"A learned gentleman of this name[2] paraphrased this coat of arms
in these fine elegiacs--
"Sanguineum scutum præcingit balteus albens,
Quem variant nigræ sed sine labe notæ.
Sic labem ut vitet, mustela Armenica strictum
In ferrum et structos non timet ire rogos.
Martia vis animi, vacuum formidine pectus,
Cana fides, nulla labe notatus honos.
Hæc Crafurdiacæ gentilia symbola stirpis,
Artibus his veteres emicuere patres."
[Footnote 2: Mr. Thomas Crawfurd, Professor of Philosophy in the
University of Edinburgh.]