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in der Platte: ET PLURIMA MORTIS IMAGO; The COMPANY of UNDERTAKERS; Beareth Sable, an Urinal proper, between 12 Quack-Heads of the second & 12 Cane Heads Or, Consultant. On a *Chief **Nebulae, Ermine, One Compleat Doctor issuant, checkie sustaining in his Right Hand a Baton of the second. On his Dexter & sinister sides two Demi-Doctors, issuant of the second, & two Cane Heads issuant of the third; The first having One Eye conchant, towards the Dexter Side of the Escocheon; the Second Faced per pale proper & Gules, Guardent. - With this Motto - Et Plurima Mortis Imago.; *A Chief betokeneth a Senatour or Honourable Personage, borrowed from the Greeks, & is a Word signifying a Head; & as the Head is the Chief Part in a Man, so the Chief in the Escocheon should/ be a Reward of such only, whose High Merites have procured them Chief Place, Esteem, or Love amongst Men. Guillim. **The bearing of Clouds in Armes (saith Upton) doth import some Excellencie.; Publish'd by W. Hogarth March the 3d. 1736; Price Six pence
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