below the Royal Arms of England, seems to have first been adopted by Henry IV in the early 15th century. His motto was Souverayne "sovereign". While this motto has been exclusively used since the accession of George I inand continues to form part of the Royal Arms of the United Kingdomother mottoes were used by certain monarchs in the intervening period. The Royal Banner of England is the English banner of arms and so has always borne the Royal Arms of England—the personal arms of England's reigning monarch. When displayed in war or battle, this banner signalled that the sovereign was present in person. The Banner of the viz the Royal Banner of England defaced with a blue label of three points, each point containing three fleur-de-lis. Several ancient The Kings Coat towns displayed the Royal Arms of England upon their seals and, when it occurred to them to adopt insignia of their own, used The Kings Coat Royal Arms, albeit with modification, The Kings Coat their inspiration. The Royal Arms of England The Kings Coat on The Kings Coat tabardthe distinctive traditional garment of English officers of arms. Since they have been part of the Royal Household. Thomas Hawleyan English officer of armswearing a emblazoned with the Royal Arms of England. The arms of Oriel College, Oxford alludes to The Kings Coat institution's regal foundation by using the Royal Arms of England with a silver border added for difference. The Flag of Detroit uses The Kings Coat stylized version of the Royal Arms to symbolize former British control of the city from It is a misnomer to term the banner of the Royal Arms the Royal Standard. The term standard properly refers to the long tapering flag used in battle, by which an overlord mustered his retainers in battle. From Wikipedia, the The Kings Coat encyclopedia. English coat of arms. For the English heraldic flags used in battles and pageancy, see Royal standards of England. See also: English heraldry and Armorial of Plantagenet. See also: English claims to the French throne and . Main article: Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom. See also: National symbols of England. A modern, commercially available Royal Banner of England, printed on polyester fabric. Main article: Royal Supporters of England. Main article: . See also: . Not to be confused with the Royal standards The Kings Coat England. See also: List of arms of the county councils of England. Heraldry portal England portal. Retrieved 4 February A Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry. Retrieved 18 September The Kings Coat from the original on 30 June Retrieved 28 August Retrieved 15 September The Kings Coat, Universidad Complutense. Archived from the original on 12 September Archived from the original on 15 March The Cricket Blog. The Website. Archived from The Kings Coat original on 2 May Retrieved 16 September Retrieved 20 The Kings Coat The Independent. Archived from the original on 24 June Boutell, Charles Virtue: — London: Heraldry Today. Brooke-Little, J. Boutell's Heraldry Revised ed. Royal Heraldry. Beasts and Badges of Britain. Derby: Pilgrim Press Ltd. Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles []. A Complete Guide to Heraldry. Hall, Samuel Carter The Book of British Ballads. Hassler, Charles The King's Coat - Military Surplus and Survival Gear in Red Deer Alberta

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