24/32 The French shield, with the three lilies and the date 1402, occurs most frequently. On the highest point in the city are built the church of St.John and the house of the governor. They have in truth departed--departed to a better home. Centuries have breathed upon their ashes, scattered in all the regions of the earth. But their deeds have been chronicled both in heaven and among men, and the heroes still live in the admiration of posterity. |