page 6 note * See Proceedings, 2d S. xi 308.

† Ibid. 2d S. xi. 245.

page 6 note * Mr. De Gray Birch's suggestion that the cross with streamers was derived from the symbol of St. John the Baptist, as the patron saint of the wool-merchants, i.e. merchants of the staple, would he pertinent if the device was not found equally with the Merchant Adventurers, Drapers, Salters, etc. A much more important fact in medieval art is that the cross with streamers is the symbol of the victory of Christ over death and the powers of Hades, with which he is always shown in the Resurrection, Descent into Hades, etc., which adds to my argument of the intent of the cross upon the merchants' goods.

page 8 note * It was the same feeling that, until lately, was shown in the bills of lading ; and though nearly obsolete is still kept up, I believe, by the house from which I have here an example by me. It begins, ‘Shipped by the grace of God’—it names the good ship, ‘whereof is master under God’—endiDg, ‘and so God send the good ship to her desired port in safety. Amen.’